Chapter Summaries

Meng Chuan showed Luo Guanyun his improved Eight Extremities Fist, which Luo named Meng Family Eight Extremities, then persuaded him to teach Surging Thunder Dispersing Hands instead of the Thunder Arts. Luo began training Meng in the boxing art, and Meng quickly grasped its second stage.

• Meng Chuan demonstrated his yin-yang-inspired Eight Extremities Fist, and Luo Guanyun praised it and named it Meng Family Eight Extremities.
• Meng Chuan asked to learn a new boxing art, and Luo Guanyun refused to teach the Thunder Arts but agreed to teach Surging Thunder Dispersing Hands.
• Luo Guanyun explained the art's fire and thunder principles and demonstrated how to draw lightning and shape its form.
• Meng Chuan followed Luo Guanyun's guidance, grasped the technique, and performed Thunder Whip Hand.

Meng Chuan rapidly mastered Surging Thunder Dispersing Hands, strengthened his qi and blood, and considered how to protect his family and avenge Sister Ru. As Yong'an’s crackdown on Black Water continued, a Demon Summoning Hall martial artist traveling toward the city asked his boss for permission to kill Meng Chuan.

• Luo Guanyun taught Meng Chuan the third stage of Surging Thunder Dispersing Hands, and Meng Chuan quickly got started before training further after his teacher left.
• Meng Chuan experienced Sudden Enlightenment and raised Surging Thunder Dispersing Hands to 56% entry proficiency, reaching the point where it was ready to break limits.
• Half a month later, Meng Chuan had advanced the technique to the proficient realm and raised his qi and blood past two hundred, bringing the ninth gate within reach.
• Meng Chuan reflected on his family’s safety, Fang Jianxing, Sister Ru, and the ongoing crackdown on Black Water’s forces in Yong'an.
• A Demon Summoning Hall martial artist traveling toward Yong'an asked his boss if he could take a job killing Meng Chuan.

Li Xiao returned to Yong'an City and planned to target Meng Chuan, while Meng Chuan trained for the Supernova Tournament and learned how to face unconventional weapons. The chapter ended with Meng Chuan comforting Le Ping after a demonic path martial artist harmed Le Ping's mother.

• Li Xiao, a Fourth Limit grandmaster and founder of the Demon Summoning Hall, returned to Yong'an after seven years and planned to make a move against Meng Chuan.
• Lu Zhuxiao taught the Supernova Tournament students how to fight opponents using unconventional weapons, and Meng Chuan used his hard body techniques to disarm him during a demonstration.
• Meng Chuan considered how his physical toughness and combat skills could help him counter unconventional weapons, while Meng Jiaolong focused on qualifying for the United University Grandmaster Class.
• Meng Chuan prepared to attend the Infinite Martial Arts Academy's reopening ceremony and learned that Le Ping could not attend because a demonic path martial artist had harmed his mother.
• Meng Chuan called Le Ping and comforted him, and Le Ping vowed to train hard, enter a good Martial University, and fulfill his mother's wish.

Meng Chuan arrived at the newly reopened Infinite Martial Arts Academy, which had expanded into a major institution under Grandmaster Luo's direction. He reunited with Liu Sanduo and Liu Shuxue, met Yong'an officials who pledged support for his upcoming Supernova Tournament, and spotted old acquaintances among the academy's instructors.

• Meng Chuan arrived at Limitless Plaza and saw how Grandmaster Luo had transformed it into the sprawling Infinite Martial Arts Academy.
• Liu Sanduo welcomed Meng Chuan and introduced Liu Shuxue, who greeted Meng Chuan as her fellow academy student.
• Yong'an officials greeted Meng Chuan, and Director Zhou offered him his business card and help ahead of the Supernova Tournament.
• Meng Chuan spotted Li Cuizhen and the Snake Form girl who had been his first opponent at the martial arts academy competition.

At the reopening of Infinite Martial Arts Academy, Meng Chuan received recognition and support from Yong'an officials while reflecting on how strength and his Master's influence had advanced his prospects. After the ceremony, he stayed to greet guests, received his talent subsidy, and planned to go practice at Preparatory High.

• Li Xiaoyue watched Meng Chuan among Yong'an's officials and compared his eighth-limit achievement with her own sixth-limit progress.
• Luo Guanyun introduced Meng Chuan to Secretary Wang, who praised him and confirmed his place on Yong'an City's Key Talent Development List.
• Secretary Wang told Meng Chuan that Yong'an City would support him, and Meng Chuan realized his Master's grandmaster status had helped bring him to the attention of the powerful.
• After the ribbon-cutting, Luo Guanyun reminded Meng Chuan that strength was the foundation of power and wealth.
• Meng Chuan greeted academy visitors as tuition payments poured in, then received his eight-hundred-thousand talent subsidy and planned to practice at Preparatory High.

Meng Chuan rejected Zheng Chengcheng’s attempt to recruit him into Yan Hua, then clashed with him and escaped in a car. The next morning, Meng Chuan went to Gangzi Club and found an old acquaintance in the fitness area.

• Zheng Tao confronted Meng Chuan at Limitless Plaza, and Meng Chuan frightened him before Zheng Chengcheng appeared.
• Zheng Chengcheng questioned Meng Chuan about refusing Zheng Zhenzhen’s invitation to join Yan Hua, and Meng Chuan claimed his Grandmaster’s master forbade it.
• When Meng Chuan named Sui Chunqiu, Zheng Chengcheng attacked him, and their clash sent Zheng Tao flying from his wheelchair.
• Meng Chuan escaped in his car, while Zheng Chengcheng called Xu Xiaorong to arrange a Supernova Tournament slot.
• The next morning, Meng Chuan arrived at Gangzi Club and spotted an old acquaintance in the fitness area.

Meng Chuan returned to the fitness area, trained with Li Weigang, and discussed his hard techniques with Chen Tie. That night, Duo Mo Iron Legs broke its limit, completing the second piece of his Stone trait set and expanding his ability to sense changes in the ground.

• Meng Chuan reunited with Chen Tie at the gym, promoted Duo Mo Iron Crotch to the gathered brothers, and joined Li Weigang for body conditioning.
• Meng Chuan told Li Weigang he planned to practice Iron Body after Iron Legs, while joking about developing a new crotch technique for martial artists.
• Chen Tie thanked Meng Chuan for helping restore his standing at the gym, and Meng Chuan offered to help him in return.
• That night, Duo Mo Iron Legs broke its limit as a mysterious power accompanied the chanting, and Meng Chuan sensed that it might be residual will from the martial art manual.
• Meng Chuan gained reflected-damage leg armor and an expanded Earth Vein Rock Sense through the Leg of Stone trait.

Meng Chuan advanced his hard-skill training and improved his Surging Thunder Dispersing Hands while preparing for the Yong'an City Martial Arts Supernova Tournament. He learned that Zheng Zhenzhen’s brother was also competing and agreed to meet her at Everlasting Fortune Feast to learn about him.

• Meng Chuan reasoned that Human Stance would need a new proficiency bar to break its limit and noted that his proficiency had reached 97%.
• Meng Chuan reached beginner level in Duo Mo Iron Body and assessed how quickly his hard skills and Iron Cloth were progressing.
• Meng Chuan trained Surging Thunder Dispersing Hands until its proficiency rose from 24% to 28%, and decided to ask his teacher to adjust the Silicon-Gold Post.
• Luo Guanyun transferred Meng Chuan one million for Five Elements Soup and promised to save up for True Martial-grade gloves as an advancement gift.
• Zheng Zhenzhen called to apologize for her brother and offered to treat Meng Chuan to dinner; when she mentioned her brother was entering the tournament, Meng Chuan agreed to meet her at Everlasting Fortune Feast to hear about his strength.

Meng Chuan learned more about Zheng Chengcheng’s talent and combat skills while insisting he could defeat him at the Supernova Tournament. Meanwhile, Liu Jinglong’s team camped inside the Demon Flood Dragon Demon Nest while searching for Black Water Company remnants.

• At dinner, Zheng Zhenzhen told Meng Chuan that Lin Yue had come to Yan Hua and was improving quickly.
• Zheng Zhenzhen warned Meng Chuan that her brother, Zheng Chengcheng, had reached the ninth threshold, mastered Buddha’s Vow Subdues Dragon, and wielded the Spirit Rhinoceros Nine Section Sword.
• Meng Chuan resolved to improve his Iron Cloth technique before the Supernova Tournament and said he could beat Zheng Chengcheng.
• Zheng Zhenzhen suggested Meng Chuan join Yan Hua to avoid conflict with her brother, but Meng Chuan refused and asked whether Heavenly King Zheng would retaliate if he beat Zheng Chengcheng.
• Outside Yong'an City, Liu Jinglong’s team camped in the Demon Flood Dragon Demon Nest while sweeping for Black Water Company remnants, and Liu Jinglong began eating a bowl of noodles.

Li Xiao slaughtered Liu Jinglong’s group at the Demon Nest while Meng Chuan was ambushed by Lian Hun in Yong’an. Meng Chuan fought to protect Zheng Zhenzhen, but Lian Hun’s Hand Pestle broke through his defenses and left him struggling.

• Li Xiao approached Liu Jinglong’s group and killed them with a single Blood-Drinking Sword Qi slash.
• Lian Hun told his boss he needed half an hour, then targeted Meng Chuan while he waited with Zheng Zhenzhen.
• Meng Chuan dodged Lian Hun’s opening attack and told Zheng Zhenzhen to call the police.
• Zheng Zhenzhen tried to help but was cut at the waist by Lian Hun’s sweeping Hand Pestle.
• Meng Chuan fought Lian Hun with his fists, but a strike to his chest cracked his Armor Plating Skill and made his breathing labored.

Meng Chuan and Zheng Zhenzhen fought Lian Hun, a Demon Summoning Hall subordinate, until he transformed into a black-mist demon. Meng Chuan defeated the monster with Zheng Zhenzhen’s help, and the black mist left behind a strange statue.

• Meng Chuan battled Lian Hun’s sinister pestle techniques while Zheng Zhenzhen warned him and searched for a chance to intervene.
• Meng Chuan tricked Lian Hun, knocked the Hand Pestle away, and gained the advantage in their fight.
• Lian Hun transformed into a black-mist demon and blasted Meng Chuan through a wall with sound waves.
• Meng Chuan fought back with his fist techniques, and Zheng Zhenzhen threw him the Hand Pestle to use against the monster.
• Meng Chuan battered the monster until its mist dispersed, leaving a palm-sized black statue, which he inspected with Zheng Zhenzhen.

After defeating a demonic creature, Meng Chuan resisted a strange spiritual attack from a cracked statue and learned that the Demonic Path Grandmaster Li Xiao had killed Captain Liu Jinglong. Meng Chuan and Zheng Zhenzhen received care at the Martial Practitioner Hospital, where Zheng asked whether he had brought the Hand Pestle.

• Meng Chuan resisted whispers and mental illusions released by the cracked statue, and sensed that his mental strength had improved.
• Luo Guanyun told Meng Chuan that Li Xiao was hiding in the Demon Nest outside Yong'an City and had killed Captain Liu Jinglong and the searching police officers.
• Meng Chuan told Luo Guanyun that he had fought a ninth-gate Demonic Path Martial Artist and had injured his waist, while Luo continued searching for Li Xiao.
• At the Martial Practitioner Hospital, Meng Chuan learned that his wound had no demonic poison, and Zheng Zhenzhen rested in bed with a waist injury.
• Zheng Zhenzhen praised Meng Chuan, then asked whether he had brought the Hand Pestle.

Meng Chuan recovered from his injury, reported the attack, and learned that Li Xiao had escaped into a Demon Nest. He showed Luo Guanyun a strange statue, which his Master identified as a Faith Statue connected to the Demon Summoning Hall and Mountain Whispers.

• Zheng Zhenzhen valued the Purple Prism Iron pestle head at around a million, but Meng Chuan refused to sell it.
• Meng Chuan stayed overnight beside Zheng Zhenzhen at the hospital, checked his healing injury in the morning, and left when she warned that her brother was coming.
• Meng Chuan filed a report at the police station and learned that the bald attacker had arrived in Yong'an with Li Xiao; he asked Captain Lin not to tell his father.
• Luo Guanyun told Meng Chuan that Li Xiao had fled with the remnants of Blackwater into a node and that Venerables were guarding the Flood Dragon Demon Nest entrance.
• Meng Chuan showed Luo Guanyun the cracked statue, and Luo Guanyun identified it as a Faith Statue of Mountain Whispers from the Jin Territory of Mount Taihang.

Meng Chuan learned that Heavenly Demons might originate from transformed humans, then prepared for the National Martial Arts Supernova Competition while improving his martial arts. With the competition seven days away, he continued training under Luo Guanyun.

• Luo Guanyun explained that Demonic Path practitioners could transform into Heavenly Demons and warned Meng Chuan not to experiment with Faith Statues, then crushed the statue that had eroded his mental power.
• Meng Chuan attended the burial of the fallen officers and learned that Liu Jinglong had been posthumously awarded the Silver Medal.
• Meng Chuan saw young martial artists arriving in Yong'an and learned that the national competition's first stage would begin on April 7, with Zheng Chengcheng aiming for first place.
• Li Weigang told Meng Chuan that his family would attend the competition to cheer for him, while Meng Chuan's Iron Cloth proficiency rose to 81 percent after body conditioning.
• Luo Guanyun trained boxing with Meng Chuan late into the night and teased him about his endurance and Iron Crotch Skill.

Meng Chuan trained with Luo Guanyun, who advised him on stance training and mental-strength techniques, while Meng suspected Yin Tianshou was watching him and resolved to hide his Rainbow Light Body’s second state. After Meng left, Luo Guanyun found a possible connection between a demonic technique and his family’s inherited method, and the chapter ended with Zheng Zhenzhen calling Meng as he practiced.

• Luo Guanyun praised Meng Chuan’s progress with Surging Thunder Dispersing Hands and explained that he was nearing completion of Human Stance training.
• Luo Guanyun told Meng Chuan that he could later temper his mental strength with secret arts such as the Primordial Spirit Thunder Seed Technique and Dragon Meditation.
• Luo Guanyun revealed that Yin Tianshou would judge the Supernova Tournament, and Meng Chuan suspected Yin was observing him because of his traits.
• Meng Chuan decided not to use Rainbow Light Body’s second state at the tournament and chose to keep practicing Dragon Meditation.
• After Meng Chuan left, Luo Guanyun studied the tortoiseshell fragment and suspected Spirit Altar Demon Planting and his family’s Primordial Spirit Lightning Method had once been one technique.
• Zheng Zhenzhen called Meng Chuan while he practiced fist techniques, but he continued training as she tried to get his attention.

Zheng Zhenzhen recovered in the hospital while Meng Chuan trained for the Supernova Tournament, and Zheng Chengcheng prepared to show Meng Chuan the difference in their martial arts. Meanwhile, Luo Meng’s disciple Chen Jingyi asked about Luo Guanyun’s breakthrough, but Luo Meng directed her attention back to training for the national finals.

• Zheng Zhenzhen called Meng Chuan from the hospital and asked him to visit, but he declined because he was practicing boxing.
• Zheng Chengcheng warned Zheng Zhenzhen not to risk her safety again and said he planned to demonstrate true martial arts to Meng Chuan at the Supernova Tournament.
• Meng Jiaolong visited Meng Chuan at the training ground, confirmed he had recovered, and encouraged him to aim for the top ten.
• Meng Chuan continued training, knowing he would have to challenge stronger opponents to advance from the Sanqin Division.
• Chen Jingyi asked Luo Meng about Luo Guanyun becoming a grandmaster, and Luo Meng told her to focus on boxing and aim for the national finals.

Luo Meng urged Chen Jingyi to aim for the national top three, while Chen questioned her master's habit of making promised teachings conditional on success. On the first day of the Martial Arts Supernova Tournament, Meng Chuan arrived at the arena and learned that Chen Jingyi and Ma Shixiong were considered likely top-ten contenders.

• Luo Meng promised to teach Chen Jingyi Lunar Moon Illusionary Eyes if she reached the national top three, and Chen reflected on her master's conditional rewards.
• On April 7th, Luo Guanyun drove Meng Chuan to the tournament as his aunt and uncle reminded him to put friendship first and competition second.
• Meng Chuan exchanged good wishes and banter with friends, including Xu Qingfeng, who hoped not to face him in the first round.
• At the Provincial Martial Arts Arena, Meng Chuan joined United University's holding area and continued practicing as he waited for the competition.
• Xu Qingfeng and Meng Jiaolong discussed likely contenders, naming Ma Shixiong and Chen Jingyi as university-division top-ten prospects, and Meng Chuan asked whether Teacher Luo was Luo Meng.

Meng Chuan and Meng Jiaolong prepared for the National Martial Arts Supernova Competition, where the packed arena welcomed the contestants and singled Meng Chuan out as a rising young talent. As the competition began, people across Yong'an—including his family and former classmates—watched his appearance on the broadcast.

• Xu Qingfeng told Meng Chuan that Luo Meng's disciple, Chen Jingyi, was a formidable competitor, and Meng Chuan wondered whether he counted as her martial uncle.
• Meng Chuan reviewed the ninth-gate contestants and judged that he had a good chance of reaching the top ten, especially if his Iron Cloth training succeeded.
• Preparatory High students called Meng Chuan and Meng Jiaolong to the competition, and Meng Chuan reassured her that he would avenge her if an opponent beat her badly.
• The announcer introduced the competition before a crowd of ninety thousand, then highlighted Meng Chuan on the arena's giant screens as a promising young contestant.
• Yong'an spectators cheered for Meng Chuan, while Lin Yue watched with resentment and Meng Yongzhi, Xue Na, and Peaceful High School watched his broadcast appearance.

Meng Chuan dominated his first match at the Peaceful High School tournament, concealing how effortlessly he could defeat his opponent. Afterward, Yin Tianshou and Luo Guanyun speculated about Meng Chuan’s unusual trait, while the referee suggested he might finish in the top ten.

• Principal Zong and the audience applauded Meng Chuan at the opening ceremony, and Luo Guanyun revealed that he had arranged the tribute.
• The draw placed Meng Chuan in Arena Six, where he was matched against No. 109 from Yong'an Martial Arts University.
• Meng Chuan studied a Ninth Gate fighter’s Whale-Form victory and judged the man strong but inferior to the Demon Summoning Hall fighter he had encountered.
• Meng Chuan used soft force to control No. 109 for two minutes before throwing him off the arena, and No. 109 conceded without resentment.
• Yin Tianshou and Luo Guanyun discussed Meng Chuan’s possible trait, while the referee declared him the winner and encouraged him to aim for the top ten.

Meng Chuan watched the tournament’s first day, learned that Principal Yin was investigating his unusual traits, and trained that night to strengthen his chances against Ninth Gate opponents. The next morning, his Iron Cloth reached completion, unlocking a limit-breaking trait.

• Meng Chuan celebrated his easy victory with his friends and watched the remaining matches, including Zheng Chengcheng defeating an Eighth Gate opponent with one palm strike.
• Luo Guanyun told Meng Chuan that Principal Yin had been discussing his unusual traits, and Meng Chuan felt relieved that his Master’s conversation might divert Yin’s attention from him.
• Li Weigang conditioned Meng Chuan’s body and explained that completed Iron Cloth could help him contend with Ninth Gate Martial Practitioners.
• Meng Chuan checked his panel the next morning and saw that Iron Cloth had reached completion, with Flexibility listed as its beginner limit-breaking trait.