Chapter Summaries

Elder Jiang formally took Fang Mo as his final disciple, prompting senior academy leaders to congratulate him and present lavish gifts. The ceremony left Fang Mo with powerful new allies and a prized blade, while He Xuling watched warily.

• Elder Jiang accepted Fang Mo as his disciple and warned him to cultivate diligently without abusing his master's influence.
• Yue Wuping welcomed Fang Mo as his Junior Brother, and Elder Jiang ordered Yue Wuping to protect him from bullying.
• Luo Jiming gave Fang Mo a Dark Gold Star Steel Blade after recognizing his strength with blade techniques.
• Yue Wuping and Yuan Xiao presented Fang Mo with gifts, including a Spiritual Medicine and a jade plaque.
• Bai Zujiang gave Fang Mo a notebook of alchemy notes, citing Fang Mo's inheritance of Xie Changmin's Pill Dao.
• The academy leaders presented more gifts as He Xuling grew increasingly wary of the support surrounding Fang Mo.

After half a month of training and alchemy, Fang Mo refined 150 bottles of Red Ginseng Turtle Jelly Blood-Nourishing Paste for Ding Bingxiu. When the group learned the Alliance tournament had been moved up and required competitors to be Transformation Force practitioners under twenty-five, Fang Mo and his friends resolved to train in seclusion for the next three months.

• Fang Mo improved his martial arts, Indestructible Diamond Body, and alchemy through daily training and guidance from the elders.
• Fang Mo finished refining 150 bottles of Red Ginseng Turtle Jelly Blood-Nourishing Paste, which Ding Bingxiu collected to meet demand.
• Yuan Hongfei brought news that registration for the Seven Stars of the Galactic Alliance Youth Martial Arts Tournament would run from October 11th to February 11th, with applicants required to be under twenty-five and at Transformation Force or above.
• Yuan Hongfei discovered that Ding Bingxiu had secretly reached Late Hidden Strength and lamented that he was the only one who had fallen behind.
• Fang Mo told Ding Bingxiu to stop selling medicine and proposed that they enter seclusion for three months to push toward Transformation Force, and Yuan Hongfei agreed to give it his all.

The academy announced the Seven Star Alliance Grand Tournament, prompting Qin Muxue to seize on it as a chance to improve her cultivation and Fang Mo to prepare for the competition. Elder Jiang explained the secret realm’s importance, promised to arrange powerful sparring opponents, and gave Fang Mo the Heaven Grade martial skill Startling Swan Eight Steps; as Fang Mo returned to his villa, someone called out to him.

• The academy announced the Seven Star Alliance Grand Tournament, whose participants had to be Transformation Force practitioners under twenty-five, and students began preparing for its rewards and qualification requirements.
• Qin Muxue decided to cultivate desperately toward Transformation Force, hoping to delay the He Family’s plans for her, and He Qiufeng ordered He Ying to provide her with resources.
• Elder Jiang urged Fang Mo to enter the tournament, explaining that its Zhiyuan Star secret realm might hold a way to reach the Heavenly Human Realm and resolve Fang Mo’s Bone Structure problem.
• Fang Mo promised to break through to Transformation Force, and Elder Jiang agreed to arrange daily sparring against powerful opponents.
• Elder Jiang gave Fang Mo the Heaven Grade movement skill Startling Swan Eight Steps, and Fang Mo headed back to his villa to study it.
• Someone called out to Fang Mo from behind as he returned to the villa.

Du Chuan begged Fang Mo to save Fang Xiaolian from Fang Mo’s maternal family, but Fang Mo refused and had Du Chuan arrested after he threatened to ruin Fang Mo’s reputation. Fang Mo then practiced Startling Swan Eight Steps, fused it with Flying Cloud Steps using the Bronze Mirror, and decided to seek a stronger fist technique.

• Du Chuan brought Fang Mo a card from Fang Xiaolian, but Fang Mo rejected it and said he had severed ties with the Fang Family.
• Du Chuan pleaded for Fang Mo to save Fang Xiaolian from Fang Mo’s maternal family, which wanted to kill him in revenge for Fang Mo’s mother.
• Fang Mo refused to help, and Du Chuan threatened to expose his refusal before the Security Department arrested Du Chuan.
• Fang Mo practiced Startling Swan Eight Steps and used the Bronze Mirror to fuse Flying Cloud Steps into it, raising the technique to Proficient.
• Fang Mo decided to ask Elder Jiang for a stronger fist technique and continued training his improved footwork.

Elder Jiang and Yue Wuping learned that Fang Mo was the son of Ye Qiuchen, the famed Cloud Sword, and decided to keep the truth from him. Meanwhile, Ye Qiuchen faced Ning Tianxing at Tianxing Fort for a fourth sword strike, as Fang Xiaolian's family watched under guard.

• Yue Wuping told Elder Jiang that Ye Qiuchen had been traced to Tianxing Fort and that Fang Mo likely did not know about his background.
• Elder Jiang destroyed the file, ordered Yue Wuping to keep the information secret, and instructed him to send the man away from Ning River or kill him if he resisted.
• Security Department agents released Du Chuan at the airport with a ticket and ordered him to leave immediately.
• Ye Qiuchen challenged Ning Tianxing to receive his fourth sword, and Ning Tianxing agreed despite the danger.
• Fang Xiaolian, Hu Yuehua, and Fang Yang watched Ye Qiuchen and Ning Tianxing from their courtyard while Tianxing Fort martial artists guarded them.

Ning Tianxing survived Ye Qiuchen’s overwhelming sword strike and glimpsed a distant path to the Prenatal realm, but he could not prevent Fang Xiaolian from being handed over. Fang Xiaolian killed himself, Hu Yuehua followed in death, and Fang Yang collapsed as Du Chuan returned to the scene.

• Ye Qiuchen unleashed Cloud Breaks Heaven Opens, and Ning Tianxing countered with Ten Absolute Swords—Peerless Sword, taking a grave wound while glimpsing a faint light toward the Prenatal path.
• Ning Tianxing accepted that he had lost and allowed Ye Qiuchen to decide Fang Xiaolian’s fate; Ye Qiuchen ordered Fang Xiaolian to take his own life.
• Fang Xiaolian apologized to Hu Yuehua and Fang Yang, then struck his forehead and died, declaring that he was repaying Sister Shuang with his life.
• Hu Yuehua cursed Fang Xiaolian and cut her own throat, collapsing beside him as Fang Yang screamed and fainted.
• Du Chuan returned through the mountain pass, saw the bodies, and wept.

Fang Mo impressed Elder Yang and the Martial Research Department with his rapid progress in the Startling Swan Eight Steps, earning a powerful new fist manual from Elder Jiang. After studying the Tiger Roaring Emperor Fist, he fused his Tiger Subduing Fist mastery into it with the Bronze Mirror.

• Fang Mo sparred with Elder Yang, who repeatedly defeated him while Elder Dong and Elder Jiang marveled that Fang Mo had learned the Startling Swan Eight Steps to proficiency in a day.
• Elder Jiang gave Fang Mo the Tiger Roaring Emperor Fist, explaining that its fierce techniques suited Fang Mo and his Indestructible Diamond Body.
• Fang Mo kept to his daily routine, then studied the fist manual at night and quickly learned its complete sequence.
• The Bronze Mirror offered to fuse Fang Mo's Tiger Subduing Fist mastery into the Tiger Roaring Emperor Fist, and Fang Mo accepted.

Fang Mo advanced his Tiger Roaring Emperor Fist while the Alliance prepared for the approaching Grand Competition. A viral article attacked him for failing to reach Transformation Force and accused the academy of wasting resources on him, but Fang Mo stayed calm as Yuan Hongfei suspected a powerful figure at Yun Kong Academy was behind it.

• Fang Mo cultivated the Tiger Roaring Emperor Fist with Elder Jiang's help, reaching Great Accomplishment and Peak Hidden Strength before struggling to attain Consummation.
• News spread of rising martial arts talents and sect experts as forces gathered for the Grand Competition at the Eight Major Competition Zones.
• An article portraying Iron Mask as unable to break through to Transformation Force went viral and accused Yun Kong Academy of wasting resources on Fang Mo.
• Ding Bingxiu demanded that Yuan Hongfei find the article's author, while Fang Mo urged him to ignore the insults and keep cultivating.
• Yuan Hongfei suspected that one person at Yun Kong Academy had made the investigation impossible, leaving Ding Bingxiu asking who it was.

Fang Mo and his companions dismissed the campaign against him and focused on training for the upcoming competition, while He Xingyang’s Feiyang Martial Arts Alliance continued attacking Iron Mask online. He Xingyang then devised a new plan involving martial artists arriving from Zhiyuan Star.

• Yuan Hongfei identified He Xingyang as a likely source of the rumors, but Qu Jiang urged everyone to focus on training and Fang Mo agreed.
• Qu Jiang said he would enter seclusion to pursue a breakthrough, and Ding Bingxiu promised to reach Transformation Force before registration closed.
• Fang Mo returned to his usual training routine as public opinion turned against him and online criticism intensified.
• He Xingyang demonstrated his powerful Eagle Claw Technique at the Feiyang Martial Arts Alliance headquarters and warned members not to underestimate fighters from other Colony Planets.
• Zhao Yuan reported that Iron Mask had shown no reaction to the insults, and He Xingyang ordered him not to provoke a physical confrontation.
• He Xingyang told Zhao Yuan to carry out a new plan when martial artists from Zhiyuan Star arrived in Yun Kong.

He Xingyang visited Qin Muxue while she trained, and she resolved to escape before the regional competition. Fang Mo broke through to the peak of the Indestructible Diamond Body’s second level and left the Gravity Room, where he noticed a crowd gathered around the training hall’s virtual display.

• He Xingyang watched Qin Muxue train and restrained himself because he needed her Pure Yin Body to help him break through to Dan Jin.
• Qin Muxue realized she had little time to escape and searched news on her Wristwatch for information that could help her plan.
• Fang Mo trained under six times gravity and advanced the Indestructible Diamond Body to the peak of its second level.
• Fang Mo reviewed his improving skills and alchemy, then left the Gravity Room and saw a crowd gathered around the virtual display.

Fang Mo learned how formidable the arriving Alliance teams could be and resolved to train harder, while He Xingyang plotted to ruin him by provoking the newcomers into challenging him. Ding Bingxiu begged to stay at Fang Mo’s villa, but Guan Lu insisted he explain why before she agreed.

• Fang Mo watched news of Zhiyuan Star’s powerful martial artists arriving and considered the threat posed by the Alliance planets and alien races in the upcoming competition.
• He Xingyang and Zhao Yuan identified Fang Mo and planned to provoke the arriving martial artists into challenging him at Yun Kong Martial Academy.
• Fang Mo returned to the villa and found Ding Bingxiu asking to move in, claiming he would be doomed if Fang Mo did not help him.
• Guan Lu said Ding Bingxiu could stay only if he explained his predicament, and Ding Bingxiu sighed that it was a sad story.

Ding Bingxiu moved into Fang Mo and Guan Lu’s villa, where Yuan Hongfei later joined him, while martial artists from Zhiyuan Star began defeating Yun Kong Academy students. When Ding Bingxiu’s fiancée Long Piaopiao arrived and chased him, Fang Mo intervened and discovered her remarkable strength.

• Ding Bingxiu told Fang Mo and Guan Lu that he had fled Zhiyuan Star to escape his powerful fiancée, and Guan Lu let him stay in the villa.
• Yuan Hongfei learned Ding Bingxiu had moved in, demanded the same treatment, and was given Fang Mo’s study as a room.
• Zhiyuan Star martial artists arrived at Yun Kong Martial Academy and repeatedly defeated ranked students in challenges.
• Fang Mo ignored calls online for him to fight the visitors and continued his cultivation.
• Ding Bingxiu fled from Long Piaopiao, and Fang Mo blocked her punch before learning she was Ding Bingxiu’s fiancée.

Fang Mo met Long Piaopiao, Ding Bingxiu’s formidable fiancée, and watched her take Ding away to train him for the Grand Martial Tournament. After Long shared details about the tournament, Guan Lu called Fang Mo a donkey for failing to notice Long’s concern for Ding, leaving him puzzled by her irritation.

• Two Transforming Strength Practitioners confronted Long Piaopiao after she struck Fang Mo, but Fang stopped them and introduced himself as Ding Bingxiu’s younger brother.
• Long Piaopiao seized Ding Bingxiu by the ear for running away, then agreed to stop after Fang persuaded her to come inside.
• Long Piaopiao ordered Ding Bingxiu to return with her for extra training and said he had to reach Transformation Force before the tournament.
• Long Piaopiao told Fang Mo that more than 150 Peak Hua Jin practitioners would compete in the Grand Martial Tournament and that mid-stage Transformation Force would give him a chance at the finals.
• Long Piaopiao dragged Ding Bingxiu away, and Guan Lu told Fang Mo that Long cared about him before calling Fang a donkey for not seeing it.

Fang Mo took Guan Lu to watch the martial matches, where Zhiyuan Star's Gao Yuan defeated Yun Kong student Wu Jie and taunted the academy. As Gao Yuan challenged Yun Kong's fighters, Yu Fenghua appeared to face him.

• Fang Mo invited Guan Lu to dinner and the matches, and they went to the Open-air Arena together.
• Gao Yuan overwhelmed Wu Jie with a series of kicks and knocked him off the platform.
• Gao Yuan mocked Yun Kong Martial Academy, while Fang Mo worried about the strength of Zhiyuan Star's warriors.
• Qin Muxue urged He Xingyang to fight Gao Yuan, but He Xingyang refused, calling the match a probe by Zhiyuan Star.
• Yu Fenghua leapt from the stands onto the platform, drawing cheers from the crowd.

Yu Fenghua defeated Gao Yuan with the Yin Sha Four Absolute Hands, while He Xingyang and Qin Muxue made plans amid the tournament. The chapter ended as a fighter from Zhiyuan Star leaped onto the arena to challenge Yu Fenghua.

• Fang Mo suspected He Xingyang was stirring up trouble against him and planned to settle matters after reaching Transformation Force.
• Yu Fenghua evaded Gao Yuan's first three attacks, then overwhelmed him with the first two moves of the Four Absolute Hands and left him injured on the ground.
• He Xingyang told Qin Muxue he would get her another bottle of Blood Lotus Pills, while she secretly thought she was running out of time to act.
• Zhao Yuan told He Xingyang that the person had appeared at the arena, and He Xingyang instructed him to make arrangements.
• Yu Fenghua challenged the Zhiyuan Star group, and a fighter leaped from the stands onto the arena to face him.

Yu Fenghua and Yang Gang fought to a bloody draw, and Zheng Tianming unexpectedly took the stage. As Fang Mo tried to leave with Guan Lu, Zheng Tianming called out to ask whether Fang Mo was there.

• Yang Gang challenged Yu Fenghua to a Peak Hua Jin match, and the two fought at close range with sword and hand techniques.
• Yang Gang and Yu Fenghua unleashed their strongest moves, injured each other, and agreed their match was a draw before collapsing and being carried away for treatment.
• Fang Mo told Guan Lu that the fighters were evenly matched and reflected that he needed to break through to Hua Jin.
• As Fang Mo and Guan Lu prepared to leave, Zheng Tianming swept onto the platform, surprising the audience and Long Piaopiao.
• Fang Mo started to leave, but Zheng Tianming shouted across the arena, asking whether Fang Mo was there.

Zheng Tianming publicly challenged Fang Mo, and a crowd conspired to pressure Fang Mo into fighting despite the gap in their strength. Fang Mo questioned Zheng Tianming’s fairness, and Zheng Tianming offered to suppress his strength to Peak Hidden Strength, leaving the challenge unanswered.

• Zheng Tianming called out Iron Mask and challenged Fang Mo to test Tai Chi Fist, while Fang Mo tried to leave with Guan Lu.
• A planted spectator identified Fang Mo, and the crowd surrounded him and demanded that he enter the ring as He Xingyang watched.
• Qin Muxue realized He Xingyang had orchestrated the public pressure, while Ye Qiuchen recognized Fang Mo as his Little Martial Aunt’s son and explained his unusual cultivation to a youth.
• Fang Mo faced Zheng Tianming and pointed out that a Peak Hua Jin martial artist was challenging someone at Dark Force.
• After spectators mocked Zheng Tianming for the unequal challenge, Zheng Tianming offered to suppress his strength to Peak Hidden Strength and asked Fang Mo if he dared fight.

Fang Mo accepted Zheng Tianming’s challenge after Zheng offered to fight with one hand behind his back. Luo Jiangyan appeared and sealed Zheng’s strength to Peak Hidden Strength, leaving Fang Mo and Zheng ready to begin their fight.

• Zheng Tianming challenged Fang Mo and offered to use only one hand, while Guan Lu warned Fang Mo not to accept.
• Fang Mo accepted and displayed impressive footwork as he entered the arena.
• Fang Mo asked for a Grandmaster to seal Zheng Tianming’s strength, and Zheng agreed to the arrangement.
• Luo Jiangyan arrived, sealed Zheng’s acupoints to suppress him to Peak Hidden Strength, and urged Fang Mo not to bring shame upon the Martial Research Department.
• Luo Jiangyan left the arena, and Zheng asked Fang Mo if they could finally begin.

Fang Mo fought Zheng Tianming in the arena, revealing that his Tai Chi Fist could absorb and redirect an opponent’s force before overpowering him. After Fang Mo crippled Zheng Tianming, an unknown figure tried to intervene, but Luo Jiangyan intercepted them.

• Zheng Tianming attacked Fang Mo with Heart-Shattering Palm, but Fang Mo met him with Tai Chi Heart-Drilling Fist and held his ground.
• Fang Mo realized Zheng Tianming intended to kill or cripple him, and both fighters declared they would stop holding back.
• Fang Mo used Tai Chi Springing Shock to borrow Zheng Tianming’s force and make him cough up blood.
• Fang Mo pressed his attack with Tai Chi Xingyi Half-Step Collapse, Tiger Step Iron Mountain Lean, and Advancing Step Ban Lan Chui, crippling Zheng Tianming.
• As Fang Mo moved to strike Zheng Tianming again, a figure rushed toward the ring, but Luo Jiangyan intercepted them in midair.

Fang Mo defeated Zheng Tianming but drew the Crimson Fire Saber Sect’s hostility, and Luo Zongshan warned him to stay cautious before the competition. After Luo Jiangyan left him confused with her remark, Fang Mo returned home with Guan Lu, where they learned Yue Quan would arrive the next day.

• Sun Jingfei stopped the match by conceding for the injured Zheng Tianming, and Fang Mo threw Zheng to the ground before Sun carried him away with a threat.
• He Xingyang decided to exploit Fang Mo’s conflict with the Crimson Fire Saber Sect, while Qin Muxue watched Fang Mo with hatred.
• Luo Jiangyan said she had only watched over Fang Mo because Yue Quan entrusted him to her, then left as the crowd cheered Fang Mo.
• Fang Mo and Guan Lu returned to the villa and began preparing dinner together before Luo Zongshan arrived to warn Fang Mo about the Crimson Fire Saber Sect.
• Fang Mo agreed to be careful, and then learned from Yue Quan’s message that his master would arrive the next day.