Chapter Summaries

Lu Chengwen evaded Bai Mengyi and a reckless street racer, then stopped in a mountain tunnel and beat Gu Xiaochen to make him stop driving dangerously. After Gu Xiaochen drove off, he returned to threaten Lu Chengwen, and Bai Mengyi introduced herself as a member of the Bai family.

• Lu Chengwen hid among parked cars to evade Bai Mengyi, but Gu Xiaochen blocked him and challenged him to race while making crude advances toward Jiang Shihan and Little Monkey.
• When Bai Mengyi returned, Lu Chengwen rammed Gu Xiaochen's Ferrari aside and fled, while another street racer joined the chase.
• Lu Chengwen drove into a mountain tunnel, told Jiang Shihan to take Little Monkey away, and waited for Gu Xiaochen and Bai Mengyi to arrive.
• Lu Chengwen beat Gu Xiaochen and warned him and his companion to stop street racing, then forced Gu Xiaochen to promise he understood before letting him leave.
• Zhao Ritian approved of Lu Chengwen's actions, but Gu Xiaochen stopped nearby and threatened to return; Bai Mengyi then identified herself as being from the Bai family.

Lu Chengwen and his companions clashed with Bai Mengyi, who tried to capture Lu Chengwen over a secret realm. Ming Disha intervened, effortlessly defeated Bai Mengyi, and left the Bai family’s men humiliated.

• Bai Mengyi said he would capture Lu Chengwen and force him to reveal whether he had visited the secret realm, but Long Aotian urged Lu Chengwen to cooperate.
• Lu Chengwen attacked Bai Mengyi after Bai Mengyi insulted Hun Tiangang, but Bai Mengyi quickly overpowered him.
• Bai Mengyi tried to gouge out Lu Chengwen’s eyes, but Ming Disha grabbed his wrists and stopped the attack.
• Ming Disha mocked Bai Mengyi and the Bai family, then dispersed Bai Mengyi’s strength and struck him flying with a palm.

Lu Chengwen and Long Aotian mocked Bai Mengyi and tried to redirect Ming Disha’s anger, but Ming Disha decided the Tianyuan Sect’s juniors would fight the three Bai family descendants. The chapter ended as Long Aotian, Lu Chengwen, and Zhao Ritian realized they had each been assigned an opponent.

• Long Aotian falsely claimed Bai Mengyi had insulted Ming Disha, then invented a stream of crude insults that earned him a slap.
• Bai Mengyi argued that Ming Disha would become a laughingstock for bullying a junior, but Lu Chengwen reminded Ming Disha that he had no reputation left to protect.
• Ming Disha dismissed Bai Mengyi’s attempt to provoke him and slapped Long Aotian again after Long Aotian complained about Lu Chengwen’s words.
• Zhao Ritian laughed at Long Aotian and defied Ming Disha, but Ming Disha ordered him to kneel.
• Ming Disha rejected Lu Chengwen’s suggestion to kill the three Bai family members and instead ordered the Tianyuan Sect’s three juniors to fight them one-on-one.

Ming Disha forced Lu Chengwen to face Bai Mengyi after warning him that weakness invited violence. Lu Chengwen accepted the fight and declared his feud with the Bai family as Bai Mengyi launched his first attack.

• Ming Disha sealed the three Bai family members below the Ghost Four Gates and rejected Bai Mengyi's wager to put their lives at stake.
• Zhao Ritian and Long Aotian volunteered to fight the Bai family members, but Ming Disha assigned each of them one opponent and paired Lu Chengwen with Bai Mengyi.
• Ming Disha rebuked Lu Chengwen for avoiding conflict and told him he had to fight back against the people threatening him and his brothers.
• Lu Chengwen accepted the duel, vowed to fight Bai Mengyi with intent to kill, and declared that he would begin his feud with the Bai family.
• Bai Mengyi attacked with Bolt from the Blue, and Lu Chengwen activated Divine Ape Tiger Subduing Fist.

Lu Chengwen faced Bai Mengyi in a battle he was badly outmatched in, but after enduring repeated blows, he revealed a new fist technique and began turning the fight around. He challenged Bai Mengyi’s contempt for ordinary people as the two continued to clash.

• Bai Mengyi defeated Lu Chengwen and his two attendants, while Long Aotian and Zhao Ritian warned that the battle was unfair and were forbidden by Ming Disha from interfering.
• Lu Chengwen got back up and challenged Bai Mengyi again, but Bai Mengyi knocked him down and condemned him as a faithless businessman.
• Bai Mengyi prepared a finishing attack, but Lu Chengwen endured it and unleashed the Divine Ape Dragon Subduing Fist.
• Lu Chengwen’s new technique and shifting true qi caught Bai Mengyi off guard, and Lu Chengwen pressed him with increasingly fierce attacks.
• Lu Chengwen accused Bai Mengyi of dismissing ordinary people and demanded to know what gave him the right.

Lu Chengwen rose after Bai Mengyi’s beating and claimed he could still win, then caught Bai Mengyi’s full-force punch with one hand. Black true qi appeared as the onlookers realized Lu Chengwen had unleashed the Archaic Ape God’s power, leaving the outcome uncertain.

• Lu Chengwen fought fiercely against Bai Mengyi, but Bai Mengyi adapted, overwhelmed him with a barrage of attacks, and knocked him down.
• Bai Mengyi asked Ming Disha whether their agreement still stood, and Ming Disha pointed to Lu Chengwen as he struggled to rise.
• Despite Long Aotian and Zhao Ritian urging him to stop, Lu Chengwen stood and declared that he would rather fight than be captured.
• Bai Mengyi attacked again, but Lu Chengwen caught his full-force punch in one hand without being overpowered.
• Long Aotian identified the black true qi around Lu Chengwen as the Archaic Ape God’s, while Ming Disha smiled and Bai Mengyi’s attendants stared in shock.

Lu Chengwen defeated Bai Mengyi in their fierce battle by inventing and executing a new movement technique, leaving Bai Mengyi broken and unwilling to fight. Lu Chengwen charged to finish him, but Bai Mengyi closed his eyes and did not resist.

• Bai Mengyi and Lu Chengwen traded punches and were both knocked to the ground, but Bai Mengyi struggled to control his surging true qi.
• Bai Mengyi demanded to know what Lu Chengwen was fighting for, and Lu Chengwen answered with a challenge before they charged at each other again.
• Bai Mengyi used Ghost Dragon Fist after spotting an opening, but Lu Chengwen evaded it with a movement technique he had created during the fight.
• Lu Chengwen struck Bai Mengyi with Haoyougen, breaking his bones and scattering his true qi as Long Aotian, Zhao Ritian, and Ming Disha recognized Lu Chengwen's talent.
• Bai Mengyi's attendants tried to rush to his aid, but he stopped them and slowly stood; Lu Chengwen then charged at him, while Bai Mengyi closed his eyes and did not defend himself.

Lu Chengwen accidentally sealed Bai Mengyi’s dantian and spared him when his next attack nearly landed. After their fight, Lu Chengwen asked Bai Mengyi to carry a message to Bai Menya, and Bai Mengyi left owing him a favor.

• Lu Chengwen charged at Bai Mengyi again, then diverted his qi at the last moment and punched a tree when he realized Bai Mengyi could not defend himself.
• Bai Mengyi revealed that Lu Chengwen had sealed his dantian, and Lu Chengwen explained that he had no intention of killing him over their fight.
• Lu Chengwen asked Bai Mengyi to tell Bai Menya that he was not their enemy and urged their families to preserve their alliance against Yan Zhao Sect.
• Bai Mengyi promised to deliver Lu Chengwen’s message and repay the favor before taking his leave.

Lu Chengwen spared Bai Mengyi after their fight, hoping to ease tensions with the Bai family and gain Bai Mengyi’s respect. After explaining his choice to Hua Xuening, Long Aotian, and Zhao Ritian, he received Ming Disha’s support, while Ming Disha slapped Long Aotian and Zhao Ritian for their remarks.

• Bai Mengyi warned Lu Chengwen that other members of the Bai family might still come after him, then left with his attendants.
• Lu Chengwen staggered to a tree and sat down with serious injuries, where Hua Xuening joined him and praised his victory.
• Lu Chengwen told Hua Xuening that sparing Bai Mengyi could win his gratitude and prevent the Bai family from becoming a greater threat.
• Long Aotian suggested blaming the conflict on Ming Disha, but Ming Disha appeared and slapped him away.
• Lu Chengwen asked Ming Disha whether he lacked ruthlessness, and Ming Disha told him to follow his own judgment as he prepared to face the Heavenly Tribulation.
• Zhao Ritian declared himself the Son of Heavenly Dao, so Ming Disha slapped him away too.

Bai Menya recognized that Lu Chengwen’s release of Bai Mengyi had complicated the Bai family’s plans and suspected an unseen strategist was guiding him. Jiang Xiaohou defended Lu Chengwen to Jiang Xiaohu, who agreed to give her time before secretly ordering someone to make a person disappear.

• Bai Mengyi reported his defeat to Bai Menya, who told him to return and then ordered him transferred away from headquarters.
• Bai Menya and his adviser concluded that Lu Chengwen’s actions suggested an expert was guiding him, and Bai Menya decided to use the Jiang Family against him.
• Jiang Xiaohu told Jiang Xiaohou that Bai Menya might rely on someone else to target Lu Chengwen, but Jiang Xiaohou insisted that Lu Chengwen was hers and asked for time.
• Jiang Xiaohou left, and Jiang Xiaohu ordered his Close Guard’s subordinate to make a person disappear despite the serious consequences.

Lu Chengwen, Long Aotian, and Zhao Ritian rested after their fight when Gu Xiaochen and Dafei arrived with a gang to demand revenge. Zhao Ritian tried to keep Long Aotian from attacking them so he could collect Lu Chengwen’s promised million.

• Lu Chengwen, Long Aotian, and Zhao Ritian lay injured and exhausted until modified luxury cars surrounded them.
• Gu Xiaochen brought Dafei and his underlings to confront the three men, blaming Lu Chengwen for beating him after a race.
• Lu Chengwen offered Zhao Ritian a million to handle the gang, and Zhao sat up to ask whether the payment would be in cash.
• Dafei kicked Long Aotian and threatened to drive him out of the provincial capital, while Long Aotian warned the gang to leave.
• Zhao Ritian tried to bargain with Long Aotian for a share of the fee and restrained him when he began to lose his temper.
• Zhao Ritian yelled that Long Aotian might kill the gang and ruin his chance to earn the money, making Dafei’s smile disappear.

Long Aotian beat Brother Fei and his thugs after Zhao Ritian let him go, while Lu Chengwen tried to calm everyone down. Brother Fei took Zhao Ritian hostage with a pistol, and Long Aotian dared him to shoot, offering five million if he could kill him.

• Zhao Ritian released Long Aotian after Brother Fei promised him a million if Long Aotian defeated the thugs.
• Long Aotian punched Brother Fei into a car, then beat the baseball-bat-wielding thug and snapped an attacker’s forearm when he tried to stab him.
• Long Aotian slammed the baseball-bat-wielding thug onto a car hood, and Lu Chengwen urged him to stop as Zhao Ritian tried to wake Brother Fei and collect the promised money.
• Long Aotian smashed the kneeling thug’s arm and started to leave, but Brother Fei drew a pistol and held it to Zhao Ritian’s temple.
• Long Aotian told Brother Fei to pull the trigger and offered him five million if he could kill Zhao Ritian.

Lu Chengwen, Long Aotian, and Zhao Ritian overwhelmed Dafei and his gang, then Lu Chengwen lectured Gu Xiaochen about reckless street racing. Ming Disha returned with a way to help them advance, and the three immediately gathered around him.

• Long Aotian kept beating the Baseball Bat Prince while Dafei struggled to control the others with his gun, and Zhao Ritian demanded payment.
• Dafei fired at Long Aotian, who struck him down, while Zhao Ritian collected Dafei’s car keys to cover the remaining debt.
• Lu Chengwen caught Gu Xiaochen trying to leave, reminded him of the harm reckless racing could cause, and sent him away after slapping him.
• Ming Disha arrived and announced that he had figured out how to help them advance, prompting Lu Chengwen, Zhao Ritian, and Long Aotian to rush over and listen.

Ming Disha proposed forcibly breaking through the disciples’ cultivation barriers, but said he could help only one of them. After setting a ridiculous condition that the chosen disciple be surnamed Cheng, he left Zhao Ritian with one desperate way to qualify.

• Ming Disha explained that Zhao Ritian and Long Aotian could not break through their bottlenecks through ordinary cultivation, while Lu Chengwen could not cultivate on his own.
• Ming Disha offered to use his unique technique to forcibly help one disciple advance, but said helping all three would cost him too much.
• Ming Disha told the three to choose who was most gifted, had the brightest future, was worth investing in, and was preferably surnamed Cheng.
• Long Aotian noticed the surname condition and withdrew, while Zhao Ritian argued with him and then competed with Lu Chengwen on the other criteria.
• Lu Chengwen pointed out that he was the only one surnamed Cheng, leaving Zhao Ritian to acknowledge him as his godfather and take the Cheng surname.

Ming Disha set up a contest to decide which of Long Aotian, Zhao Ritian, and Lu Chengwen would advance, and chose a breath-holding competition. Long Aotian won after Zhao Ritian nearly drowned, and Ming Disha proposed eyesight as the next event.

• Long Aotian objected to Ming Disha’s proposed contests and demanded a fair competition with an obvious winner.
• Ming Disha chose a breath-holding contest, and Long Aotian, Zhao Ritian, and Lu Chengwen competed underwater.
• Lu Chengwen surfaced first, while Zhao Ritian stayed underwater so long that Lu Chengwen pulled him out and revived him.
• Long Aotian emerged last and claimed the win, while Ming Disha praised him and mocked Zhao Ritian for nearly drowning.
• Zhao Ritian agreed to another breath-holding contest, but Hua Xuening reminded Ming Disha they had already done that, so Ming Disha chose an eyesight contest.

Ming Disha’s eyesight contest ended with Zhao Ritian winning after Long Aotian argued over the slap count and Lu Chengwen gave up. Ming Disha began the arithmetic round, and Zhao Ritian answered his first question with “Seventy-one Monkeys!”

• Ming Disha tested Long Aotian’s eyesight by slapping him and making him guess how many fingers had struck him, then slapped him again after he disputed the answer.
• Ming Disha slapped Zhao Ritian, who guessed the number of fingers and admitted he had not actually seen the movement.
• Lu Chengwen gave up, and Ming Disha declared Zhao Ritian the winner of the eyesight round.
• Long Aotian told Zhao Ritian to die in a terminally ill person’s place, and Zhao Ritian refused, saying he was destined for great things.
• Ming Disha started the arithmetic round by asking how many monkeys there were, and Zhao Ritian answered, “Seventy-one Monkeys!”

Ming Disha tested Lu Chengwen, Long Aotian, and Zhao Ritian with a Monkey-counting riddle, then declared Lu Chengwen the winner. He sent Long Aotian first to advance, but Long Aotian balked when Ming Disha described a brutal method and tried to pass the opportunity to Zhao Ritian.

• Zhao Ritian gave an elaborate answer to Ming Disha’s Monkey riddle, while Long Aotian complicated his answer with pregnancies and possible numbers of babies.
• Lu Chengwen pointed out the possibility of twins and kept expanding the scenarios until Ming Disha declared him the winner.
• Ming Disha asked whether the three men truly wanted to advance; after Lu Chengwen said “Not necessarily,” Ming Disha assigned Long Aotian first, Zhao Ritian second, and Lu Chengwen last.
• Ming Disha led Long Aotian to an abandoned storage room and said he would break his bones, destroy his meridians and dantian, and seal his manhood before advancing him.
• Long Aotian asked to give the opportunity to Zhao Ritian, and Ming Disha demanded to know whether he was messing with him.

Lu Chengwen watched Ming Disha cripple Long Aotian and Zhao Ritian, then advanced safely to Intermediate Heavenly Four Gates. He laughed at his injured companions and promised to save them, but Ming Disha returned with a remedy that frightened them both.

• Ming Disha nearly killed Long Aotian and then crippled Zhao Ritian while attempting to help them advance, and Zhao Ritian had no Great Sun Returning Pill.
• Ming Disha advanced Lu Chengwen without injuring him, and Lu Chengwen reached Intermediate Heavenly Four Gates.
• Lu Chengwen saw Long Aotian and Zhao Ritian lying badly injured and laughed at their predicament while Hua Xuening watched.
• Lu Chengwen took selfies with Long Aotian and Zhao Ritian, then promised to save them because they were brothers.
• Ming Disha rushed back, claiming he had found a remedy, and Long Aotian begged Lu Chengwen to kill Martial Uncle.

Lu Chengwen kept Ming Disha from killing Long Aotian and Zhao Ritian, then left Youzhou with them after they were badly injured and he advanced to the ultimate stage of the Heavenly Four Gates. Meanwhile, the Wang Family secretly agreed to arrange Lu Chengwen’s elimination and seize the rights to his shantytown project.

• Lu Chengwen gave Long Aotian and Zhao Ritian Qi Circulation Powder, leaving them injured and back at the initial stage of the Heavenly Four Gates while he reached the ultimate stage.
• The Great Heavenly King and He Li fled and hid near the provincial capital, while Bai Mengyi was transferred away after Lu Chengwen spared him.
• Lu Chengwen drove out of Youzhou with Long Aotian and Zhao Ritian, boasting about how Martial Uncle’s help had let him break through.
• Wang Congyi told the Wang Family Patriarch and Old Wang that Tiger Highness had ordered Lu Chengwen’s elimination.
• Old Wang agreed that the Wang Family could benefit by taking over Lu Chengwen’s shantytown project, and the Wang Family Patriarch ordered Wang Congyi to arrange the attack.

Bai Jingchuan recruited the Zhao Family Patriarch to capture Lu Chengwen alive while disguising the Bai family's involvement. Jiang Xiaohou tested Zhang Jiucheng's loyalty by telling him someone wanted to harm Lu Chengwen, and Zhang swore to defend him at any cost.

• Bai Jingchuan told the Zhao Family Patriarch that the Bai family wanted Lu Chengwen captured alive, not killed.
• The Zhao Family Patriarch agreed to invent a personal grudge against Lu Chengwen and secretly hand him over to Bai Jingchuan.
• Jiang Xiaohou praised Lu Chengwen's help in transforming Zhang Jiucheng's son into a promising disciple of the Sword Saint.
• Zhang Jiucheng vowed that the Zhang Family would always remember Jiang Xiaohou and Lu Chengwen's kindness.
• Jiang Xiaohou asked what Zhang Jiucheng would do if someone tried to harm Lu Chengwen, and Zhang vowed to fight them even at the cost of his family's lives.