Chapter Summaries

Zhou Leng visited Liang Baiyin at Yunhua, met Zhang Xinglie and his classmates, and discussed his travels and Martial Dao over dinner. The next morning, Zhou Leng and Liang Baiyin went to the Ruins Museum, where his identity gave them direct entry without an appointment.

• Zhou Leng agreed to spend time with Liang Baiyin and toured Yunhua with her before meeting Zhang Xinglie.
• Zhou Leng joined Zhang Xinglie and his classmates for dinner, shared gifts from Treant World, and discussed his journeys and Divine Script ability.
• Zhou Leng and the others teased Zhang Xinglie as the orcs' son-in-law, then Zhou Leng and Zhang Xinglie exchanged Martial Dao insights while the students listened.
• Liang Baiyin arrived at Zhou Leng's hotel the next morning, and they traveled together to the Ruins Museum.
• Zhou Leng used his Martial City identity to gain direct entry to the Ruins Museum, disappointing Liang Baiyin, and they began visiting the ordinary exhibition halls.

Zhou Leng and Liang Baiyin explored the Ruins Museum’s Martial Imprints, and Zhou Leng discovered that a Faceless Humanoid Statue carried the evil god’s power he had encountered before. After Wang Boxiong removed the statue for inspection, Zhou Leng continued studying the High-Level Exhibition Hall’s Silver Fingerprint and Octagonal Lantern, which reminded him of the Ancient River Sect’s River Lantern.

• Zhou Leng and Liang Baiyin spent two days contemplating the ordinary exhibition halls, where Zhou Leng sensed seven Martial Imprints and Liang Baiyin chose the Bronze Cauldron Fragment.
• Liang Baiyin told Zhou Leng that important Martial Imprints were kept in the High-Level Exhibition Hall and shared her family’s claim that Zhao Hao had taken a missing jade artifact.
• Zhou Leng entered the High-Level Exhibition Hall, sensed twenty-three Martial Imprints, and focused on the Silver Fingerprint, Octagonal Lantern, and Faceless Humanoid Statue.
• Zhou Leng recognized the Faceless Humanoid Statue’s aura as the power of the Purgatory Gate and Evil God’s Gaze, then warned Wang Boxiong, who promised to report it in Xiong City.
• After the Faceless Humanoid Statue was sent to storage, Zhou Leng resumed sensing the Silver Fingerprint and Octagonal Lantern, which resembled the Ancient River Sect’s River Lantern.

Zhou Leng marked the damaged Octagonal River Lantern with the Ancient River Tiger Tally and continued comprehending it. After Mad Prince Aiden killed four subordinates who had harassed Liang Baiyin, Zhou Leng left with her, while the incident drew the attention of the Zhao family.

• Zhou Leng used the Star-Gazing Formula and the Ancient River Tiger Tally to mark the Octagonal River Lantern, then felt its warm aura while comprehending it.
• Liang Baiyin met Zhou Leng outside the Ruins Museum and said she wanted to learn Martial Dao from him; Mad Prince Aiden joined them and gave her Spirit-Land Jade as a blessing.
• After Zhou Leng warned Aiden about his unruly subordinates, Aiden killed four of them for harassing Liang Baiyin and stayed behind to handle the aftermath.
• Zhou Leng took the shaken Liang Baiyin back to the hotel, told her about Blood of Tyranny, and later continued comprehending the lantern while she returned to meet him each night.
• Wang Boxiong told Zhou Leng that the Martial Guard Department had handled the incident and that Aiden took sole responsibility.
• A subordinate told Zhao He about the incident, and Zhao He asked about Aiden's connection to Zhou Leng and the Martial Guard Department's response.

Zhou Leng contemplated the Dongjun Stone Wall and discovered flaws in his Martial Dao that he planned to correct. After nearly half a month in Xiong City, he left with new cultivation goals and planned to return to Beast World to gather resources.

• Zhao He and Lou Feiqiong investigated Zhou Leng’s access to the High-Level Exhibition Hall, while Lou Feiqiong decided to look into it further before reporting anything.
• Zhou Leng asked Li Yuanhe to arrange for the Octagonal River Lantern and Silver Fingerprint to be displayed at the Ancient River Research Bureau for Ancient River Sect disciples to study.
• Liang Baiyin suggested that Zhou Leng visit the Dongjun Stone Wall, and the two went to the National Museum together.
• Zhou Leng contemplated the stone wall for nearly half a month, first sensing Zhao Dongjun’s fist intent and then identifying flaws in his own Martial Dao.
• Zhou Leng concluded that correcting those flaws would guide his cultivation, and he planned to return to Beast World to gather resources for his next stages.

Zhou Leng planted two Trees of Life, studied and corrected flaws in his Martial Dao, and investigated the changes to his Star-Gazing True Qi. At Ru University, Wang Boxiong began teaching him about Force-Channeling and explained how childhood abuse had trapped an exceptionally gifted cultivator in self-doubt.

• Zhou Leng returned to Beast World, planted a Tree of Life with Yinhu Yue outside the valley, and planted another beside Mammoth Lake for her to tend.
• Zhou Leng studied 213 Martial Dao flaws and found that many mistakes came from applying techniques beyond the fields where they worked.
• Zhou Leng discovered that Stellar Power condensed into a stone-like sphere in his dantian and increased his destructive force by roughly thirty percent.
• Zhou Leng fought in Beast World to correct his flaws, then sold beast materials with the Snow Mountain Wolf and used part of the 5.6 billion proceeds to repay his Bone-Tempering Pill debt.
• After Zhou Leng asked Wang Boxiong about interruptions to True Qi Perpetual Motion, Wang invited him to the training hall and explained Force-Channeling.
• Wang Boxiong described a gifted cultivator whose abusive parents had left him withdrawn and unable to believe in himself, despite his extraordinary talent.

Wang Boxiong encouraged Zhou Leng to believe he could become a Martial Saint, then discovered that Zhou Leng had already achieved Force-Channeling and helped diagnose why his True Qi Perpetual Motion remained unsettled. After their sparring session, Wang Boxiong reviewed reports of rising Demon-Worshiping Cult activity and growing tensions among the sea demons, Orcs, and Humans.

• Wang Boxiong told Zhou Leng that faith had shaped Chen Shouhu’s path and asked whether Zhou Leng believed he could become a Martial Saint; Zhou Leng answered that he could.
• Wang Boxiong tested Zhou Leng’s full-body strength and saw him demonstrate Force-Channeling through the Jade-Bead Armor effect.
• Wang Boxiong and Zhou Leng sparred without True Qi, then Wang Boxiong concluded that Zhou Leng’s body and force were sound but his True Qi was still adapting to changes from three worlds.
• Wang Boxiong advised Zhou Leng to restrain his punching power before reaching Grandmaster and privately judged that Zhou Leng could become one after accumulating strength.
• Wang Boxiong encouraged his son over a little red flower, addressed reports from his subordinates, and reviewed intelligence about Blood of Tyranny, the Great Battlefield, Dwarf World’s Divine Blood Magma Trial, and the Orc meetings.
• Wang Boxiong learned that sea demons and Orcs suspected Humans of Blue Star had killed their elite youths in the Youth Battlefield, though their investigation had found no proof.

Wang Boxiong and Chen Shouhu discovered that the Calamity Envoy was preparing a major campaign while Zhou Leng continued cultivating and tested his strength. The chapter ended with demons launching a massive invasion of Water Continent Demon City and Zhou Leng receiving orders to return to his unit.

• Wang Boxiong connected reports about the Demon-Worshiping Cult and the Calamity Envoy, then called Chen Shouhu to assess the threat.
• Chen Shouhu reported that Sirens would attack the West Sea Demon City defensive line and that the Calamity Envoy's coalition was likely preparing to strike a Demon City base.
• Wang Boxiong and Chen Shouhu discussed Zhou Leng's prospects and agreed he should eventually enter the Monster-Slaying Camp.
• Zhou Leng finished cultivating beneath the Frost Tree, strengthened his bones, and learned that demons were disrupting mines and production across Water Continent Demon City.
• Zhou Leng tested his strength at a martial arts gym, lifting 73.6 tons without True Liquid Realm energy and 280.7 tons with it.
• Demons launched a massive invasion of Water Continent Demon City, and Zhou Leng received an emergency order to return to his unit.

Zhou Leng waited as the Demonic Beast army spread across Water Continent Demon City, then received permission to join the 7th Division’s Hidden Martial Artists. As he headed for the battlefield under the code name Monkey King, Shen Jun warned him that Calamity Envoy had ordered his assassination.

• After Wang Boxiong removed Zhou Leng from the first summons sequence, Zhou Leng prepared for the crisis, checked on Li Linhan, and stocked up on supplies.
• Zhou Leng learned that hundreds of thousands of martial artists had mobilized and that his friends and classmates were assigned to later sequences.
• When Demonic Beasts captured a Humanoid Alliance fortress, Wang Boxiong assigned Zhou Leng to the 7th Division’s Hidden Martial Artists squad.
• Zhou Leng discovered that his secret-unit code name was Monkey King, which Chen Shouhu said paired him with Wang Boxiong’s son, Great Sage.
• While Zhou Leng traveled toward Water Continent Demon City, Shen Jun warned that Calamity Envoy would visit and had placed Zhou Leng on an assassination list.

Zhou Leng joined the Hidden Martial Artists in Water Continent Demon City and took part in a rescue mission as the Calamity Army tightened its siege on the region’s fortresses. His squad set out to reinforce a merchant caravan, knowing the mission would bring them into direct conflict with the Calamity Army.

• Shen Jun told Zhou Leng that the Calamity Envoy had entered Water Continent Demon City and warned him about the competition for Dongjun's Six Volumes.
• Madam Xi Yan ordered Shen Jun to warn her about threats to Zhou Leng, told him to keep the demons from hunting in Ru City, and offered Rao Mingxian help if he killed Zhang Xiaoxiao and Zhang Xinglie.
• Zhou Leng joined the Hidden Martial Artists and was assigned to Cicada’s all-Innate squad, which rescued a merchant caravan surrounded by demonic beasts near Red-Spotted Forest.
• Cicada received orders to assist a large caravan intercepted by demons, and he explained that the Calamity Army had surrounded fortresses across Water Continent Demon City and was attacking reinforcements.
• Zhou Leng and the squad hurried toward the intercepted caravan as Cicada warned them that the Calamity Army, which had swept through Treant World, would be their main enemy.

Chen Shouhu ordered special real-time Merit Badge records for Monkey King while preparing Water Continent Demon City for the Calamity Army. Zhou Leng’s Hidden Martial Artist squad reached a besieged force near Taihu Lake, where he defeated the enemy’s Innate fighters and left his teammates stunned by his strength.

• Chen Shouhu ordered Zhou Leng’s merit records transmitted as special real-time records and discussed Water Continent Demon City’s defenses with his staff.
• Cicada led the Hidden Martial Artist squad toward the northern shore of Taihu Lake to rescue a trapped caravan, warning them that Sirens and the demon army made the situation dangerous.
• A force of nearly two thousand Orcs and Giant Insects intercepted the squad, and Zhou Leng told his teammates to handle the ordinary enemies while he fought the Innate fighters.
• Zhou Leng killed the Muscle-Tendon Realm Orc leader and several other Innate Demonic Beasts, healing his injured hand as his teammates watched in shock.
• Cicada and the other Hidden Martial Artists attacked the remaining Demonic Beasts, while Zhou Leng collected Demon Spirit Bags and Giant Insect fluid.
• After the battle, Cicada asked Zhou Leng whether his left hand had healed, and Zhou Leng said his teammates could treat him as Muscle Realm.

Zhou Leng defeated Manxing Hu in a fierce battle, completed his comprehension of the No-Return Battle Method, and learned that human forces were trapped by a much larger enemy army near Taihu Lake. The chapter ended when he recognized Shanhe Yuan among the Giants in the drone footage.

• Zhou Leng fought Manxing Hu, whose Rage Blood armor strengthened him, and used the Taiqing Sea Garment to withstand his attacks.
• Zhou Leng completed the No-Return Battle Method and injured Manxing Hu with a forceful palm strike, but Manxing Hu escaped by throwing a blue smoke sphere.
• Zhou Leng reflected on his battle and realized the Dongjun Stone Wall could help him repair flaws in his Martial Dao.
• Cicada and the Hidden Martial Artists watched drone footage showing more than forty thousand enemies surrounding a camp of about ten thousand martial artists near Taihu Lake.
• Zhou Leng recognized Shanhe Yuan among the Giants in the footage.

Zhou Leng infiltrated the Siren camp disguised as one of them and assassinated its wartime commander, disrupting the Siren assault. After his disguise failed, he helped the human forces rout the Sirens, then escaped into the forest.

• Zhou Leng decided to disguise himself as a demonic beast and harass the enemy while Cicada's team gathered intelligence.
• Zhou Leng transformed into an Innate Rust-Iron General, entered the Siren camp as a Blue-Skinned Siren, and scouted its forces and command headquarters.
• Zhou Leng killed the Siren commander and a demon warlock with his saber Meltwall, then fled toward the battlefield as Innate Realm Sirens pursued him.
• Zhou Leng's illusion failed, revealing him as a human martial artist, and his attack threw the Siren front line into chaos.
• The human forces advanced and routed the Sirens while Zhou Leng escaped along the lakeshore into the forest.

Zhou Leng harassed the Siren, Orc, and Giant Insect armies through disguises and ambushes, disrupting their attacks and earning the name Siren Slayer. When human reinforcements arrived, he joined their assault, but a warning revealed that the Demonic Beasts had set thirty illusion-skilled Eyeball Demons to ambush him.

• Zhou Leng infiltrated the Siren camp, killed Sirens, and escaped with corpses before feeding on an Innate Fish Demon's meat with his Hidden Martial Artist teammates.
• Zhou Leng used disguises to kill Sirens and commanders over several days, throwing the Siren camp into confusion and prompting humans to call him the Siren Slayer.
• Zhou Leng disguised himself among the Orcs and Giant Insects, killing commanders and an Ant Queen while the enemy armies grew increasingly distrustful and frightened.
• Cicada and the others suspected Zhou Leng had killed nearly a hundred Innates, and Zhou Leng rested while they awaited reinforcements.
• The 3rd Brigade of the 7th Division arrived with ten thousand martial artists, and the human armies attacked the Demonic Beasts from the north and south.
• Zhou Leng transformed into a Fish Demon and began slaughtering enemies on the battlefield, then received a warning that thirty Eyeball Demons were lying in wait for him.

Zhou Leng turned a demonic ambush into a victory, surviving a barrage of arrows and killing dozens of enemies before adopting a hit-and-run style across the battlefield. After reports of his feats reached Shuizhou Base, Chen Shouhu ordered the Innate Merit Badge records from the battle of Taihu Lake to be sent to the Martial Arts Brigade for ranking.

• Zhou Leng saw through the ambushers’ illusions and coordinated with the human camp to lure them into a counterattack.
• The demonic forces trapped Zhou Leng in a poisonous illusion and unleashed the Freezing Celestial Sphere and a barrage of arrows, but he escaped the encirclement and killed the enemies attacking him.
• Zhou Leng used Demonized Throwing Spears to kill or wound fleeing demonic beasts, bringing his total to forty-eight kills and the battle’s toll to 121 demons.
• After entering the water, Zhou Leng launched surprise attacks as a green-skinned Fish Demon and a Rust-Iron General, helping keep the demonic forces on edge through the day and night.
• The reinforcement commander of the 7th Division reported the battle to Chen Shouhu, who ordered the Innate Merit Badge records sent to the Martial Arts Brigade for ranking.

Zhou Leng’s guerrilla attacks decimated the Demonic Beast army’s Innates and shattered its morale, while human forces used false cries of “Siren Slayer” to exploit enemy confusion. On the final day, Zhou Leng joined the reinforcements and led an assault, but the enemy refused to gather against his bait, so the Innates charged openly instead.

• Chen Shouhu saw Zhou Leng’s extraordinary Merit Badge tally and requested the highest confidentiality to protect him from enemies.
• The Demonic Beast commanders counted their dwindling Innates and watched fear of the Siren Slayer spread through their army.
• Cicada told Zhou Leng that the final assault would begin the next day, and Zhou Leng decided to finish the day with one more guerrilla battle.
• Human martial artists used false shouts of “Siren Slayer” to distract Orcs, allowing Zhou Leng to kill two shamans, and he later struck at the demon front as well.
• Zhou Leng killed only twenty-seven Innates during the day and concluded that the enemy was saving its remaining strength for the final battle.
• Zhou Leng led the Hidden Martial Artists into the reinforcement force and proposed a bait plan, but when his assault failed to draw the enemy Innates together, the hidden Innates revealed themselves and charged.

Zhou Leng’s army defeated the demonic beasts at Taihu Lake, while the Calamity Envoy reviewed the battle and ordered Tiger Hill Fortress taken. After returning to the Martial Arts Brigade, Zhou Leng discussed his progress with Chen Shouhu and asked whether anyone could surpass the Martial Saint.

• Zhou Leng warned that Innate Realm demonic beasts might ambush the advancing army, but the humans routed the demonic beasts and pursued them back to Taihu Lake.
• Cicada and the Hidden Martial Artists explained that Zhou Leng had mistaken an ordinary large-scale battle for the unusually dangerous fights he had faced before.
• The Calamity Envoy reviewed footage of Zhou Leng, sensed a faint familiar aura, and ordered the demonic beasts to take Tiger Hill Fortress while seeking the Mountain-Slaughter Battle Body.
• Zhou Leng returned safely with Cicada and learned that martial artists were mobilizing across Shuizhou for the coming battles.
• Chen Shouhu praised Zhou Leng’s strength, and Zhou Leng asked whether humans could surpass the Martial Saint.

Zhou Leng learned that his battle record would be kept secret until he became a Grandmaster, then met Shanhe Yuan and Shanhe Xiangmu to receive a Dragon Skull and hear how to use it safely. Meanwhile, videos of the Arrow Bearer and Siren Slayer made Zhou Leng an internet celebrity and inspired martial artists to flock to Water Continent Demon City.

• Chen Shouhu warned Zhou Leng that dangerous people were watching him and said his record of killing more than four hundred Innates would remain secret until he reached Grandmaster.
• Shanhe Yuan gave Zhou Leng a Great Innate Realm red Dragon Skull and advised him to wait until he had Dragon bloodline power before absorbing it.
• Shanhe Yuan and Shanhe Xiangmu described the hardships of the battle and caravan journey, while Zhou Leng concealed that he was the Siren Slayer.
• Hidden Martial Artist teammates showed Zhou Leng viral videos of the Arrow Bearer and Siren Slayer, and Zhou Leng spent the morning browsing the posts and blocking sarcastic commenters.
• The Arrow Bearer's fame inspired martial artists from across the Dragon Kingdom and abroad to travel to Water Continent Demon City, while Wang Boxiong reviewed the videos and intelligence in his office.

Wang Boxiong told Zhu Shiji that he would guide Zhou Leng once Zhou Leng reached the Great Innate Realm, while the fall of Tiger Hill Fortress triggered a massive mobilization for the Water Continent Demon City battle. After returning to Shuizhou Base, Zhou Leng reunited with Xu Qingjin and read messages from friends preparing to join the fight.

• Wang Boxiong told Zhu Shiji that Zhou Leng was his disciple, and Zhu Shiji agreed to meet him after he reached the Great Innate Realm.
• Zhou Leng repeatedly asked Chen Shouhu to send him to the front, then secretly spent five days hunting Demonic Beasts and rescuing teams.
• Tiger Hill Fortress fell before the one-hundred-thousand-strong army arrived, triggering the fifth-sequence call-up and the largest Water Continent Demon City battle in three years.
• Zhou Leng met Xu Qingjin at Shuizhou Base, embraced her, and promised to take care of himself as they parted for their duties.
• Zhou Leng read messages about Xue Tongming leading Pioneer Corporation to the front and Feng Wenhao preparing to depart, then replied that they had always remembered themselves.
• Hu Yi asked Zhou Leng to transfer him into an earlier sequence and described how watching martial artists depart had reminded him of his childhood salutes.

Zhou Leng decided to join the battle after reflecting on Hu Yi's resolve and hearing that Xu Qingjin had come to the front as a conscript. He joined the assault on Tiger Hill Fortress, where Human forces began a bloody siege against the demons.

• Zhou Leng spoke with Zhang Xiaoxiao at Water Continent Demon City, warned her to be careful, and learned that Huangmeng Sect and Hell Knight Order members secretly fought in major battles.
• Zhou Leng told Chen Shouhu about his ordinary friends and Xu Qingjin's choice to serve at Shuizhou Base, then asked to join the battle; Chen Shouhu assigned his squad to help retake Tiger Hill Fortress.
• Zhou Leng joined a fifty-thousand-strong army and reached Tiger Hill Fortress, where more than five hundred thousand Human martial artists had gathered for the assault.
• Cicada warned Zhou Leng's team that Undying Knights grew stronger with every death and described how a single squad had slaughtered thousands of martial artists.
• Human martial artists attacked Tiger Hill Fortress under cover of demonic siege engines and Mana Bombs, then reached the walls and began close combat.

Zhou Leng became known as “Martial Dao Hua Tuo” after treating hundreds of critically injured soldiers, and discovered that healing had made his True Qi purer. He then joined a plan to seize a bridgehead near the Third Mine, but his team encountered powerful hidden whirlpools beneath the fortress.

• Zhou Leng treated critically injured soldiers at the field hospital for three days, and more than three hundred recovered enough for word to spread about “Martial Dao Hua Tuo.”
• After recovering, Zhou Leng used Martial Path Perception and realized that his healing technique had tempered and purified his True Qi.
• Cicada told Zhou Leng that command wanted him to help seize a bridgehead near the Third Mine, an important mine and strategic supply reserve held by the demons.
• Zhou Leng and his teammates planned the operation with other Innates, then set out at night to approach the bridgehead underwater.
• Gao Yunbo’s team discovered that hidden demon devices beneath the fortress created powerful whirlpools that blocked their route.