Chapter Summaries

Meng Chuan persisted in practicing the National Obligatory Basic Fist Art despite his teachers and classmates urging him to pursue more advanced martial arts. After reaching mastery, he remained stuck at 99 percent, and the chapter ended as he recalled the mysterious panel that had appeared when he was four.

• Meng Chuan practiced the National Obligatory Basic Fist Art alone before dawn at Peaceful High School, though he was already sixteen and his aptitude could have taken him toward a martial university.
• The principal and teachers tried to persuade Meng Chuan to switch to more advanced techniques, but he continued training in the basic art.
• Chen Jian mocked Meng Chuan for practicing Child's Fist, but Meng Chuan ignored him and Chen Jian left with his friends.
• Meng Chuan told his aunt he would practice another half hour before going home, then wondered why the art's final one percent had not advanced in two years.
• Meng Chuan recalled that a mysterious panel had appeared in his mind when he first learned the basic fist art at age four.

Sixteen-year-old Meng Chuan remained determined to break the limit of the National Obligatory Basic Fist Art and gain the One Proof, Eternal Proof trait, despite two years of stalled progress. His aunt and uncle supported him by enrolling him in Infinite Martial Arts Academy, and the chapter ended with Auntie Xue Na hoping an instructor could redirect his efforts and help him become a martial artist.

• Meng Chuan recalled that the Martial Arts Limit-Breaking Panel would grant him One Proof, Eternal Proof after he perfected a martial art and broke its limit.
• Meng Chuan finished his daily fist practice with progress still stuck at 99% and went home for dinner with Auntie.
• Auntie urged Meng Chuan to stop practicing the basic fist art, while he kept his true reason for persevering to himself.
• Auntie gave Meng Chuan the Golden Card for sixty classes at Infinite Martial Arts Academy, paid for by his uncle, Meng Yongzhi.
• Auntie Xue Na reflected that Meng Chuan worked hard but needed a good teacher to guide him toward Martial University and a future as a martial artist.

Meng Chuan prepared to begin training at Infinite Martial Arts Academy, hoping its instructors could help him break through the final 1% of the National Obligatory Basic Fist Art. He arrived with Wang Yue and Qin Mengya, determined to focus on martial arts.

• Meng Chuan practiced late into the night but failed to surpass his limit, then decided to ask an academy instructor for advice.
• Meng Chuan slept later than usual, took the Nine Walnuts Auntie had packed for him, and worried that Uncle had not returned from overtime.
• Meng Chuan called Wang Yue, and they arranged to meet and go to Infinite Martial Arts Academy together.
• Wang Yue told Meng Chuan that Qin Mengya would join them, and the three met at Greenland Square before entering the academy.
• Qin Mengya greeted Meng Chuan, but he replied formally and kept his distance because Wang Yue liked her.

Meng Chuan attended his first class at the Infinite Martial Arts Academy, met its head instructor, and began learning the Grand Unity Three Talents Stance. He struggled to master the stance and left the chapter still determined to practice until he could combine it with his perfected fist art.

• Qin Mengya brought Wang Yue and Meng Chuan to change into their academy uniforms, and they joined Liu Ru's class.
• Liu Ru introduced herself as a sixth Vitality and Blood Gate martial artist, then Luo Guanyun arrived and offered members one hour of lessons for every ten days of classes.
• Liu Ru taught the basics of the Three Powers Stance, and Meng Chuan asked whether the National Obligatory Basic Fist Art counted as Xingyi martial arts.
• Meng Chuan practiced the stance but failed to enter the beginner stage, then tried combining it with his fist art and nearly tripped himself.
• Liu Ru advised Meng Chuan to master the stance before combining it with fist forms, and he practiced through the day while Wang Yue and Qin Mengya went home.

Meng Chuan trained late at Infinite Martial Arts Academy, made progress toward mastering the Three Powers Stance, and learned that his uncle was worried about danger in the city. The next morning, Meng Yongzhi took him to the academy to discuss his training, while Meng Chuan went to breakfast and met Le Ping.

• Meng Chuan practiced the National Obligatory Basic Fist Art after his classes, and Luo Guanyun told him to head home safely.
• Meng Yongzhi and Xue Na worried about Meng Chuan returning late, and Meng Yongzhi warned him that the city might not be safe.
• Meng Chuan told Meng Yongzhi he had learned the Xingyi Stance Skill, then practiced the Three Powers Stance until he neared entry-level mastery.
• Meng Yongzhi decided to speak with Academy Master Luo about getting Meng Chuan to learn other fist arts, and he accompanied Meng Chuan to the academy the next morning.
• Meng Chuan went to the academy cafeteria, where he met Le Ping, a third-year student who had reached the Third Blood Qi Threshold.

Meng Chuan tested just short of the First Blood Qi Threshold, then impressed Luo Guanyun with his master-level National Obligatory Basic Fist Art. Luo Guanyun urged him to practice other fist arts, but Meng Chuan refused Cannon Fist lessons and chose to keep pursuing the final step of his current art.

• Le Ping took Meng Chuan to the Blood Qi testing room, where his value measured 0.98, just below the First Blood Qi Threshold.
• Meng Chuan met Luo Guanyun at the training ground and demonstrated his National Obligatory Basic Fist Art for him.
• Luo Guanyun declared Meng Chuan's fist art master-level, and his aura summoned clouds and thunder that silenced the students.
• Luo Guanyun told Meng Chuan to build experience with other fist arts and offered to teach him Cannon Fist.
• Meng Chuan declined the Cannon Fist lessons, saying he would keep practicing National Obligatory Basic Fist Art until he made up its final step.

Meng Chuan endured Luo Guanyun’s rough introduction to martial arts and began learning stance work, then saw a horrific corpse in a police uniform at Greenland Square Station. The chapter left Meng Chuan unable to reach his uncle while Chief Long and Little Li suspected a Heavenly Demon had killed the victim.

• Luo Guanyun knocked Meng Chuan unconscious after he challenged him, then ordered Liu Ru to have him fed and sent to the training room.
• Meng Chuan met Luo Guanyun for his lesson, stood firm against the master’s intimidating aura, and earned his praise for having courage.
• Luo Guanyun learned that Meng Chuan’s aptitude was below average and taught him stance work for two hours.
• Meng Chuan hurried home after training, but at Greenland Square Station he saw a police cordon around a mangled corpse in a blue-and-white uniform and repeatedly called his uncle without getting an answer.
• Chief Long asked Little Li to assess the scene, and Little Li concluded that the victim was likely a police colleague killed by a solid-type Heavenly Demon.

Meng Chuan learned that his uncle was safe after a Heavenly Demon killed a police officer, while a Level 4 Demon Nest threatened Yong'an City. He advanced in the Three Powers Stance and began using his lunch break to practice more, hoping to trigger a limit break.

• Chief Long ordered Liu Jinglong and the Qindu District forces to search for the Heavenly Demon that had killed their comrades.
• Meng Chuan rushed home, found his uncle Meng Yongzhi safe, and learned he had missed the call while attending a police meeting.
• Meng Yongzhi gave Meng Chuan a Tendon-Bone Elixir set, warned him to avoid the martial arts hall for a few days, and encouraged him to become a martial artist.
• A public notice reported a Level 4 Demon Nest outside Yong'an City, and Meng Yongzhi explained that Heavenly Demons came from the Sky Demon Realm and posed a danger to ordinary people.
• After two and a half days of practice, Meng Chuan entered the Human Stance realm and saw the new Morning and Evening Enlightenment trait appear on his panel.
• Feeling recovered by noon, Meng Chuan used his lunch break to practice the stance in the hallway, where his homeroom teacher happened to pass by.

Meng Chuan practiced the National Obligatory Basic Fist Art obsessively while his stance progress remained slow. At the martial arts academy, he fought Wang Yue and won despite having zero Blood Qi Threshold, drawing applause from the onlookers.

• Meng Chuan's homeroom teacher noticed his stance work and urged him to pursue training at Infinite Martial Arts Academy.
• Meng Chuan skipped classes for five days to practice the National Obligatory Basic Fist Art, while Meng Yongzhi received a call from the homeroom teacher about his absences.
• Meng Chuan met Wang Yue at the academy, where Wang Yue admitted he lacked energy because Qin Mengya was absent.
• Wang Yue challenged Meng Chuan to a spar, announcing that he had reached the First Blood Qi Threshold while Meng Chuan had zero Blood Qi Threshold.
• Meng Chuan used his refined fist forms and footwork to outmaneuver Wang Yue, trip him, and win the spar; the training ground applauded.

Meng Chuan impressed the trainees and sparred with Liu Ru, while Liu Ru encouraged him to study under Master Luo. That night, Luo Guanyun clashed with his estranged daughter Luo Meng over her rejection of his Thunder Arts, and he was left alone confronting his failing cultivation and the approaching eruption of his Thunder Seed.

• Meng Chuan drew a crowd by demonstrating the power of Child's Fist, then sparred with Liu Ru as she corrected his technique.
• Liu Ru told Meng Chuan she had graduated from Yong'an Martial Arts University and encouraged him to learn from Master Luo.
• Ren Ping prepared to move in with Luo Meng and confronted Luo Guanyun over driving their daughter away and forcing Thunder Arts on her.
• Luo Meng dispersed the storm raised by Luo Guanyun's martial intent, but he challenged her choice to study Form Imitation at North Union University.
• Luo Guanyun unleashed a greater storm against Luo Meng before Ren Ping stopped him and left with their daughter.
• Alone, Luo Guanyun reflected that his Thunder Seed was nearing eruption and insisted to himself that Luo Meng was wrong to reject the Thunder Law True Skill.

Meng Chuan learned Cannon Fist from Luo Guanyun while asking how to break National Obligatory Basic Fist Art through to the master realm. Luo Guanyun described two unlikely paths, leaving Meng Chuan discouraged and wondering whether he could ever surpass his limits.

• Meng Chuan struggled to gain insight into National Obligatory Basic Fist Art as other students crowded around him, then met Luo Guanyun for his lesson.
• Luo Guanyun praised Meng Chuan's progress in stance training, warned him against relying on supplements, and taught him the Xingyi School's Five Elements Fire-Attribute Eight-Gate Cannon Fist.
• Meng Chuan quickly learned the basics of Cannon Fist but asked Luo Guanyun how to bring National Obligatory Basic Fist Art to the master realm.
• Luo Guanyun explained that sudden enlightenment or a desperate fight for survival might lead to improvement, though he warned Meng Chuan against risking his life.
• Meng Chuan spent the afternoon lying listlessly with the Cannon Fist manual, while Liu Ru wondered whether Luo Guanyun might still accept her as a personal disciple.

Meng Chuan was drawn into Tongjia Alley by a nihilistic Heavenly Demon and broke through the National Obligatory Basic Fist Art’s limits while resisting it. Luo Guanyun destroyed the demon and saved Meng Chuan, who ended the chapter unconscious as Luo surveyed the alley.

• Meng Chuan walked past Tongjia Alley, where a Heavenly Demon’s force field seized control of his body and pulled him toward the alley.
• Meng Chuan saw the corpses of the alley’s residents, including a little girl, and broke free of the demon’s restraints in a fury.
• Meng Chuan’s National Obligatory Basic Fist Art reached 100%, granting him the trait One Proof, Eternal Proof, but he could not harm the Heavenly Demon.
• The Heavenly Demon possessed Meng Chuan and forced him to prepare to hang himself.
• Luo Guanyun arrived with a golden spear and destroyed the Heavenly Demon with Golden Lightning Purification.
• Luo Guanyun checked that Meng Chuan was safe, then spoke with Dragon Nine, who had sent him to rescue the boy.

After Luo Guanyun killed the Heavenly Demon in Tongjia Alley, Meng Chuan struggled with the massacre before awakening the Super trait One Proof, Eternal Proof. He resolved to grow stronger and asked Luo Guanyun to teach him Thunder Arts, while Luo warned him to keep his breakthrough quiet.

• Luo Guanyun told Chief Long that Tongjia Alley had no survivors, and Chief Long ordered the officers to pay respects to the victims and investigate the Heavenly Eye Bureau.
• Luo Guanyun brought Meng Chuan to his home, where he encouraged him to overcome his despair and become a Martial Artist.
• Meng Chuan saw that he had obtained the Super trait One Proof, Eternal Proof, which preserved his skills and helped him make progress through cultivation.
• Luo Guanyun treated Meng Chuan's injured arm, and Meng Chuan asked to learn Thunder Arts after revealing that he had broken through to Master level.
• Luo Guanyun agreed to teach Meng Chuan after he recovered and warned him not to reveal his breakthrough.

Meng Chuan recovered from the Heavenly Demon incident and, after One Proof, Eternal Proof cleansed his body, advanced into the First Blood Qi Threshold, and learned to use clear force. Luo Guanyun refused to teach him the Primordial Spirit Thunder Seed True Skill but suspected Meng Chuan had awakened a special trait after seeing the Marrow Cleansing signs.

• Luo Guanyun explained the dangers and prerequisites of True Skills, then refused Meng Chuan's request to learn the Primordial Spirit Thunder Seed True Skill.
• Meng Chuan resolved to seek Luo Guanyun as a disciple after recovering, and One Proof, Eternal Proof expelled black impurities from his body overnight.
• Meng Chuan woke covered in foul black mud, showered, and discovered that his strength had increased enough for him to enter the First Blood Qi Threshold and use clear force.
• Chief Long tested Meng Chuan for Heavenly Demon factors, thanked him for delaying the demon, and promised him a reward of 300,000 yuan.
• Luo Guanyun watched Meng Chuan leave and suspected that he had awakened a trait related to Marrow Cleansing.

Meng Chuan returned home safely after the Heavenly Demon incident and resumed training, discovering that One Proof, Eternal Proof greatly accelerated his progress. By Saturday, he had advanced his stance and nearly mastered the Cannon Fist, while Luo Guanyun continued to suspect he might possess a hidden trait.

• Chief Long brought Meng Chuan home and reminded him to visit the Qindu Branch Bureau at the end of the month to collect his reward.
• Meng Yongzhi and Xue Na welcomed Meng Chuan home, and he told them Master Luo had saved him from a Heavenly Demon.
• Meng Chuan demonstrated Bright Force to Meng Yongzhi and mentioned the three-hundred-thousand reward for surviving the incident.
• Meng Chuan practiced the Three Powers Stance for an hour and a half, raising his Human Stance proficiency from 2% to 3%.
• By Saturday, Meng Chuan's Human Stance had reached 6%, and his Cannon Fist had advanced to 82% under the effects of One Proof, Eternal Proof.

Meng Chuan continued his intense training and defeated Wang Yue in a brief rematch, revealing how much his strength had grown. His Blood Qi measured 1.88, and he resolved to focus on raising it as Instructor Liu Ru arrived late and distracted again.

• Meng Chuan kept practicing every day while concealing his rapid progress from his schoolmates.
• Wang Yue challenged Meng Chuan after learning Forest Piercing Steps and improving his Blood Qi to 1.35.
• Meng Chuan ended the fight with two Cannon Fist punches, leaving Wang Yue in pain and the watching trainees stunned.
• Wang Yue accepted his defeat, and he and Meng Chuan returned to their usual friendly camaraderie over breakfast.
• Meng Chuan tested his Blood Qi at 1.88 and decided to focus on raising it toward the Second Blood Qi Threshold.
• Meng Chuan saw Instructor Liu Ru arrive late and heard that she had seemed increasingly distracted during lessons.

Meng Chuan advanced Cannon Fist to the proficient realm and prepared to demonstrate his limit-breaking National Obligatory Basic Fist Art. He met Bai Junfeng, a Martial Arts Association assessor, who promised to guarantee the rewards if Meng Chuan’s achievement was verified.

• Liu Ru sparred with Meng Chuan, helping him raise Cannon Fist proficiency to 97%.
• Meng Chuan practiced until Cannon Fist reached the proficient realm, then measured his Blood Vitality at 2.11.
• Master Luo called Meng Chuan in to demonstrate his National Obligatory Basic Fist Art before Martial Arts Association experts.
• Meng Chuan met Bai Junfeng, who agreed to verify his achievement and guarantee the talent-incentive rewards if it was genuine.

Meng Chuan demonstrated his revised National Obligatory Basic Fist Art to Bai Junfeng, who placed it on the candidate discussion list pending further testing. After sharing the news with Meng Yongzhi, Meng Chuan returned to Luo Guanyun, who asked about changes in his body since that night.

• Bai Junfeng questioned Meng Chuan about his training and breakthrough, then watched him demonstrate all sixteen forms and four new forms of his revised fist art.
• Bai Junfeng praised the improvements and put the revised art on the candidate discussion list, pending compatibility training and a national evaluation.
• Bai Junfeng explained that approval could earn Meng Chuan a reward and have his name recorded as the art's compiler.
• Meng Chuan told Meng Yongzhi the news, and his uncle congratulated him and promised to support his training.
• Luo Guanyun asked Meng Chuan about bodily changes, and Meng Chuan said his fist art flowed more smoothly, he could hold stances longer, and his Cannon Fist had become proficient.

Meng Chuan demonstrated his improved Cannon Fist, and Luo Guanyun invited him to become his personal disciple and learn the dangerous Thunder Law True Skill. Meng Chuan and his aunt agreed to discuss the apprenticeship with his uncle, who rushed home after hearing the news.

• Meng Chuan performed Cannon Fist with the skill of a proficient practitioner, convincing Luo Guanyun that he had awakened an acquired trait.
• Luo Guanyun offered to take Meng Chuan as his personal disciple and warned him that he would have to cultivate the dangerous Thunder Law True Skill and become a Martial Artist.
• Meng Chuan accepted the offer, and Luo Guanyun asked him to discuss the risks with his guardians before confirming.
• Meng Chuan told Xue Na about the offer, and she immediately approved and called Meng Yongzhi to share the news.
• Meng Yongzhi rushed home, where Xue Na told him that Head Luo wanted Meng Chuan as his disciple.

Meng Chuan’s family agreed to Luo Guanyun taking him as a disciple, and the two formally established their teacher-student relationship. Under Luo Guanyun’s guidance, Meng Chuan rapidly improved his Cannon Fist and continued training.

• Meng Yongzhi and Xue Na eagerly agreed to Luo Guanyun’s offer to teach Meng Chuan and arranged a banquet to welcome him.
• Meng Chuan practiced his Cannon Fist, checked his rising proficiency, and went with the principal to arrange testing his perfected National Obligatory Basic Fist Art at the Martial Arts Association.
• Luo Guanyun met Meng Chuan’s family at a banquet and formally accepted Meng Chuan as his personal disciple.
• The next evening, Luo Guanyun corrected Meng Chuan’s Cannon Fist posture and demonstrated the perfection of nine echoes.
• After an hour of practice under Luo Guanyun, Meng Chuan’s Cannon Fist proficiency rose from 4% to 20%.