Chapter Summaries

Chen Buyi confronted He Yingchun over their personal grudge as Yun Kong Martial Academy captured several He Family members, pushing the family toward battle. Before the fighting could begin, He Han arrived as a Prenatal expert, and another powerful old man appeared to oppose him.

• Chen Buyi challenged He Yingchun, while Ye Qiuchen and Zhong Yuanqiu judged that He Yingchun had the advantage in a prolonged fight.
• Yue Wuping announced that He Xuling had been captured, and another group reported capturing He Kang and He Xingyang.
• He Yingchun ordered the He Family to fight, and Yao Chongbei prepared his forces for battle.
• He Han descended with a devastating attack, but a figure shot into the sky to meet him, and their clash wrecked the surrounding buildings.
• After the dust settled, He Han stood on a broken wall opposite an old man whose identity shocked the onlookers.

Luo Qingshan revealed that he was alive and confronted He Han over the He Family’s actions against Yun Kong Martial Academy. The two reached an agreement, ending the battle with the He Family weakened and several of its members taken away, while He Han vowed to repay the grudge.

• Fang Mo learned that the white-haired elder was Luo Qingshan, the former president of Yun Kong Academy, who had been presumed dead.
• Luo Qingshan confronted He Han over the He Family’s interference in Yun Kong Martial Academy and warned that he could hold He Han back while the He Family’s juniors suffered.
• Jiang Zhong and Zhong Yuanqiu concluded that He Han would not risk fighting Luo Qingshan and prepared to withdraw.
• Luo Qingshan and He Han exchanged private messages and appeared to reach an agreement, after which Yun Kong Martial Academy withdrew with He Xuling, He Kang, and He Xingyang.
• Chen Buyi left after He Han threatened to kill him, and Fang Mo and his companions returned to prepare for the Grand Martial Competition.
• He Han reassured his grieving family that their abducted relatives would be safe and vowed that the He Family would repay its enemies.

After Yun Kong Martial Academy defeated the He Family, Fang Mo met former dean Luo Qingshan, learned that his teacher Xie Changmin was likely safe, and received compensation to support his cultivation. He stored the gifts away to use later under Elder Jiang’s guidance.

• Yun Kong Martial Academy purged the He Family’s influence, while the Crimson Fire Saber Sect apologized and offered compensation after withdrawing from the conflict.
• Fang Mo trained intensely for the coming tournament, then went to Elder Jiang’s office and met Luo Qingshan.
• Luo Qingshan told Fang Mo that Xie Changmin had saved his life with a Spinal Ridge Pill and was believed to be safe from the Crimson Fire Saber Sect.
• Luo Qingshan gave Fang Mo a Xiantian Grade Marrow Cleansing Pill, and Elder Jiang gave him a box of cultivation pills and medicinal herbs from the sect’s compensation.
• Fang Mo returned home, inspected the gifts, and stored the Marrow Cleansing Pill without taking it, waiting for Elder Jiang’s instructions.

Fang Mo endured the painful treatment of the Xiantian Treasure Medicine as Elder Jiang used Gang Jin to strengthen his meridians and bones. He broke through to mid-stage Transformation Force, and Elder Jiang urged him to cultivate quickly and absorb the remaining medicinal power.

• Three days after Elder Jiang arranged the treatment, Fang Mo took the Xiantian Treasure Medicine and entered the medicinal bath.
• Elder Jiang had Yue Wuping add six bottles of Fire Rock Snake Medicinal Liquid while Fang Mo endured the scorching bath and the medicine's effects.
• Elder Jiang pressed his hands against Fang Mo's back and guided the medicine's power through his meridians and bones, exhausting himself in the process.
• After several hours, Fang Mo's blood and vitality surged, blasting apart the bath barrel as he advanced to mid-stage Transformation Force.
• Fang Mo thanked Elder Jiang, then went to cultivate as his master advised him to absorb the medicinal power still in his body.

Fang Mo advanced his martial skills and reached the late stage of Hua Jin while preparing for the grand martial competition. He reunited with his friends over hot pot as the New Year and registration deadline approached.

• Fang Mo's Tiger Roaring Emperor Fist shattered an ironwood post, and his cultivation panel showed that his martial realm had risen to the late stage of Hua Jin.
• Fang Mo learned from Zhao Ji that the first snow might come within days and reflected on how his memories of his former world were fading.
• Fang Mo joined Ding Bingxiu, Qu Jiang, Long Piaopiao, Guan Lu, and Qu Jiang's mother for hot pot at his residence.
• Ding Bingxiu explained that Yuan Hongfei felt too embarrassed to visit because he believed he had failed to help and because Guan Lu had rejected him.
• Ding Bingxiu asked when Fang Mo would register for the grand martial competition, and Long Piaopiao urged him to reach Hua Jin before the deadline.

Fang Mo's friends discussed the surge of young Grandmasters and agreed to keep Qin Muxue detained until after the grand competition. When Qu Jiang, Ding Bingxiu, and Long Piaopiao went to deal with her themselves, they discovered she had already escaped.

• Ding Bingxiu and Qu Jiang listed the many young Grandmasters and other martial artists entering the grand competition, then warned Fang Mo that the He Family could still threaten him.
• Fang Mo decided to keep Qin Muxue locked up until after the grand competition, while Guan Lu suspected he still had feelings for her.
• After leaving Fang Mo, Ding Bingxiu and Qu Jiang decided to take responsibility for dealing with Qin Muxue without telling him.
• Long Piaopiao learned that Qin Muxue had been missing for three days after persuading a guard to let her out.
• Ding Bingxiu, Qu Jiang, and Long Piaopiao drove off to search for Qin Muxue.

Fang Mo learned that Qin Muxue had escaped, then set out with Qu Jiang and Ding Bingxiu for Feng Xuyang’s martial arts gathering on Qingfeng Mountain. The gathering’s young Grandmaster guests arrived, but Feng Xuyang’s mysterious invitee had yet to appear.

• Ding Bingxiu told Fang Mo that Qin Muxue had escaped after seducing the sergeant major guarding her, and Fang Mo told them to stop searching.
• Fang Mo invited Qu Jiang and Ding Bingxiu to accompany him to Feng Xuyang’s gathering to discuss martial arts.
• Feng Xuyang hosted Ye Lanxin, Luo Yuan, and Yang Yanzhi at Qingfeng Pavilion while they waited for the other guests.
• Yue Quan arrived and exchanged greetings with the guests, then Xiong Ji and Luo Jiangyan arrived and traded barbed remarks with her.
• Feng Xuyang said another guest had yet to arrive, leaving the gathering waiting for his mysterious invitee.

Fang Mo arrived at Clearwind Pavilion, where seven young grandmasters had gathered after Feng Xuyang invited him to discuss Tai Chi Fist. The grandmasters scrutinized him, and Xiong Ji asked whether he was the one who created the art.

• Ye Lanxin and Yue Quan teased Luo Jiangyan about her feelings for Feng Xuyang, then turned the teasing toward Ye Lanxin.
• Feng Xuyang revealed that he practiced the Tianyi Sect's Empty Character Art and said the guests they awaited had arrived.
• The grandmasters debated Tai Chi Fist, with Luo Yuan and Ye Lanxin criticizing it while Feng Xuyang defended it.
• Fang Mo brought Ding Bingxiu up Qingfeng Mountain and entered Clearwind Pavilion, where he saw Yue Quan and Luo Jiangyan.
• Feng Xuyang welcomed Fang Mo, but the grandmasters gave him no response, and Xiong Ji asked whether he had created Tai Chi Fist.

Fang Mo faced Xiong Ji’s challenge to prove Tai Chi Fist’s worth and offered to teach someone present to spar with him. Luo Jiangyan volunteered, leaving the gathering surprised as the match was about to begin.

• Xiong Ji insulted Tai Chi Fist and challenged Fang Mo to test it, offering to limit himself to Transformation Force.
• Ye Lanxin pointed out Xiong Ji’s defensive advantage, and Fang Mo proposed teaching someone on the spot to spar with him.
• Fang Mo asked Yue Quan and Luo Jiangyan to help, prompting Yue Quan to tease him about choosing between them.
• Luo Jiangyan stood and volunteered to fight for Fang Mo.
• Yue Quan teased Luo Jiangyan that she had learned to care for Fang Mo.

Fang Mo offered to teach Luo Jiangyan the Tai Chi Thirteen Forms so she could fight Xiong Ji on his behalf. After demonstrating the technique in the snow before the assembled grandmasters, he impressed everyone, and Luo Jiangyan said she understood the moves.

• Yue Quan teased Fang Mo and Luo Jiangyan about their relationship, and Luo Jiangyan smiled without denying it.
• Fang Mo asked Xiong Ji to let Luo Jiangyan fight for him and requested fifteen minutes to teach her Tai Chi Fist.
• Fang Mo chose to teach the Tai Chi Thirteen Forms in front of everyone, despite their doubts.
• Fang Mo demonstrated the Thirteen Forms, and his performance silenced the skeptics and prompted Xiong Ji to apologize.
• Luo Jiangyan told Fang Mo she understood the moves, and he prepared to explain the technique's essential principles.

Fang Mo taught Luo Jiangyan the Tai Chi Fist mnemonic and demonstrated its changing forms, impressing the martial artists watching. Luo Jiangyan began fighting Xiong Ji with the technique, but struggled against his fierce assault as the battle continued in the snow.

• Fang Mo whispered the Tai Chi Fist mnemonic to Luo Jiangyan, who memorized it and briefly brushed lips with him as she turned.
• Fang Mo demonstrated Tai Chi Fist’s forceful, shifting forms, astonishing the assembled experts and deepening Luo Jiangyan’s respect for his skill.
• Luo Yuan offered to take the match against Fang Mo, but Xiong Ji refused and gave Luo Jiangyan more time to prepare.
• Luo Jiangyan began the fight using Tai Chi Fist, but Xiong Ji charged with Vajra Chain Fist and forced her backward through the snow.
• Ding Bingxiu worried that Luo Jiangyan had not mastered the technique, while the onlookers debated whether Tai Chi Fist could withstand Xiong Ji’s attack.

Luo Jiangyan mastered the core principles of Fang Mo’s Tai Chi Fist and defeated Xiong Ji, then bested Luo Yuan and Yang Yanzhi in further exchanges. The gathering accepted Fang Mo’s place among them and prepared to continue their martial arts discussions in the pavilion, while Ye Lanxin asked to learn Tai Chi Fist.

• Luo Jiangyan used Tai Chi Fist’s Receive, Deflect, and Release stances to turn Xiong Ji’s Mountain Breaking Fist against him and win their match.
• Xiong Ji accepted his defeat and asked Fang Mo about Tai Chi Fist, and Fang Mo offered to teach it.
• Luo Yuan challenged Luo Jiangyan and lost after more than twenty exchanges, praising the technique afterward.
• Yang Yanzhi fought Luo Jiangyan for more than thirty exchanges, lost, and apologized to Fang Mo for dismissing him earlier.
• Ye Lanxin praised Fang Mo and asked to learn Tai Chi Fist, while Feng Xuyang confirmed that the guests would enter the pavilion to discuss martial arts.

At Clearwind Pavilion, Fang Mo shared Tai Chi Fist techniques and discussed their principles with the gathered martial artists, strengthening their ties and gaining insights to improve the art. As the group departed through worsening snow, Ding Bingxiu and Qu Jiang wondered about Luo Jiangyan and Yue Quan’s feelings toward Fang Mo.

• Xiong Ji asked Fang Mo to teach him Tai Chi Fist, and Fang Mo explained that he had already made several forms publicly available to help martial arts flourish.
• Ye Lanxin asked Fang Mo for the Thirteen Tai Chi Stances, but Yue Quan challenged her, and Ye Lanxin backed down after hinting at Luo Jiangyan’s connection with Fang Mo.
• Fang Mo sent Tai Chi Fist materials to Xiong Ji, Luo Yuan, Yang Yanzhi, Feng Xuyang, Ye Lanxin, and Yue Quan, including the general mnemonic for the Thirteen Tai Chi Stances for Yue Quan.
• Fang Mo answered questions and practiced push-hands with the martial artists, whose suggestions helped him develop Tai Chi Fist’s inner force section.
• As heavy snow forced the gathering to end, Ding Bingxiu and Qu Jiang speculated about Luo Jiangyan and Yue Quan’s relationships with Fang Mo and called him uncanny.

Fang Mo endured a tense car ride between Yue Quan and Luo Jiangyan, who both offered to spar with him as he prepared for the grand competition. He returned to the academy with Ding Bingxiu and Qu Jiang, still undecided about going home with Yue Quan for the New Year.

• Fang Mo rode back to the academy squeezed between Yue Quan and Luo Jiangyan, and Yue Quan teased him about hiding his recent progress.
• Luo Jiangyan stopped Yue Quan from pulling Fang Mo's ear, and Yue Quan noticed that Luo Jiangyan seemed to have feelings for him.
• Yue Quan told Fang Mo she planned to return to Yunyang for the New Year and offered to wait for his decision for two days.
• Luo Jiangyan and Yue Quan each offered to spar with Fang Mo, and he agreed to arrange times with both of them.
• After the women drove away, Ding Bingxiu and Qu Jiang teased Fang Mo, and Fang Mo invited them back for hot pot prepared by Guan Lu.

Fang Mo sparred with Yue Quan and Luo Jiangyan, deliberately pushing them to use greater strength so he could build proficiency and improve his Indestructible Diamond Body. As Luo Jiming and Luo Qingshan watched Fang Mo fight, they discussed Luo Jiangyan’s possible future with him and the risks of his cultivation path.

• Fang Mo fought Yue Quan and urged her to use more strength, eventually taking a heavy blow after she raised her power to seventy percent.
• Guan Lu treated Fang Mo’s injuries and told him that her father had agreed to spend the New Year with her, Senior Brother Tang, and Senior Brother Feng.
• Fang Mo sparred with Luo Jiangyan in a snowy bamboo forest, and she increased her strength enough to send him sliding across the snow.
• Luo Jiming and Luo Qingshan watched the spar and discussed Luo Jiangyan’s growing closeness to Fang Mo and the risk posed by his difficult Indestructible Diamond Body cultivation.
• Luo Jiming said he was gambling on Fang Mo’s comprehension and recalled that the Flowing Cloud Sword Art had been forgotten for too long, and Luo Qingshan agreed.

After Yue Quan left, Luo Jiangyan began training Fang Mo with weapons and taught him the Flowing Cloud Three Forms. The Bronze Mirror rapidly advanced Fang Mo’s new technique to Mastery, preparing him to face Luo Jiangyan again.

• After sparring with Fang Mo for a week, Yue Quan ended their training and advised him to strengthen his weapon and learn the Luo Family’s Flowing Cloud Sword Art.
• Luo Jiangyan gave Fang Mo a Blade-Sword and began sparring with him in the bamboo grove, defeating him repeatedly as his weapon skills improved.
• Luo Jiming and Luo Qingshan watched Fang Mo’s progress and discussed making him a candidate to learn the Flowing Cloud Sword Art.
• After Fang Mo endured ten moves in their twentieth bout, Luo Jiangyan demonstrated and taught him the Flowing Cloud Three Forms.
• Fang Mo practiced the technique, and the Bronze Mirror advanced it from Beginner to Mastery by integrating his combat experience.

Fang Mo mastered the Flowing Cloud Three Forms and trained against Luo Jiangyan, who promised to teach him the advanced forms if he reached Minor Accomplishment before the competition. At New Year, he reunited with Guan Lie, Feng Qingyuan, and Tang Xiong, who learned that Fang Mo had reached Late Hua Jin.

• Fang Mo demonstrated Mastery Realm skill with the Flowing Cloud Three Forms, startling Luo Jiangyan, Luo Qingshan, and Luo Jiming.
• Luo Qingshan urged Luo Jiming to win Fang Mo over, hoping he could revive the Luo Family's Flowing Cloud Thirteenth Sword.
• Luo Jiangyan sparred with Fang Mo thirty times, then promised to teach him the advanced forms if he reached Minor Accomplishment before the post-New Year competition.
• Fang Mo trained for three days before the New Year, while Yun Kong Academy prepared for the upcoming competition.
• Fang Mo and Guan Lu met Guan Lie, Feng Qingyuan, and Tang Xiong at the airport, and Guan Lu revealed that Fang Mo had reached Late Hua Jin.

Fang Mo sparred with Guan Lie and nearly matched his master before the group reunited to celebrate New Year's Eve. Watching the fireworks, Guan Lie asked Guan Lu about her feelings for Fang Mo, and she admitted she wanted only to accompany him for a while, even knowing he would eventually leave.

• Fang Mo and Guan Lie fought for more than a hundred exchanges until Guan Lie finally knocked Fang Mo back, and both claimed the other was formidable.
• Guan Lu found Fang Mo injured and helped him leave, while Guan Lie insisted he had won and ordered Tang Xiong and Feng Qingyuan to support him.
• Fang Mo trained through New Year's Eve as Qu Jiang, his mother, Ding Bingxiu, and Long Piaopiao joined the others for the celebration.
• Guan Lie asked Guan Lu if she had fallen for Fang Mo, and she admitted she knew she could not bind him but wanted to share part of his journey.
• Guan Lie, moved by Guan Lu's tears beneath the fireworks, asked her to return to Yunyang with him.

Fang Mo, Qu Jiang, and Ding Bingxiu went to register for the Seven Star Alliance Tournament, where applicants had to pass tests of force and penetrating power. Qu Jiang passed both tests, and Ding Bingxiu stepped up for his turn as Long Piaopiao called out to him.

• Guan Lie defeated Fang Mo in a spar before leaving Yun Kong with Tang Xiong and Feng Qingyuan, while Guan Lu stayed behind.
• Ding Bingxiu arrived in Ning River after breaking through to Transformation Force, and Fang Mo congratulated him.
• Fang Mo, Qu Jiang, and Ding Bingxiu registered for the tournament and waited to take the tests.
• Qu Jiang pushed the flying stone past the mark and penetrated three barriers, passing both tests.
• Ding Bingxiu went to face the flying-stone test, and Long Piaopiao called out encouragement from below.

Ding Bingxiu narrowly passed the flying-stone test and easily cleared the force-penetration test. Fang Mo then stunned the crowd by precisely touching the line with one hand before striking through twelve layers, and he left with an invitation from General Cheng Long to visit the Ning River Military District.

• Ding Bingxiu pushed the flying stone just across the line, then passed the force-penetration test by breaking through three layers.
• Fang Mo pushed the flying stone with one hand and made it touch the line without crossing it, shocking the spectators.
• The spectators recognized Fang Mo as Iron Mask, the Tai Chi Fist creator and Yun Kong Martial Academy researcher, and reporters hurried to photograph him.
• Fang Mo struck through twelve layers in the force-penetration test, approaching the thirteenth and surpassing Long Piaopiao's previous result.
• Cheng Long introduced himself to Fang Mo, exchanged phone numbers with him, and invited him to visit the Ning River Military District.