Chapter Summaries

Lu Xuemei watched Gan Jin’s videos documenting his transformation, martial arts instruction, medicinal training, and move into farming, while her dormmates mocked her and praised him. Zhou Xiaohua proposed buying a projector to watch Gan Jin’s livestreams together, leaving Lu Xuemei increasingly uneasy and isolated.

• Lu Xuemei watched videos showing Gan Jin transform from frail to robust over ninety days and explain dietary supplements, qi and blood, and Martial Dao.
• She watched Xu Yang endure a medicinal bath and seated stance practice for more than ten hours, then prepare medicinal pills as viewers praised him and asked to buy his products.
• The Farming Chapter showed land being acquired, a simple house built, fields cleared, and hunting dogs and hawks domesticated.
• Zhou Xiaohua and Meng Qianqian mocked Lu Xuemei over her relationship with Jiang Tao, while Li Shuangshuang no longer defended her.
• Zhou Xiaohua declared that she would buy a projector so the dormitory could watch Gan Jin’s livestreams together, and said Gan Jin was better than Jiang Tao.

Xu Yang developed his rural plans while using Gan Jin’s identity to attract the Federal Authorities, intending to join them and build power from within. As Nie Hailong reviewed Gan Jin’s file and ordered someone to recruit him, an alert arrived and triggered his fear of Martial Maniac.

• Xu Yang continued farming in Ganding Village and livestreamed, while explaining that he planned to use Gan Jin’s identity to join the Federal Authorities and advance his ambitions.
• A report detailed how Martial Maniac had attacked four more criminal groups, killing hundreds and intensifying the Martial Dao craze and unrest across Blue Star.
• Nie Hailong heard that Longhai’s criminal forces had fled and that no one locally could stop Martial Maniac without a Divine Gang-level fighter or equivalent ability user.
• The assistant presented Gan Jin’s file, describing his medical skills, special powers, clean record, and lack of any connection to Martial Maniac.
• Nie Hailong ordered his staff to contact Gan Jin and recruit him, but a sharp alert sounded and left Nie Hailong trembling.

The Martial Maniac tracked Zhou Chenshan to Black Gate’s stronghold in Nine Bends Mountain, prompting Nie Hailong to mobilize the authorities against the terrorist organization. The Martial Maniac killed Zhou Chenshan and confronted Black Gate Elder Nan Fengye, who attacked him with a streak of black light.

• The Martial Maniac revealed that Zhou Chenshan was a Black Gate deacon hiding in Nine Bends Mountain, and Nie Hailong ordered the authorities to arrest those involved with the Chenshan Group.
• Nie Hailong’s viewers learned that Black Gate was a long-standing terrorist organization involved in trafficking and supernatural attacks.
• Zhou Chenshan sought refuge at Black Gate’s mountain manor, where two ghostly children told him their lord would deal with the Martial Maniac after finishing his cultivation.
• The Martial Maniac burst through the manor gates, killed Zhou Chenshan with the force of his strike, and destroyed the children’s attacking lanterns with a palm strike.
• Nan Fengye emerged from the residence, identified as a Black Gate elder and heretical path cultivator, and attacked the Martial Maniac with black light.

The Martial Artist defeated the Black Gate Elder by smashing the Black Demonic Nail back through its master, then the video revealed detailed martial arts cultivation instructions. The public was stunned as the transmission of Dharma sparked widespread excitement and Nie Hailong wondered what the Martial Artist intended.

• The Black Gate Elder attacked the Martial Artist with the Black Demonic Nail, protective talismans, and Black Demonic Corpses.
• The Martial Artist struck the Black Demonic Nail twice, breaking its markings and sending it flying through the Black Gate Elder, killing him.
• The Martial Artist destroyed the charging Black Demonic Corpses with a Dragon Subduing Palm strike.
• The video showed the Martial Artist practicing the Martial Scripture and displayed detailed explanations of several cultivation methods, thrilling the livestream viewers.
• Nie Hailong stared at his phone in confusion and wondered what the Martial Artist was trying to do.

Xu Yang identified the Black Lotus Demon Gate’s ties to the Great Black Buddha Mother and spread powerful Martial Scripture body-tempering methods to draw out the sect and other hidden forces. As he began cultivating with electric eels, the Black Lotus Cult Master ordered the elders to go to Dragon Sea and summon the Buddha Mother’s Dharma body to kill him.

• Xu Yang examined a statue taken from the Black Demon Gate and recognized the Great Black Buddha Mother, a Mara Realm Heavenly Demon he had encountered before.
• Suspecting the Black Lotus Demon Gate was serving as a Mara Realm vanguard, Xu Yang publicly spread several Martial Scripture body-tempering methods to provoke the sect and expose hidden powers.
• Xu Yang entered his reservoir, which he had filled with electric eels, and began using their electricity to temper his body and build toward the Divine Gang Realm.
• At the Black Lotus Main Altar, the Cult Master told the five elders that the Third Elder had died and ordered them to Dragon Sea to summon the Buddha Mother’s Dharma body.
• The elders hesitated at the prospect of confronting Xu Yang, but the Cult Master invoked the Buddha Mother’s decree, and they began chanting together.

Months after Gan Jin became a famous, wealthy miracle doctor, Ning Qing and two Security Bureau agents visited him to recruit him. Xu Yang readily agreed, but only on the conditions in a document he had already prepared.

• A Security Bureau team discussed whether the now-billionaire doctor Gan Jin would agree to join, as they drove to his rural herbal hall.
• The team arrived and watched Xu Yang use golden needles and Gang Qi to treat an old man, who left cured.
• Ning Qing asked Xu Yang to end his livestream, and he shut it down before she introduced herself as a Federal Security Bureau agent.
• Ning Qing invited Xu Yang to join the Federation and its Security Agency, and Xu Yang agreed on the conditions in a prepared document.

Ning Qing reviewed Xu Yang’s proposed contract, which traded his independence and business protections for low-cost medical care, medicine, and free training for Federal Authorities. She took the offer and a gift of pills back to the Bureau for the Director’s decision, while Xu Yang anticipated using his position to expand his influence throughout the Federation.

• Ning Qing read Xu Yang’s conditions, including freedom from compulsory orders, official help with his business, and no interference in his private life or livestreaming.
• Ning Qing was impressed by Xu Yang’s offers to treat Federal Authorities at minimal cost, supply medicine, and provide free medical and Martial Dao instruction.
• Ning Qing said the Director would have to decide on the contract and promised to support the cooperation.
• Xu Yang gave Ning Qing several bottles of Ten-Complete Qi Replenishing Pills, and she accepted them before leaving with the other representatives.
• After the three representatives departed, Xu Yang expected to join the Security Bureau and use its backing to advance his plans and gradually influence the Federation.

Nie Hailong approved Xu Yang’s proposed partnership, then rushed to respond to a Black Gate operation in Wuyuan. The town’s lockdown was swallowed by supernatural fog, and federal soldiers encountered the Great Black Buddha Mother as a Daoist in a mountain temple awoke.

• Nie Hailong approved the three-part proposal and assigned Ning Qing to handle it, though he remained suspicious of the livestream.
• An officer reported Black Gate personnel moving toward Wuyuan with Black Lotus Cult members and prohibited items, and Nie Hailong ordered a lockdown and requested reinforcements.
• Nie Hailong led two rapid response squads toward Wuyuan, hoping Xu Yang would help resolve the crisis.
• Federal forces found Wuyuan Town deserted, and thick fog, severed communications, and flying talismans trapped the soldiers in a strange supernatural scene.
• The soldiers heard corrupted Buddhist chants and saw the Great Black Buddha Mother revealed beneath a burning talisman.
• A Daoist in a mountain temple opened his eyes, rose, and called out a demon.

Nie Hailong realized the threat to Wuyuan Town was a feint and redirected to Nine Bends Mountain, where Xu Yang confronted a Corpse Demon in the ruins of the Black Gate stronghold. Xu Yang subdued the monster with Gang Step and lightning, leaving the livestream viewers stunned by his unexpectedly physical fighting style.

• Nie Hailong learned that troops near Wuyuan Town had lost contact and inferred that the Black Lotus Cult's real operation was at Nine Bends Mountain.
• Nie Hailong ordered the helicopter to turn around and head for Nine Bends Mountain at full speed.
• Xu Yang entered the ruined Black Gate stronghold, where blood-red incantations and heaps of flesh covered the estate.
• A grotesque Corpse Demon emerged from the flesh altar and attacked Xu Yang, but he kicked it back and stamped it down with Gang Step and lightning.
• Xu Yang pinned the Corpse Demon beneath his foot as its incantations disintegrated, shocking the livestream viewers.

Nie Hailong explained the Black Lotus Cult’s history and the danger of its Black Lotus Demonic Fetus as the Daoist fought off its attacks. After destroying the Cult Master’s Flesh and Blood Demonic Nail, the Daoist let the Fetus begin Flesh and Blood Nirvana, leaving the livestream viewers stunned.

• Nie Hailong described how the Black Lotus Cult had used five Buddha Mother Sacrifices to try to create a vessel for the Great Black Buddha Mother, and warned that the Fetus could become a Flesh Buddha Mother.
• The Daoist pinned the Black Lotus Fetus beneath his foot with Heavenly Dipper Lightning Combat and destroyed the incoming Black Demonic Nails with his whisk.
• The Black Lotus Cult Master launched the Flesh and Blood Demonic Nail, but the Daoist shattered it with his lightning arts.
• The damaged Demonic Fetus began Flesh and Blood Nirvana, and the Daoist calmly allowed it to develop as the livestream viewers watched in alarm.

The Daoist exposed the Blood Bodhisattva’s demonic form with his Heavenly Eye Mystic Light as Black Gate Elders sacrificed themselves to help her gestate into a Flesh Buddha Mother. Once the transformation was complete, he finally moved, rushing toward the dark residence behind the arena.

• The demonic fetus transformed into a beautiful Blood Bodhisattva whose presence entranced the livestream viewers until a sharp cry jolted them awake.
• The Daoist used Heavenly Eye Mystic Light to reveal the Blood Bodhisattva’s grotesque flesh-and-blood form.
• Black Gate Elders rushed into the arena and let the Flesh and Blood Bodhisattva absorb them, helping her gestate into a Flesh Buddha Mother.
• The informed cultivators warned that the Flesh Buddha Mother could summon the Great Black Buddha Mother and bring calamity upon the world.
• After the Blood Bodhisattva’s belly swelled with the absorbed elders, the Daoist flashed away toward the dark residence behind the arena.

Xu Yang killed the fleeing Black Lotus Cult Master, then set up a ritual to stop the Great Black Buddha Mother’s incarnation from descending. The Flesh and Blood Bodhisattva transformed into the Golden Body Dharma Appearance, and Xu Yang summoned thunder into his body as the battle began.

• The Black Lotus Cult Master fled, but Xu Yang blocked his escape and killed him with a thunderous strike.
• Nie Hailong arrived near Nine Bends Mountain and ordered the helicopter to pull back and observe.
• Xu Yang summoned a ritual altar and arranged seven command flags into a Big Dipper formation around the Buddha Mother's fetal body.
• A thunderclap burst the fetal body, releasing a Demon Abyss black nest from which the Flesh and Blood Bodhisattva formed the Great Black Buddha Mother’s Golden Body Dharma Appearance.
• Xu Yang invoked the Seven Stars and called down thunder, channeling lightning into his body as he faced the Great Black Buddha Mother.

Xu Yang used the Seven Stars of the Northern Dipper array to draw heavenly lightning and faced the Great Black Buddha Mother's avatar. After enduring the demon's six-syllable mantra and Vajra Pestle, he unleashed the Heavenly Dipper Lightning Combat, shattering its mantra and splitting its lotus throne.

• Xu Yang infused himself with heavenly lightning and summoned a powerful bolt against the Great Black Buddha Mother's avatar.
• The Buddha Mother shielded itself with a barrier of black mantras, withstanding Xu Yang's lightning strike.
• The Buddha Mother attacked Xu Yang with the Six-Syllable Great Bright Mantra, but he held his ground in the lightning array.
• The Buddha Mother struck Xu Yang with a Vajra Pestle, driving him into the stone floor.
• Xu Yang combined lightning with the Five Elements to unleash the Heavenly Dipper Lightning Combat, shattering the demon's mantra and splitting its Flesh-and-Blood Lotus Throne.

Xu Yang destroyed the Black Lotus Cult Master’s Buddha Mother incarnation at Nine Bends Mountain, then recovered at Roaring Firmament Temple and searched the cult master’s soul for the world’s secrets. He learned of ancient wars among gods, sealed beings, blessed lands, grotto-heavens, immortal realms, the Red Moon, and the Mara Realm.

• Xu Yang summoned a towering thunder god general and shattered the Buddha Mother incarnation’s lotus throne and body with lightning.
• News reached Nie Hailong that the strange fog near Wuyuan Town had dispersed and that authorities had captured a Black Lotus Cult elder.
• Xu Yang returned to Roaring Firmament Temple, replenished his mana, and considered how his Shi Jian identity could strengthen his deterrence while he developed.
• Several days later, Xu Yang took the Black Lotus Cult Master’s soul from a sealed yin altar and used soul-searching to extract its secrets.
• Xu Yang learned about ancient wars of gods and self-sealing, blessed lands and immortal realms, and the Red Moon and Mara Realm.

Xu Yang learned the ancient history behind the world’s dwindling spiritual energy and the Red Moon’s connection to the Desire Realm’s invasion. He resolved to exploit the coming upheaval, build his power, and defend the world, where his old enemies might soon descend.

• The Black Lotus Cult Master told Xu Yang that ancient divine systems fought a devastating war, then sealed themselves away and drained the world’s Heaven and Earth Origin to recover.
• The Black Lotus Cult Master explained that the Red Moon manifested the Desire Realm’s erosion, while the Black Lotus Cult gained power through the Great Black Buddha Mother and the Black Lotus Scripture.
• Xu Yang compared the threat to his experiences in the Blackwater World and Primordial Spirit World, and judged that Desire Realm demon gods would invade once a passage opened.
• Xu Yang doubted that the slumbering divine systems could protect the world, and suspected their ancient war had been driven by the Golden Immortal Dao Fruit.
• Xu Yang concluded that grotto-heavens and Blessed Lands would eventually release their sealed resources as the world faced upheaval, and he decided to build his forces and resist the Desire Realm.
• Xu Yang vowed to avenge Xu Qingyu and repay the Blackwater World’s suffering rather than surrender this world to the demons.

The Martial Artist began broadcasting the dangerous Heavenly Thunder Body Tempering Great Law, demonstrating how to draw lightning and use it to temper the body. Alarmed by the method’s risks and the urgency behind its release, Nie Hailong ordered the Federal Authorities to prepare a training program using ordinary electric currents.

• The livestream resumed with the Martial Artist standing atop a mountain as thunder gathered overhead.
• The Martial Artist explained the Heavenly Thunder Body Tempering Great Law, its risks, and how beginners could progress from ordinary electric currents.
• The Martial Artist drew Heavenly Thunder and used it to temper his body, shocking viewers and cultivators who believed the method was nearly always fatal.
• Nie Hailong and his assistant suspected that the Martial Artist’s urgent broadcast followed his clash with the Black Lotus Cult.
• Nie Hailong ordered a training plan using ordinary currents and approved providing Gan Jin with materials to make cultivation medicine alongside the program.

Xu Yang used his identity as Gan Jin to establish a training school in Ganding Village, where the Security Bureau sent young recruits to learn the Heavenly Thunder Body Tempering Great Law. The new trainees discovered that they had to work on the school’s farms and livestock facilities to receive his guidance, while a work-free class cost ten million.

• Xu Yang decided to develop his public identity as Gan Jin while keeping his other identities hidden for future attacks on the Blessed Lands and hidden heavens.
• Ning Qing brought a new group of Security Bureau trainees, including Zhou Xuan and Chen Yan, to Ganding Elementary School in Ganding Village.
• Gan Jin welcomed the recruits as the school’s principal and chief physician, and Ning Qing explained that the Security Bureau had moved the training site to accommodate his conditions.
• The instructors assigned trainees to farm fields and care for livestock as part of their training duties, provoking complaints from the recruits.
• An instructor offered the trainees a work-free cultivation class but said they would have to pay ten million in tuition.

Xu Yang expanded his school, pharmaceutical business, and cultivation programs while waiting for a powerful faction to seek his pill formulas. When Ye Chen and Chen Wu offered only one hundred million for the formulas and franchise rights, Xu Yang ended his cooperation with the Security Bureau and walked away.

• Zhou Xuan and the other trainees completed intense morning drills and ate medicinal cuisine at Xu Yang’s school.
• Xu Yang explained Heavenly Thunder Body Tempering on a livestream while viewers complained that his pills were scarce and difficult to buy.
• Xu Yang revealed that he had built a school and recruited students from Martial World Noble Families, but he was withholding the pill formulas while waiting for an opportunity.
• Ning Qing told Xu Yang that Security General Bureau Supervision Director Chen Wu and Eastern Capital Councilor Ye Chen had come to see him.
• Ye Chen offered one hundred million for Xu Yang to publish his pill formulas and adopt a franchise model.
• Xu Yang ordered Ning Qing to throw out the visitors, ended his cooperation with the Security Bureau, and left the office.

Xu Yang discovered that the Ye Family, backed by Fulong Mountain, intended to seize his cultivation opportunity as their Blessed Land neared collapse. As the Security Bureau withdrew its trainees and Nie Hailong hurried to Eastern Capital, Xu Yang prepared to use the Ye Family's scheme to draw out a stronger source of protection.

• Gan Jin Academy ended its training camp and sent the Security Bureau's trainees away after a conflict with Ye Chen.
• Ning Qing warned Nie Hailong that forcing Gan Jin to submit would cost the Security Bureau a valuable partner and create a powerful enemy, so Nie Hailong arranged to return to Eastern Capital.
• Xu Yang used the Spirit Eye Profound Light Art to observe Ye Chen tell his father that Gan Jin had resisted the Ye Family.
• Ye Chen's father explained that Fulong Mountain's Blessed Land could collapse within fifty years and ordered Ye Chen to wait for his uncles before seizing Gan Jin.
• Xu Yang learned that the Ye Family wanted his cultivation methods and pill-making abilities to help Fulong Mountain survive, and he recognized their actions as the opportunity to reveal another source of protection.

Months after the Black Lotus Cult incident, Martial Maniac rescued a badly injured girl from a human trafficking ring and brought her to Gan Jin for treatment, drawing the attention of Nie Hailong and Ye Chen. The chapter ended with Ye Chen suspecting a connection between Martial Maniac, Gan Jin, and War God Temple, and vowing that the Ye Family and Fulong Mountain would uncover the truth.

• Nie Hailong watched Martial Maniac’s latest livestream and worried that the spread of cultivation methods and the changing social order threatened the Federation.
• Martial Maniac freed captives from a criminal organization’s cages and carried a critically injured girl away.
• Martial Maniac brought the girl to Gan Jin’s apothecary, where Gan Jin treated her and agreed to let her recover there.
• Martial Maniac thanked Gan Jin and left, saying he owed him a favor.
• Ye Chen watched the livestream, linked Gan Jin and Martial Maniac to War God Temple, and declared that the Ye Family and Fulong Mountain would not be fooled.