Chapter Summaries

After returning from the Giant World, Zhou Leng revealed the strength of his Giant Physical Extraordinary Body to his classmates and reunited with Xu Qingjin. He later visited Zhang Xinglie, whose stories drew a crowd of neighborhood children.

• Deng Zhijue noticed Zhou Leng had become more confident and approved his request for Martial Guard Department clearance.
• Zhou Leng returned to class, where his classmates marveled at his changed appearance and urged him to test his strength.
• Zhou Leng lifted the Demonized Steel Plate so forcefully that the weightlifting platform exploded, and he told Deng Zhijue the old equipment had broken.
• Zhou Leng showed his classmates videos of the Giant World and told them about his experiences in the Giant Trial.
• Zhou Leng met Xu Qingjin, shared a meal with her, and talked with her beside Reading Lake Pavilion before seeing her to her dormitory.
• Zhou Leng visited Zhang Xinglie, then joined him in entertaining neighborhood children as Zhang Xinglie recounted their adventures.

Zhang Xinglie and Zhou Leng discussed their future in martial arts and reminisced about their childhood bond with Xu Qingjin. Meanwhile, Liang Baiyin told her family about Zhou Leng’s achievements and tried to repay him with a Ten Realms Youth War slot, but her grandfather said the slots were already allocated.

• Zhang Xinglie told Zhou Leng that Yunhua had promised him an assessment for the Remnant Cloud Pillar, while Zhou Leng offered him tickets to the Ancient River Trial.
• Zhang Xinglie urged Zhou Leng to consider studying at Yunhua, and the two promised to work toward standing together among the strongest martial artists.
• Zhang Xinglie and Zhou Leng visited their demolished elementary school and recalled how they had held hands with Xu Qingjin as children.
• Liang Baiyin told her family that Zhou Leng had saved her and earned high-level Ancestor's Protection, then repeated Shanhe Tianyue's prediction that Zhou Leng had Martial Saint potential.
• Liang Baiyin asked her grandfather to secure Zhou Leng a Ten Realms Youth War slot, but he explained that this year's slots had already been allocated.

Madam Xi Yan outlined the Demon-Worshiping Cult’s plan to destabilize Ru City and gather Blood Pearls, while Zhou Leng received new support and orders from Wang Boxiong. Zhou Leng then investigated Tian Wenhu’s past and learned that the man had just encountered his ex-girlfriend while fleeing Water Continent Demon City.

• Madam Xi Yan ordered the cult to harass Ru City, deepen demonization, gather Blood Pearls, and prepare for the Calamity Envoy, while rejecting a proposed trade for Original Demon Blood.
• Wang Boxiong offered Zhou Leng upgraded training opportunities, special resources, and a path toward the Monster-Slaying Camp, while warning him to conceal his Giant Physical Extraordinary Body until it stabilized.
• Zhou Leng accepted the plan to enter the Monster-Slaying Camp and received access to the Martial Guard section and supplies to advance toward the Force-Generating Stage.
• Zhou Leng searched the Martial Guard files for Tian Wenhu and learned how his ruined prospects, his parents’ deaths, and the fall of Shuizhou City led him to join the Shuizhou Five Tigers.
• Tian Wenhu began rescuing refugees and became an honorary disciple of an Innate expert before encountering his ex-girlfriend while trying to escape Water Continent Demon City.

Zhou Leng investigated old cases linking Tian Wenhu, the Chang Clan, and No. 59 Middle School, then discovered that a demon attack had caused the poisoning that derailed his high-school exams. He went to cultivate the Indestructible Star Body but failed to connect with the stars, so he studied Ceres as a more attainable focus.

• Zhou Leng read Tian Wenhu’s files and found ties between the Lou Clan, Xue Tongming, and Chang Luan, whose clan was close to Tian Wenhu.
• Zhou Leng examined five cases involving No. 59 Middle School families and recognized that a demon attack had poisoned him during high school.
• Deng Zhijue told Zhou Leng that investigators had found no evidence implicating Principal Rao Fuxing and had stopped investigating the school after pressure from the Zhao family.
• Zhou Leng bought more Demonic Beast Corpse-Melting Potion, visited Tree Senior, and tried to begin cultivating the Indestructible Star Body with Star Spiral Shells.
• After failing to connect with stars, the moon, and the asteroid belt, Zhou Leng researched Ceres so he could visualize it more clearly.

Zhou Leng completed his first cultivation of the Indestructible Star Body by visualizing Ceres and absorbing medicinal power, then demonstrated his increased strength against a Black Bone Tiger. After recovering in Mammoth Lake, he found three unfamiliar items waiting on the shore.

• Zhou Leng spent five days visualizing Ceres until he drew a tiny image of it into his Will World, then covered about three percent of its surface with his will.
• Zhou Leng used ten packets of bone powder from an innate Eight-Tusked Mammoth to complete the first cultivation of the Indestructible Star Body.
• Little Eight tested Zhou Leng's strength with its trunk, and Zhou Leng forced his way free, showing that his strength had improved.
• Zhou Leng defeated the smallest Black Bone Tiger repeatedly, and the innate Black Bone Tiger gave him thirty Orange Blossom Fruits through Little Eight.
• Zhou Leng practiced underwater in Mammoth Lake and fell asleep; when he woke, he found a large taro-like object, a coconut-shell container of golden liquid, and a strange green insect with a red flower on its head.

After returning from Giant World, Zhou Leng planned his cultivation and advancement, reconnected with friends, and found that his classes no longer matched his level. He resumed training at the Advanced Martial Arts Gym, where fellow students saw his transformed body and noticed the striking device was set to ten settings.

• Zhou Leng accepted three rare advancement fruits from Little Eight and planned to cultivate his bodies and prepare medicines for the Force-Generating Stage and the Innate Battle Path.
• After returning to Xiaoru Village, Zhou Leng replied to messages, spoke with Liang Baiyin, and agreed to meet Xue Chengsong and Rao Mingxian for dinner.
• Zhou Leng returned to class but found the lessons too basic, so Deng Zhijue offered to arrange an Innate instructor and explore whether he could become a disciple of Martial Saint Zhu Shiji.
• At the Advanced Martial Arts Gym, Zhou Leng trained while considering the need for a true master.
• Ji Changnian and other students toured the gym, where they saw Zhou Leng emerge from the Advanced Striking Device as a little Giant; an experienced senior noticed its setting was ten.

Zhou Leng trained his movement technique in the wilderness and outran a high-speed train, reaching 99.2 meters per second. He later joined friends for dinner, where their cultivation progress highlighted the gains Cao Jiajia had made on the Heavenly Stair.

• Students recognized Zhou Leng as a powerful senior after he endured the Striking Device's tenth setting with his body, leaving Ji Changnian conflicted about their connection as Heavenly Stair comrades.
• Zhou Leng met Xu Qingjin for lunch, watched videos with her, and walked her to class before deciding to train by running outside the city.
• Zhou Leng used Flying Crane Movement in the wilderness and raced alongside a high-speed train, reaching 99.2 meters per second as passengers watched and cheered.
• Zhou Leng arrived at Lao Rong Ji for a gathering with Rao Mingxian, Xue Chengsong, Cao Jiajia, Cui Mingcong, and Feng Wenhao, though Feng Wenhao had not yet arrived.
• Xue Chengsong, Cui Mingcong, and Cao Jiajia compared their cultivation stages, and Cao Jiajia revealed that the Heavenly Stair had brought her to Blood-Circulating Late Stage.

Zhou Leng reunited with his former Demon City Squad companions, who marveled at his strength and learned he could already defeat ordinary Force-Generating Stage fighters. He agreed to help Xue Chengsong's family against the Shuizhou Five Tigers after he advanced, while revealing that his Martial Dao resources had made ordinary corporate offers seem insignificant.

• Cui Mingcong, Cao Jiajia, Rao Mingxian, and Xue Chengsong were stunned by Zhou Leng's imposing build and heard about his experiences in Giant World and Rao Mingxian's gains in Water Continent Demon City.
• Zhou Leng discussed his interest in High-Energy Spiral Shells, and Xue Chengsong offered him shells his family had obtained from the Shuizhou Five Tigers.
• Xue Chengsong explained that Tian Wenhu had escalated the conflict with Xue Enterprise, and Zhou Leng promised to help once he reached the Force-Generating Stage.
• Zhou Leng told the group he could already defeat an ordinary Force-Generating Stage fighter, prompting Xue Chengsong to offer him twenty High-Energy Spiral Shells for joining the fight.
• Privately, Xue Chengsong asked about Zhou Leng's cultivation resources and potential corporate work, and Zhou Leng said he was focused on becoming a Martial Saint's disciple rather than taking an ordinary company position.

After dinner, Zhou Leng and Rao Mingxian discussed their recent lives, Rao Mingxian’s painful childhood, and their plans for the future. As Rao Mingxian left Ru City, two Innate Demon Spirit Masters arrived to deliver Zhou Leng three months of demon-medicine salary on behalf of Frost Hand’s master.

• Rao Mingxian told Zhou Leng that he had entered a cultivation ground and warned him that the Demon-Worshiping Cult might act after the No. 59 Middle School killings.
• Zhou Leng connected the demon that had poisoned him in high school to the demon responsible for a No. 59 Middle School student’s family deaths.
• Rao Mingxian described the abuse and humiliation he had endured from his grandfather and classmates, explaining that his recent revenge was for his younger self.
• Zhou Leng invited Rao Mingxian to join the Ancient River Trial, but Rao Mingxian said he might leave Ru City with his retiring grandfather.
• After Rao Mingxian departed, two Innate Demon Spirit Masters greeted Zhou Leng and delivered three months of demon medicines from Frost Hand’s master.

Zhou Leng received supplies and a warning from Frost Hand as he began his role as a double agent, then continued training and deepened his relationship with Xu Qingjin. He ended the day learning the Mountain-Subduing River Battle Art from Song Juesi, whose reluctance to teach online suggested his old injury still troubled him.

• Snow Mountain Wolf delivered Frost Hand’s letter, a modified priest badge, and magic medicines to Zhou Leng, who accepted his role in helping the Ice Snow Divine Cult search for the Ice God.
• Zhou Leng endured the Land of Blades, reaching 9,342 blades, then trained the Indestructible Star Body and planned to wrap his will around Ceres.
• Zhou Leng checked for intelligence on Tian Wenhu, arranged private instruction at Ru City Martial Academy, and agreed to meet Song Juesi that evening.
• Zhou Leng gave Xu Qingjin a temporary Demon Spirit Bag with a small flower inside, and she gladly accepted it while recalling the childhood gifts she had kept.
• Song Juesi taught Zhou Leng and Liang Baiyin the Mountain-Subduing River Battle Art, and Zhou Leng asked permission to share his notes with Shanhe Yuan and Zhang Xinglie.
• Song Juesi rejected the suggestion that he teach by video, and Zhou Leng and Liang Baiyin suspected his injured foundation was the reason.

Song Juesi taught Zhou Leng and Liang Baiyin about three Innate Battle Paths and shared why he kept climbing despite his injuries. After settling into an intensive training routine, Zhou Leng reached the limit of his Giant Physical Extraordinary Body and gathered the pills needed for his next step.

• Song Juesi explained the Natural, Heart-Knot, and Pain Battle Paths, and Zhou Leng and Liang Baiyin named personal heart-knots they hoped to resolve.
• Song Juesi described the military's War Execution Ground as a powerful Pain Battle Path, and Liang Baiyin decided to help Zhou Leng qualify for it.
• Song Juesi told Zhou Leng and Liang Baiyin that he climbed mountains because his injured body could not take him to the moon or stars, and they left with deeper respect for him.
• Zhou Leng and Liang Baiyin ran together to Seal Garden, where he declined her invitation for tea and continued his training run.
• Zhou Leng followed a demanding daily routine of investigating Tian Wenhu, studying, and training until his Giant Physical Extraordinary Body compressed to two meters and reached its limit.
• Zhou Leng met with Instructors Deng Zhijue and Huang Jingqiu and brought out the required advancement pills, including the Giant Tribe's medicine.

Zhou Leng completed an extraordinary advancement to the Force-Generating Stage, consuming medicines from several races and reaching the Rock Realm of Will Mountain. Huang Jingqiu and Wang Boxiong concealed their realization that Zhou Leng’s earlier mental collapse had been false information, and Zhou Leng left under orders to avoid strenuous training for three days.

• Huang Jingqiu called Wang Boxiong to supervise Zhou Leng’s unusual advancement, and Deng Zhijue secured the training-room door.
• Zhou Leng performed nine Force-Generating tremors, transforming his muscles and developing living dragon-pattern fascia beneath his skin.
• Zhou Leng consumed Giants’ medicines, then Dwarves’ Dragon Bone Medicine, which tempered his body in pale-red flames and left his skin ringing like steel.
• Zhou Leng took the Ice Demon Spirit Masters’ Tree of Illusion and Cold Moon Hanging Light, causing Will Mountain to solidify into the Rock Realm as the crystalline droplet merged into the tree.
• Huang Jingqiu and Wang Boxiong realized Zhou Leng had deceived them about his mental will being destroyed, and they pretended they had misidentified his Rock Will.
• Wang Boxiong ordered Zhou Leng to avoid weight-bearing training and overeating for three days, and Deng Zhijue praised Zhou Leng’s newly fearsome aura.

After enduring the effects of three advancement medicines, Zhou Leng tested his newly strengthened body against Little Eight and the Black Bone Tigers. His battle with a Force-Generating Black Bone Tiger advanced his Mind-Spirit Shadow Division, and he returned with Tiger-Pattern Bamboo as he learned more about the valley and Ferocious Beast Realm.

• Zhou Leng consumed the honey, taro, and cordyceps, endured hours of pain, and slept for thirty-six hours before recovering.
• Zhou Leng rested in Beast World for three days, then tested his strength against Little Eight and staggered the mammoth with a qi-free shove.
• Zhou Leng fought five Black Bone Tigers, defeated the smallest with a throw, and battled a Force-Generating Black Bone Tiger until they both stopped from exhaustion.
• Zhou Leng adapted to the tiger’s attacks, advancing Mind-Spirit Shadow Division into Ten Thousand Transformations at Will, and received Tiger-Pattern Bamboo from the Innate Black Bone Tiger.
• Little Eight explained that Tiger-Pattern Bamboo strengthened bones and helped them heal, while Zhou Leng learned about the valley’s territory and the wars caused by territorial disputes or Beast Graves.

Zhou Leng prepared for rising conflicts as the Demon-Worshiping Cult planned an attack on Ru City for April 1st and Tian Wenhu and Xue Tongming arranged a deathmatch. The chapter left Zhou Leng training while Tian Wenhu assembled hundreds of fighters in Water Continent Demon City for the March 31st showdown.

• Zhou Leng learned that Tian Wenhu and Xue Tongming were recruiting forces around separate mines in Deer-Horn Mountain and agreed with Xue Chengsong to take part in duels.
• Zhou Leng told Xu Qingjin to stay on Ru University Campus and gave her a Demonized Crossbow for protection.
• Zhou Leng spoke with Zhao Nandi about her April 1st visit to Ru City, then went to Mammoth Lake to spar with Little Eight and the Black Bone Tiger.
• Madam Xi Yan ordered the Demon-Worshiping Cult to prepare a coordinated April 1st attack on Ru City's transport and infrastructure, including a strike on arriving Divine Script experts.
• Tian Wenhu and Yan Fenggang left their villa with dozens of vehicles as Tian Wenhu prepared to demonstrate the Shuizhou Five Tigers' strength.
• Zhou Leng read that Tian Wenhu and Xue Tongming had arranged a deathmatch at Xue Tongming's mine for March 31st, and that Tian Wenhu had gathered hundreds of fighters.

Zhou Leng prepared to travel to Water Continent Demon City for the coming deathmatch, then met Zhu Xiyan on the bus and told her about his experiences on the Heavenly Stair Battlefield. The bus stopped after Demonic Beasts were reported ahead, and Zhou Leng’s conversation with Zhu Xiyan continued as they waited.

• Zhou Leng agreed to arrive in Water Continent Demon City on the 30th and asked Xue Chengsong to pay him in High-Energy Spiral Shells.
• Zhou Leng ran with Zhang Xiaoxiao, learned she knew Rao Mingxian, and resolved to visit her and Grandma Zhang when he had time.
• Zhou Leng collected his adventuring supplies, reviewed intelligence about Tian Wenhu and Yan Fenggang, and boarded a bus to Water Continent Demon City.
• After the bus stopped because Demonic Beasts had appeared ahead, Zhou Leng registered as a Force-Generating martial artist under Captain Yao Maozhe’s command.
• Zhu Xiyan introduced herself as the mother of Zhu Xingju and asked Zhou Leng about the Heavenly Stair Battlefield.
• Zhou Leng recounted several battlefield experiences to Zhu Xiyan, including his history with Tian Chengchang, while downplaying his own role in the final battle.

Zhou Leng comforted Zhu Xiyan as they traveled toward the Heavenly Stair Battlefield, honoring her son Glimmering Star and promising to protect her. When Zhou Leng charged a powerful Demonfall Guard, Zhu Xiyan decided to claim him as her new son and raise him among demons.

• Zhu Xiyan and Zhou Leng bonded over memories of Glimmering Star, shared advice and knowledge of Divine Script, and exchanged contact details on Wuxin.
• After hearing that the demon squad on the bus route had been wiped out, Zhou Leng offered to escort Zhu Xiyan to the Heavenly Stair Battlefield, and she agreed.
• Zhou Leng and Zhu Xiyan ran through the Red-Spotted Forest toward the site of the final decisive battle while Zhou Leng tried to ease her grief.
• At the forest’s edge, Zhou Leng spotted more than twenty demons and told Zhu Xiyan to hide while he confronted them, unaware they were the elite Demonfall Guard.
• Zhou Leng swiftly overwhelmed the Demonfall Guard, and Zhu Xiyan realized that his respect for Glimmering Star made him the keeper of her son’s memory.
• Zhu Xiyan resolved to make Zhou Leng her son and take him to Demon Prison to raise him into a powerful demon.

Zhou Leng hunted demons with Zhu Xiyan, then set out for Deer-Horn Mountain and discovered Chang Luan’s group planned to ambush him. When the ambush began, Zhou Leng killed Chang Yuanzhong in a single move.

• Zhou Leng collected the demon spoils, escorted Zhu Xiyan back to the base, and accepted her lineage’s protective coin before they parted.
• Zhou Leng encountered Chang Luan, rejected his offer to work for the Chang family, and learned from intelligence that Chang Yuanzhong was preparing to assist Tian Wenhu.
• Chang Luan and Chang Yuanzhong followed Zhou Leng beyond the surveillance zone and decided to ambush him with their martial artists.
• Chang Yuanzhong’s group surrounded Zhou Leng, but Zhou Leng rushed forward and snapped Chang Yuanzhong’s neck before the others could react.

Zhou Leng slaughtered Chang Yuanzhong, Chang Luan, and their men, then reached Deer-Horn Mountain to watch Tian Wenhu's mining camp. After learning Tian Wenhu planned a surprise attack with an Innate Demon Heart, Zhou Leng followed his force into a guarded valley while Wang Boxiong sent two Innate experts to protect him.

• Zhou Leng killed Chang Yuanzhong's fighters and Chang Luan, looted their belongings, and dissolved the bodies with Corpse-Melting Potion.
• Zhou Leng disguised himself and watched Tian Wenhu's mining camp, where Tian Wenhu revealed plans to attack Xue Tongming's side early with outside support.
• Zhou Leng waited near the camp until Tian Wenhu led more than a hundred martial artists out during the night, then secretly followed them.
• Wang Boxiong learned Tian Wenhu had colluded with the Demon-Worshiping Cult and obtained an Innate Demon Heart, so he arranged for two Innate experts to rescue Zhou Leng.
• Tian Wenhu's force entered a guarded valley, and Zhou Leng studied the entrance before looking toward the surrounding mountains.

Zhou Leng discovered Tian Wenhu sacrificing captives at a demon encampment to undergo Demon Ascension and become Innate. He disrupted the ritual and fought Tian Wenhu after he swallowed the Innate Demon Heart, but Tian Wenhu transformed into a powerful Demonic Beast and remained alive.

• Zhou Leng climbed to the demon encampment and saw Tian Wenhu preparing to use more than a hundred bound martial artists in a ritual.
• Tian Wenhu explained that grief over his family’s deaths had driven him to embrace Demon Ascension and seek revenge on Zhou Leng.
• Four demon warlocks sacrificed batches of captives, while Tian Wenhu drank demonic medicine and prepared to advance; Zhou Leng spotted Tu Rong among the prisoners.
• Zhou Leng shattered the Exorcising Blood Bone and threw in the Spell Interference Orb, breaking the binding array and freeing the captives.
• Zhou Leng killed Yan Fenggang and the four demon warlocks, destroyed the ritual bathtub, and helped the martial artists attack Tian Wenhu.
• Tian Wenhu swallowed the Innate Demon Heart and transformed, killing several martial artists before Zhou Leng struck him with Thousand Tides Pour into the Sea and sent him crashing into the tent.

Zhou Leng fought Tian Wenhu after his demonic transformation, using the forest to outlast his rapid regeneration and eventually destroy him. Tian Wenhu’s final attack reached the innate realm before his body collapsed, leaving Zhou Leng injured and reflecting that he was still too weak.

• Tian Wenhu transformed into a towering Demonic Beast and battled Zhou Leng, regenerating from devastating wounds as the fight spread through the valley.
• Zhou Leng drew Tian Wenhu into the forest, where he used the trees and Eight Trigrams Step to evade him until his flesh proliferation slowed.
• Zhou Leng battered Tian Wenhu with Wind Rises, Tide Surges and Thousand Tides Pour into the Sea, reversing their momentum and forcing Tian Wenhu to flee.
• Zhou Leng called out to Tian Wenhu, provoking him to turn back and charge; Zhou Leng broke his leg and struck apart his jaw and skull with Inverse Thrust to the Heavens.
• Tian Wenhu’s shattered body grew into a five-meter-tall Flesh Giant and delivered an innate-level punch, but it collapsed into a pool of blood and a skeleton.
• Zhou Leng stood up injured and recognized that Tian Wenhu’s final strike had reached the innate realm.