Chapter Summaries

Meng Chuan advanced to the eighth gate and resolved to train for the Primordial Spirit Thunder Seed Technique, while Fang Jianxing warned the young girl that the planned cleanup felt dangerous. At school, Meng Chuan finished practicing and went upstairs as his classmates gathered for their first combat class of the term.

• After Meng Chuan left, Liu Sanduo cleaned up the wreckage and wondered whether Meng Chuan had already reached the ninth gate.
• Meng Chuan cultivated Dragon Meditation on his Spirit Gathering Cushion and reflected that practicing the Shiva Elephant Washing Method would turn his mental strength into muscle.
• In the Island Nation, Fang Jianxing cautioned the young girl against having Shinji handle the final cleanup, but she vanished and told Mirror to focus on his own job.
• Three days later, Meng Chuan tested at National United University Prep High and confirmed that he had reached the eighth gate, fifteen points above the standard.
• Meng Chuan decided to pursue the Primordial Spirit Thunder Seed Technique and trained at the Martial Arts Training Ground, thinking of Teacher Luo and Sister Ru.
• Meng Jiaolong and Xu Qingfeng arrived for the term's first combat class, and Meng Chuan joined them upstairs after two hours of practice.

Meng Chuan revealed that he had reached the Eighth Gate, then received a training session from Principal Yang on the Five Elements Universe Fist and the realm of Dao Follows Nature. Yang Huan ended the lesson after noticing Meng Chuan was already thinking about how to apply the teachings.

• Meng Chuan told Xu Qingfeng he had reached the Eighth Gate, then defeated the Seventh Gate practitioners and upperclassmen in a gauntlet on the arena platform.
• Xu Qingfeng was knocked from the platform by Meng Chuan and accepted that his Cloud Intent could not overcome the difference in strength.
• Lu Zhuxiao told Meng Chuan that Principal Yang was available to guide his cultivation, and Meng Chuan went to Hongwu Building.
• Yang Huan explained how the Five Elements Universe Fist developed will, momentum, and intent, and described Dao Follows Nature as the shared pursuit of Xingyi practitioners.
• Meng Chuan asked Yang Huan for more guidance on Dao Follows Nature, and Yang Huan stopped the lesson when he saw Meng Chuan was trying to apply the principles to his boxing art.

Meng Chuan discussed breaking limits and martial arts prospects with Yang Huan, who explained the upcoming New Year Grand Competition and affiliated quota selection. He trained Luo Family Eight Extremities and advanced its mastery, then headed to Gangzi Club the next morning, eager to spar.

• Yang Huan praised Meng Chuan's martial arts theory and suggested that improving the Five Elements Universe Fist could earn him a Golden Tiger Medal.
• Yang Huan told Meng Chuan that the New Year Grand Competition and Preparatory High quota selection would take place in five days, and that affiliated quotas would be settled afterward.
• Meng Chuan bought ingredients for three months of Five Elements Soup, then practiced Luo Family Eight Extremities and raised its mastery from 82% to 83%.
• Meng Chuan practiced his stance at home while reflecting on Yang Huan's martial principles and the value of One Proof, Eternal Proof.
• On the sixth day of the New Year, Meng Chuan finished his morning training and went eagerly to Gangzi Club for a beating.

Meng Chuan endured intense body-conditioning from Li Weigang, then learned about the upcoming Supernova Competition and set his sights on qualifying among Qin Province’s top ten. The chapter ended with Liu Yang and a young girl discussing the competition’s university slots and the unexpected appearance of the Luo Family.

• Li Weigang intensified Meng Chuan’s body-conditioning with true qi, and Meng Chuan completed the first part before enduring conditioning around his crotch and legs.
• Li Weigang offered to teach Meng Chuan his hard martial arts, including the true-art-level Weituo Mountain Carrying Skill, for free.
• Meng Chuan checked that his Duo Mo Iron Legs had reached 84% of perfection and estimated he could break their limit in about a week.
• Meng Chuan read that the state-sponsored Supernova Competition would select ten university martial artists in Qin Province, with two million in prize money for each national top-hundred contender, and resolved to qualify.
• At the Liu Family residence, a young girl asked Liu Yang why the Luo Family had appeared after United University’s affiliated slots had already been divided among the Liu, Zhou, and Zheng Families.

Liu Shuxue learned that Meng Chuan was a formidable opponent, while in Osaka, people bearing divine seeds gathered at Shimizu Myojin Shrine as Shinji prepared to crown himself Terror's new master. Luo Guanyun arrived at the shrine, and Fang Jianxing remained concerned as the white-haired girl told him to trust Shinji.

• Liu Sanduo warned Liu Shuxue to concede if Meng Chuan chose her, but she insisted she wanted to test his strength.
• Across Osaka, people with divine seeds were compelled to gather at Shimizu Myojin Shrine, where their seeds began to mature.
• Shinji welcomed the arrivals and prepared to crown himself Terror's new master after Ji Chengkong.
• Luo Guanyun arrived through the rain and entered the shrine.
• In the Island Nation's capital, Fang Jianxing worried about the night's events, and the white-haired girl urged him to leave matters to Shinji.

Luo Guanyun witnessed Shinji harvest the Demon Seeds from the worshippers at Shimizu Myojin Shrine, then confronted and killed him. The Thunder Seed absorbed the blood-red harvest, leaving Luo Guanyun transformed and in possession of a strange half-tortoise shell.

• Fang Jianxing left after learning he would receive an envoy from the Demon Summoning Hall, privately focusing on how to profit from the cooperation.
• Luo Guanyun recalled that his Thunder Seed had devoured an extracted Demon Seed during his experiments, making it impossible to implant the seed back into its host.
• Shinji harvested the Demon Seeds from the worshippers at Shimizu Myojin Shrine, killing them as he declared he would guide them back to heaven.
• Luo Guanyun revealed himself and struck Shinji down with lightning, but the blood-red particles turned away from Shinji and poured into Luo Guanyun.
• Luo Guanyun's Thunder Seed absorbed the harvest and unleashed lightning through his body before he killed Shinji and collected a half-tortoise shell bearing unfamiliar script.

Luo Guanyun’s Thunder Seed lost control during his attempt to suppress it, forcing him into a breakthrough to grandmaster while leaving him afflicted by a heart demon. In Great Chu, Meng Chuan was named a judge for National United University Prep High’s New Year Grand Competition, which then began.

• Luo Guanyun fought the rebellious Thunder Seed with his qi and blood, broke through to grandmaster, and discovered the devoured nourishment had left him with a heart demon that corroded his Martial True Gang.
• Li Weigang asked Meng Chuan to help condition his Duo Mo Iron Crotch after their training, and Meng Chuan agreed.
• Principal Yang opened the New Year Grand Competition at National United University Prep High, and An Jing explained the sixteen-arena format and rules.
• An Jing named Meng Chuan as a judge, prompting applause and jokes from students who praised his strength.
• Xu Qingfeng, newly at the eighth level, felt his confidence waver as he watched Meng Chuan on the judges’ platform, while Meng Jiaolong set aside her thoughts about him.

At the student martial arts tournament, Zong Ping won his opening match while Meng Chuan listened to senior figures discuss Demonic Path fugitives and United University's new resource policies. Grandmaster Chen Qiushui questioned the policies, and Yang Huan told her to implement them as Meng Chuan considered what they might mean for his future.

• Principal Yang and An Jing began random first-round matchups across the sixteen arenas.
• Zong Ping fought Xiao Liu and knocked him from the arena with a Tiger Form Manifest Force strike.
• Meng Chuan overheard senior figures explain that Demonic Path Martial Artists had fled into the conquered Flood Dragon Demon Nest through connected demon nests.
• Grandmaster Chen Qiushui arrived and Principal Yang introduced her to Meng Chuan as the person in charge of United University's Grandmaster Class.
• Chen Qiushui questioned the plan to divide Grandmaster Class resources into tiers, and Yang Huan told her to carry out headquarters' regulations and report the results later.

Meng Chuan watched the New Year competition finals and correctly predicted that Xu Qingfeng would defeat Fu Long to win the championship. Xu Qingfeng claimed first place and received cultivation resources worth around four hundred thousand.

• Meng Chuan watched Xu Qingfeng use the Bagua to defeat the Serpent Hand fighter Hao Lin, and the judges praised his progress after reaching the eighth vital-blood gate.
• Meng Chuan encouraged Xu Qingfeng and later predicted that he would outlast Fu Long, while telling Principal Yang he could easily defeat either finalist himself.
• Xu Qingfeng unleashed Cloud Intent in the final and used his Qiankun Bagua to withstand Fu Long's fierce attacks for hundreds of exchanges.
• Xu Qingfeng wore Fu Long down and knocked him off the arena, winning the New Year competition as the crowd applauded.
• Principal Yang presented awards to the top three, and Xu Qingfeng received cultivation resources worth around four hundred thousand.

Meng Chuan watched the New Year Tournament awards and learned he could not qualify for the National Martial Arts Supernova Competition because he had not officially enrolled. When Zhou Xin and Zheng Tao insulted his Master and the Luo Family, Meng Chuan challenged them both to fight him together.

• Yang Huan presented the awards and left An Jing to announce that the top seven students had qualified for the Supernova Competition preliminaries.
• An Jing explained that Meng Chuan was not eligible because he had not officially enrolled at United University.
• Zhou Xin, Zheng Tao, and Liu Shuxue arrived as representatives of families cooperating with United University, and Zheng Tao demanded that Meng Chuan come down to fight.
• Liu Shuxue recognized Meng Chuan from surveillance footage and stepped behind the two men, while the students anticipated that Meng Chuan would defeat them.
• Meng Chuan confronted Zhou Xin and Zheng Tao over their insults to his Master and the Luo Family, then invited them to fight him together.

Meng Chuan defeated Zheng Tao and intimidated Zhou Xin, securing one of the Supernova Tournament spots. As the competition’s results were settled, a mass notification announced that Luo Guanyun had attained the Fourth Limit.

• Meng Chuan overwhelmed Zheng Tao with a barrage of punches, knocking him unconscious without killing him.
• Meng Chuan lifted Zhou Xin by the head and threatened him until Zhou Xin stopped talking back.
• An Jing confirmed that Meng Chuan, Liu Shuxue, and Zhou Xin had secured the spots.
• Meng Chuan reunited with his friends, while Meng Jiaolong clung to his back before Chen Qiushui’s stare made her jump down.
• Everyone received a notification that renowned alumnus Luo Guanyun had slain demons in the Island Nation and attained the Fourth Limit as a Martial Arts Grandmaster.

Meng Chuan learned that Luo Guanyun had become a Martial Arts Grandmaster and prepared for the Supernova Competition. In the Island Nation, Luo Guanyun worried about the Thunder Seed’s dangers but planned to return within the week and continue protecting his disciple.

• North Union University announced Luo Guanyun’s breakthrough, and Meng Chuan agreed to ask whether he would teach at United University.
• Meng Chuan reviewed the Supernova Competition materials and resolved to spend two months strengthening his techniques before facing elite university martial artists.
• Luo Guanyun received an Island Nation commendation after the Shimizu Myojin Shrine disaster, but feared the Thunder Seed and its resentful thoughts could make him fall into demonic deviation.
• Luo Guanyun told Meng Chuan he would return within the week, and Meng Chuan congratulated his master by text.
• Lu Zhuxiao warned Meng Chuan that main-campus prodigies had reached the limit of the Nine Gates, while Meng Chuan remained focused on preparing for the competition.

Meng Chuan focused on improving his blood and qi while sparring with Zheng Zhenzhen and Meng Jiaolong, then learned he would join special training for the Supernova Tournament. The next day, he arrived at United University Preparatory High and watched new students arrive as others left under the school’s elimination system.

• Meng Chuan continued practicing Five Elements Fist and decided to teach Duo Mo Iron Crotch to his master when he returned.
• Zheng Zhenzhen called Meng Chuan to arrange a spar, and Meng Jiaolong also asked to train with him; after an exhausting afternoon, he took both girls to dinner.
• Lu Zhuxiao told Meng Chuan to attend a special training class for Supernova Tournament participants starting the next day.
• Liu Sanduo confronted Meng Chuan over a misunderstanding involving his niece Chen Xuewu, then let him go after hearing his explanation.
• Meng Chuan reached United University Preparatory High the next day and saw new students arriving while others left under the elimination system.

Meng Chuan weighed his progress toward the Martial Zenith Legacy and continued training, then received a valuable tournament gift and attended Lu Zhuxiao’s special class. The chapter left him among the ten trainees as the influence of the Luo Family’s rising strength drew the great clans’ attention.

• Meng Chuan tested his Vitality and Blood at 156.1 points and reflected on his goal of reaching the Ninth Gate limit before pursuing the Martial Zenith Legacy.
• Meng Jiaolong gave Meng Chuan the subsidy gift box prepared for Supernova Tournament participants, which contained Martial Arts Elixirs worth over a hundred thousand.
• Meng Chuan arrived at Lu Zhuxiao’s special training class and admired the first-grade true weapon Clear Spring Resonance that Meng Jiaolong showed him.
• Meng Chuan greeted Liu Shuxue, who remained afraid of fighting him, while Zhou Xin nervously kept his distance.
• Lu Zhuxiao began the class with all ten participants present, as several great clans had investigated the Luo Family after Luo Guanyun became a grandmaster.

Meng Chuan studied weapon defense ahead of the Supernova Tournament, then reunited with Luo Guanyun after his return to Yong'an as a Martial Arts Grandmaster. The chapter ended with Meng Chuan recommending a powerful new hard skill to his Master.

• Zhou Xin resolved to stop spouting nonsense after his family elders warned him to behave around Meng Chuan.
• Lu Zhuxiao explained the tournament’s weapon rules and taught the students about weapons and how to defend against them.
• Lu Zhuxiao agreed to teach Meng Chuan ways to counter long weapons with short-range techniques, and Meng Chuan avoided Zheng Zhenzhen after class.
• Luo Guanyun returned to Yong'an as a Martial Arts Grandmaster, tested Meng Chuan in a brief fight, and praised his progress in the Five Elements Universe Fist.
• At dinner, Meng Chuan told Luo Guanyun he had learned a powerful new hard skill and suggested that his Master practice it.

Meng Chuan reunited with Luo Guanyun, learned about the dangers of cults in the Island Nation, and resumed training with his master. As Meng Chuan resolved to keep his suspicions about Revered Lord Yin to himself, Luo Guanyun secretly examined the tortoiseshell he had hidden.

• Luo Guanyun told Meng Chuan about the cults and demon nests he had encountered in the Island Nation, and warned him to stay vigilant.
• Luo Guanyun encouraged Meng Chuan to pursue the Supernova Tournament and assured him that Sky Net surveillance would deter retaliation from the Zhou and Zheng Families.
• Luo Guanyun and Meng Chuan resumed sparring until Ren Ping interrupted them at one in the morning, pleased that Luo Guanyun's Thunder Seed had settled down.
• Meng Chuan returned home, wondered whether Luo Guanyun was hiding something, and decided not to burden his master with his own suspicions about Revered Lord Yin.
• Luo Guanyun returned to the dark training room, retrieved a hidden tortoiseshell, and deciphered its inscription.

Luo Guanyun rejected the cruel Fear cultivation art and resolved to deal with the Thunder Arts alone, while Fang Jianxing planned to recover the Wrath chapter and Zheng Chengcheng prepared to go to Yong'an. At National United University Prep High, Meng Chuan asked Xu Qingfeng to help him study Bagua Qiankun through sparring, drawing a crowd to the training ground.

• Luo Guanyun returned the fragment of the Spirit Platform Demon Heart Sutra to its hiding place and decided not to involve Meng Chuan in his troubles.
• Fang Jianxing left Sakura after learning the Fear chapter was lost and resolved to retrieve the cultivation art from Wrath in Yokohama.
• Zheng Chengcheng insisted on traveling to Yong'an to confront the reason a youth had refused his sister, and Zheng Yulan allowed him to go with a warning not to meddle in the branch family's affairs.
• Meng Chuan neared a limit break in the Luo Family Eight Extremities and called Xu Qingfeng to help him study the Bagua Qiankun.
• Xu Qingfeng arrived with an iron fan at the crowded training ground, where students expected Meng Chuan to teach him a lesson.

Meng Chuan sparred with Xu Qingfeng and used their exchange to deepen his understanding of yin and yang and refine the Luo Family Eight Extremities. After practicing with Luo Guanyun, he grasped the meaning of Chaotic Heaven, then left to rest before discussing his breakthrough the next day.

• Meng Chuan sparred with Xu Qingfeng, broke through his Bagua formation, and explained that the Eight Extremities blended yin and yang into one.
• Meng Chuan entered a state of deep practice, while Xu Qingfeng realized Meng Chuan had used his Bagua techniques to explore his own path.
• Meng Chuan returned to Luo Guanyun's training room and practiced a version of the Luo Family Eight Extremities infused with Taiji principles.
• Luo Guanyun helped correct Meng Chuan's movements and calmed the powerful winds his practice stirred up.
• Meng Chuan realized that Chaotic Heaven meant containing heaven rather than shattering it, and Luo Guanyun urged him to rest before discussing his gains.

Meng Chuan's Luo Family Eight Extremities broke its limit, granting him the Chaotic Heaven trait and a major increase in qi and blood. He tested the trait in a spar with Xu Qingfeng, while Principal Sui reviewed the Supernova Tournament lists and praised Yang Huan.

• Meng Chuan discovered that Luo Family Eight Extremities had broken its limit and gained the intermediate Chaotic Heaven trait, which improved his fist-art comprehension and enabled the Chaotic Sky Domain.
• Meng Chuan tested his qi and blood at United University and found that his value had risen from 156.1 to 183.7, reaching the Eighth Gate.
• Meng Chuan decided to ask Teacher Luo about learning a first-rate fist art and invited Xu Qingfeng to spar, offering him supplements and dinner.
• Meng Chuan overwhelmed Xu Qingfeng with the Chaotic Sky Domain, finding that its force control and recovery made him much stronger but consumed substantial mental power.
• Sui Chunqiu reviewed the branch campuses' Supernova Tournament participant lists and praised Yang Huan's ability.

Meng Chuan received his upgraded Steel Bone gloves, tested their strength, and renamed them Dragon Bone. As he practiced, Luo Guanyun realized Meng Chuan had optimized his Bajiquan, while the Supernova Tournament’s national-treasury rewards gave Meng Chuan a new incentive to compete.

• Sui Chunqiu circled Meng Chuan’s name on a list after Principal Sui told her to keep an eye on him.
• Meng Chuan went to Teacher Luo’s home, where Ren Ping gave him pastries and a delivery from the research institute arrived.
• Meng Chuan and Luo Guanyun examined the upgraded Steel Bone, which reinforced Meng Chuan’s hands with Demon Flood Dragon horn material.
• Meng Chuan tested the gloves by smashing an Iron Core Training Dummy and learned that the Supernova Tournament’s second stage offered access to the national treasury.
• Meng Chuan practiced the limit-breaking Luo Family Eight Extremities, named the gloves Dragon Bone, and confirmed to Luo Guanyun that he had optimized Bajiquan.