Chapter Summaries

Meng Chuan faced Xu Nuo in the deciding round, surrendering his concealed Jade Pestle before the match began. He survived Xu Nuo’s opening saber attacks and launched a fierce aerial counterattack, but Xu Nuo sensed an unusual pressure around him as the exchange continued.

• The spectators cheered for Xu Nuo and Meng Chuan, and Meng Chuan was embarrassed when his fans called him the Yong'an Steel Spear King.
• The referee inspected both fighters and made Xu Nuo surrender concealed weapons and Meng Chuan hand over his Jade Pestle.
• Xu Nuo drew his crimson Tang horizontal saber and urged Meng Chuan to give up, but Meng Chuan prepared to fight with his fists.
• Xu Nuo charged and attacked with his saber, while Meng Chuan blocked the blade and evaded a follow-up slash by using Cloud Traces to stay briefly airborne.
• Meng Chuan countered with a flaming kick and a heavy punch that narrowly missed Xu Nuo’s head, then unleashed nearly a hundred punches.
• Xu Nuo blocked Meng Chuan’s continuing assault with his saber and palm, sensing an unusually heavy pressure around him and wondering if it was a trait.

Meng Chuan defeated Xu Nuo in the Supernova Tournament by enduring his blade techniques and overwhelming him with his fully activated Qi-Nourishing Armor. Xu Nuo was carried away with internal injuries, while he warned Meng Chuan about powerful fighters at Fengtian Headquarters and hoped to face him again next year.

• Meng Chuan used Joint Power to injure Xu Nuo's hand and pressed him with attacks that exposed the strength of his Qi-Nourishing Armor.
• Xu Nuo unleashed Blade-Wolf Unity and Howling Moon: Thousand Mountains Severed, but Meng Chuan took the blade aura head-on without suffering serious harm.
• Meng Chuan activated his hard martial art into an overload state, seized Xu Nuo, and slammed him into the arena tiles.
• The referee stopped Meng Chuan's final strike and declared him the winner, while medical personnel carried the injured Xu Nuo away.
• Xu Nuo warned Meng Chuan that powerful fighters at Fengtian Headquarters had skipped the tournament and hoped to fight him again next year.

Meng Chuan defeated Xu Nuo and drew the attention of the Central Military Academy, which began considering a bid to recruit him. The day's final match left Wang Ye circling and entangling his opponent for hundreds of exchanges while Luo Guanyun questioned Old Taoist Zhao's disciple's conduct.

• Meng Chuan wondered what the Martial Zenith Legacy was as the crowd celebrated his victory over Xu Nuo and fans praised his fists and spear skills.
• Colonel Liu and a commander from the Central Military Academy discussed recruiting Meng Chuan and decided to prepare approval documents and a breach-of-contract penalty to compete with his existing offers.
• Luo Guanyun checked Meng Chuan for injuries, restored his energy, and warned him that Zheng Chengcheng's Celestial King Fist was dangerous.
• Little Monk Jueming easily defeated his opponent in under five minutes, while Meng Chuan hoped to see him test Zheng Chengcheng's hidden Fist Force.
• Wang Ye fought Xu Nuo's classmate without drawing his sword, using Taiji Force and evasive footwork to prolong the match for hundreds of exchanges, prompting Luo Guanyun to criticize him to Old Taoist Zhao.

Meng Chuan learned that Wang Ye’s Azure Nether Dragon-Locking Body could magnify a practitioner’s deepest desire, then saw the quarterfinal draw pit him against Wang Ye. The chapter ended with Zhao Shousui facing their bet while Wang Ye pointed to his injured face.

• Meng Chuan watched Wang Ye get struck across the face after his match and heard Zhao Shousui explain the Azure Nether Dragon-Locking Body’s drawbacks.
• Zhao Shousui said the technique’s Dragon Demon could magnify a deeply buried desire, and Wang Ye’s had brought out his desire for women.
• The quarterfinal draw matched Little Monk Jueming against Zheng Chengcheng, while a spectator argued that Meng Chuan was unlikely to defeat either favorite.
• The final matchup paired Wang Ye with Meng Chuan, delighting Meng Chuan and Luo Guanyun but worrying Zhao Shousui, who had recognized Meng Chuan’s perfected Qi Nurturing Armor Skill.
• As Luo Guanyun reminded Zhao Shousui of their bet, Wang Ye told his master that his face still hurt.

Meng Chuan’s overwhelming strength convinced Zhao Shousui to recruit him for Wudang, but Luo Guanyun revealed that Meng Chuan had already signed a Grandmaster Class contract with North Union University. Meanwhile, Meng Chuan sparred with Wang Ye, who struggled to keep up as Meng Chuan grew stronger.

• Wang Ye forfeited to Meng Chuan, securing himself a bye, and the group left the venue together.
• After dinner, Meng Chuan and Wang Ye sparred at a martial arts hall while Luo Guanyun and Zhao Shousui discussed Meng Chuan’s talents.
• Zhao Shousui offered to cover Meng Chuan’s Azure Nether Energy and recruit him into Wudang’s Dao-Seeking Class, but Luo Guanyun said Meng Chuan had already signed an exemption contract with North Union University’s Grandmaster Class.
• Zhao Shousui reflected that North Union University’s recruiting move could intensify competition among elite martial universities and decided to discuss Wudang’s response with its sect master.
• During their spar, Wang Ye found Meng Chuan’s body, rebounding force, and Fist Force increasingly difficult to withstand as the fight passed three hundred moves.
• Meng Chuan seized an opening and launched Yaksha Plunging the Seas at Wang Ye.

Meng Chuan trained relentlessly with Wang Ye, questioned him about reshaping the body, and practiced late into the night while awaiting a breakthrough. The next morning, Zheng Chengcheng and Jueming began their Buddhist-school match, which escalated from a clash of doctrine to combat.

• Meng Chuan sparred with Wang Ye for hours, using their exchanges to improve his fist arts and exhausting Wang Ye.
• Meng Chuan asked whether Wudang hard-arts practitioners could reshape their physiques, and Wang Ye said even his master could not do so.
• Wang Ye left, and Meng Chuan practiced his fist forms into the night while waiting for his Flesh Bloom limit-break.
• Meng Chuan watched Zheng Chengcheng and Jueming face off at the Taihang True Dragon Martial Arts Competition Center.
• Zheng Chengcheng and Jueming traded challenges over Yan Hua and Shaolin doctrine before Jueming activated his Ananda Gold Body.
• Zheng Chengcheng vanished and spoke from above Jueming, prompting shocked cries from the audience.

Meng Chuan watched Zheng Chengcheng defeat Jueming and prepared for their final by training against Luo Guanyun’s simulated Dragon Presence. As Meng Chuan’s fame surged, he asked his family to disperse the crowds gathered outside their home and posted a statement urging fans to calm down.

• Zheng Chengcheng’s Yellow Dragon Presence overwhelmed Jueming’s newly displayed Vajra power, while Luo Guanyun explained Buddhist ideas about destiny to Meng Chuan and resolved to fix the Primordial Spirit Lightning Method himself.
• Meng Chuan defeated an opponent from the Central Military Academy, setting up his final against Zheng Chengcheng the next morning.
• Luo Guanyun rented a training ground and used true gang to create a towering dragon, teaching Meng Chuan how to fight an enormous opponent.
• Meng Chuan learned that fans and reporters had crowded around his family, so he told Meng Yongzhi to contact Chief Long and posted a statement asking people to calm down.
• Meng Chuan ignored advertising offers and decided he would focus on winning future martial arts competitions.

Meng Chuan prepared for the Northlands final, received encouragement from Hanhai executive Shen Shuo, and faced Zheng Chengcheng before a packed arena. The match began with Meng Chuan unleashing his full strength, and Zheng Chengcheng sensed the heat of his aura.

• Meng Chuan thanked Zheng Zhenzhen for warning him about Zheng Chengcheng's powerful, mind-affecting Fist Force.
• Shen Shuo congratulated Meng Chuan, promised to seek an additional reward if he defeated Zheng Chengcheng, and encouraged him to keep training.
• Meng Chuan went to the arena with Luo Guanyun and his older sister as nearly one hundred thousand spectators gathered for the final.
• Zheng Yulan arrived as a temporary judge, welcomed the audience, and urged both contestants to show their true abilities.
• After the referee began the match, Zheng Chengcheng asked Meng Chuan to reconsider Yan Hua, but Meng Chuan told him to focus on the fight.
• Meng Chuan activated his hard-body techniques and Five Elements Universe Fist, filling the arena with mist as Zheng Chengcheng sensed his scorching aura.

Meng Chuan and Zheng Chengcheng fought a fierce arena battle, with Meng Chuan knocking away Zheng Chengcheng’s sword and weakening his dragon before Brahma Sound left him temporarily rooted in place. Elsewhere, Li Xiao met Fang Jianxing, who introduced himself as Mirror, and the two entered a Demon Nest to work on Sky Beyond Sky’s plan; the duel remained unresolved.

• Zheng Chengcheng summoned Dragon-Riding Stance and attacked Meng Chuan with his golden dragon and sword, while Meng Chuan used Heartfire Force and his explosive speed to fight back.
• Meng Chuan endured Zheng Chengcheng’s rain of Sword Qi and struck the dragon, dimming its golden glow.
• Meng Chuan knocked the Xinjin Sword from Zheng Chengcheng’s hand and focused on weakening the dragon, but Zheng Chengcheng’s Brahma Sound invaded his mind and limbs.
• At Ermen Gorge, Li Xiao met Fang Jianxing, who used the name Mirror and led him into a Demon Nest to inspect Sky Beyond Sky’s connected nodes.
• The arena fight continued as both Meng Chuan and Zheng Chengcheng sustained injuries, with Zheng Chengcheng’s punches inflicting mental damage and Meng Chuan’s counterattacks splitting the web of his hand.

Meng Chuan defeated Zheng Chengcheng with his hidden Kidney Water Presence and became the Northern Region Champion of the Supernova Tournament. After the celebration, Zhao Shousui offered to help him begin learning the Azure Nether Dragon-Locking Body before he headed to the Magic Capital finals.

• Meng Chuan used Kidney Water Presence and layered Tide Marks to overwhelm Zheng Chengcheng and knock him out of the arena.
• Meng Chuan was acclaimed as the Northern Region champion and earned the first seed, advancing directly to the Magic Capital finals quarterfinals.
• Zheng Yulan congratulated Meng Chuan and delivered the tournament's closing remarks.
• Meng Chuan celebrated his victory with Luo Guanyun while Wang Ye promised Zhao Shousui he would show his strength in the Magic Capital.
• Zhao Shousui told Luo Guanyun to bring Meng Chuan to him after the next day's banquet so he could teach him the Azure Nether Dragon-Locking Body, and demanded the promised fifteen million.

After winning the Northlands competition, Meng Chuan collected his prize money, trained to improve his martial skills, and drew the attention of two Martial Arts Heavenly Kings. Zheng Yulan and Sui Chunqiu met in his room to discuss him, leaving Meng Chuan waiting outside.

• Lu Ang praised Meng Chuan's fight, urged him to train steadily, and awarded him the champion's 20 million prize.
• Meng Yiyi returned to her station, while Meng Chuan celebrated his winnings, bought training supplies, and considered how to earn enough for an aptitude-enhancing pill.
• Meng Chuan resumed practicing his Five Elements Universe Fist in his hotel room, where Zheng Yulan arrived and offered advice on his technique.
• Sui Chunqiu appeared and asked Meng Chuan to leave so he could speak privately with Zheng Yulan.
• Zheng Yulan said she had come to take her grandson home and had hoped to recruit Meng Chuan, but she would let Sui Chunqiu speak.

Sui Chunqiu questioned Zheng Yulan about her interest in Meng Chuan, then encouraged Meng to prepare for the Martial Zenith Legacy Tournament. The next morning, Meng experienced a sudden enlightenment that brought his Five Elements Universe Fist to major mastery and greatly increased his qi and blood, before Shen Shuo offered him a valuable experimental medicine.

• Sui Chunqiu asked Zheng Yulan what she had seen in fate and karma, and she said she would attempt a breakthrough within three years.
• Zheng Yulan told Zheng Chengcheng to pick up her younger sister in Yong'an and return to Yan Hua Mountain, while Chengcheng continued studying Meng Chuan's final move.
• Sui Chunqiu encouraged Meng Chuan to practice his fists and said he hoped to see him at next year's Martial Zenith Legacy Tournament; the military academy then abandoned its plan to recruit Meng.
• Meng Chuan entered Dawn-Dusk Enlightenment while practicing on a rooftop, bringing his Five Elements Universe Fist to major mastery and raising his qi-and-blood value to nearly 400.
• Shen Shuo told Meng Chuan that his first twenty-million payment had arrived and offered to send him a new medicine made from Golden Muscle Jade Dew and a Heavenly Demon's true marrow.

Meng Chuan celebrated his Northern Lands championship, showed Luo Guanyun that his Five Elements Fist had reached mastery, and asked about his unusually strong meridians and blood vitality. At the banquet, Lu Ang offered a promise to anyone who won the championship for the Northern Lands at year’s end, leaving Meng Chuan expected to compete for that honor.

• Meng Chuan transferred thirty million to Luo Guanyun and five hundred thousand to his aunt, then explained that he had enough money for his training.
• Meng Chuan told Luo Guanyun that his Five Elements Fist had reached mastery and asked whether he should fill his unusually strong meridians or cultivate a true art before breaking through.
• Meng Chuan gave a speech as champion at the Four Seas Lake Banquet, then endured a crowd of guests asking for photos and contact details.
• Jueming befriended Meng Chuan and tried to recruit him to Shaolin, but Meng Chuan refused to become a monk while considering a future visit to learn its external training methods.
• Lu Ang announced that he would grant one promise to anyone who won the championship for the Northern Lands at the end of the year, and Jueming predicted Meng Chuan would win.

After the banquet, Lu Ang offered Meng Chuan a certification that would let him teach his improved fist art online, while encouraging him to keep training. Zhao Shousui then began preparing Meng Chuan to learn the Azure Nether Dragon-Locking Body, whose origins he traced to a Demon Nest beneath Wudang.

• Lu Ang told Meng Chuan that the New National Obligatory Basic Fist Art had excelled in its pilot and offered him a promotion ambassador certification for paid instructional videos.
• Lu Ang urged Meng Chuan to keep practicing after he returned to Yong'an, and Meng Chuan thanked him.
• Zhao Shousui prepared the costly Azure Nether Energy and asked Wang Ye to estimate how quickly Meng Chuan could begin learning the body art.
• Wang Ye estimated that Meng Chuan could get started in about three days, and Zhao Shousui warned him to work harder as Meng Chuan's qi and blood improved.
• Meng Chuan arrived with Luo Guanyun, stripped down for Zhao Shousui to examine his physique, and listened as Zhao began explaining the art's origins at Wudang.

Meng Chuan learned the origins and cultivation rules of the Azure Nether Dragon-Locking Body from Zhao Shousui, then began absorbing Azure Nether Energy to start practicing it. The Dragon Fall Qi stirred inside him with a dragon-like roar, surprising Zhao Shousui, who had expected Meng Chuan to be convulsing already.

• Old Taoist Zhao explained that Wudang's Azure Nether Dragon-Locking Body came from Ancestor Sanfeng's efforts to counter the Dragon Fall Qi leaking from the Demon Nest.
• Zhao Shousui taught Meng Chuan how to control the Dragon Demon through daily visualization and carefully spaced Dragon Capture Stance strikes.
• Zhao Shousui demonstrated the perfected Locking Dragon Body and answered Meng Chuan's questions about hard skills and horizontal training.
• Meng Chuan sat in the prescribed posture as Zhao Shousui prepared Azure Nether Energy and Dragon Fall Qi for his first cultivation session.
• Meng Chuan inhaled both energies, and Zhao Shousui frowned when the Dragon Fall Qi roared inside him without causing the expected convulsions.

Meng Chuan used Azure Nether Energy to form a Dragon Demon and unexpectedly advanced his Dragon Meditation, but the Dragon Demon grew so large that it was difficult to contain. It finally returned to his Middle Dantian, where it filled the space completely.

• Meng Chuan expelled the remaining Dragon Fall Qi, formed a Dragon Demon, and advanced Dragon Meditation to its second layer.
• Meng Chuan discovered that his heightened perception let him sense nearby sounds and the Dragon Mark within his body.
• The Dragon Demon stirred up violent impulses, so Zhao Shousui instructed Meng Chuan to visualize the Twelve Images and let it develop.
• Meng Chuan's Dragon Demon continued roaming his meridians far longer than expected, and Zhao Shousui found it had grown unusually large because of Meng Chuan's abundant innate essence.
• The Dragon Demon finally returned to Meng Chuan's Middle Dantian, coiling there until it filled the entire space.

Meng Chuan underwent the first three-hour Dragon Capture Stance pummeling, extracting dragon qi from the Dragon Demon and beginning his cultivation of the Azure Nether Dragon-Locking Body. Zhao Shousui warned him to let the dragon qi heal his body naturally, and Meng Chuan planned to digest it over the next few days.

• Zhao Shousui explained how Meng Chuan’s oversized Dragon Demon would slow his progress but could yield exceptional strength once he mastered the Azure Nether Dragon-Locking Body.
• Meng Chuan regulated his breathing and began the Dragon Capture Stance pummeling while visualizing the Crouching Dragon Diagram.
• Zhao Shousui pounded Meng Chuan for three hours, forcing the Dragon Demon to release dragon qi as Meng Chuan’s Rainbow Light Body repaired his injuries.
• The Dragon Demon shrank into a cowering black loach, and Zhao Shousui told Meng Chuan to train his fists and harvest it again whenever it grew fat.
• Zhao Shousui warned Meng Chuan not to combine the Locking Dragon Body with other hard arts during pummeling or use ointment afterward, and the group prepared to part ways.

After returning from the Northlands, Meng Chuan recovered from Locking Dragon Body and practiced fist arts, gaining new insight and proficiency in Qi Jiguang’s Thirty-Two Form Long Fist. Meanwhile, his championship and exam-free admission to United University’s Grandmaster Class stirred excitement at his former schools.

• Meng Chuan rested after Locking Dragon Body and planned to resume his body-conditioning routine once his body had adapted.
• Meng Chuan practiced Meng Family Eight Extremities and reflected that continued practice might one day turn it into a true or ultimate art.
• Meng Chuan practiced Qi Jiguang’s Thirty-Two Form Long Fist, and the dragon qi in his tendons and bones merged with his heart-fire qi as battlefield imagery filled his mind.
• Meng Chuan’s panel showed the fist art had reached Proficient at 28% and gained the intermediate Battle Soul limit-break trait; he learned the Dragon Demon had absorbed Heart Fire Essence-Qi from the imagery.
• Meng Chuan practiced Five Elements Universe Fist until sunrise and declared that he would eventually gain all the myriad traits under Heaven.
• Peaceful High School and North Union University’s Yong’an Campus celebrated Meng Chuan’s championship, while Principal Zong praised him and students at National United University Prep High reacted to his exam-free admission into the Grandmaster Class.

After winning the Northern Region championship, Meng Chuan returned to Yong'an, where Luo Guanyun urged him to train while earning money for a valuable weapon. Meng Chuan resumed conditioning at Gangzi Club and prepared for the Magic Capital competition.

• Xu Qingfeng envied Meng Chuan’s success while Meng Jiaolong urged him to stay grounded, and Lu Zhuxiao encouraged his students to learn from Meng Chuan’s perseverance.
• Luo Guanyun flew Meng Chuan from Xianyang Airport to Yong'an and sent him home, then left to resume his Demon Nest work and earn money toward a third-grade True Martial weapon.
• Xue Na welcomed Meng Chuan home, cooked for him, and reflected on how far he had come as he headed off to train.
• Meng Chuan visited Gangzi Club for body conditioning, and Li Weigang lowered his fees after the club’s membership surged following Meng Chuan’s championship.
• After promising to thank Gangzi Club in his Magic Capital championship speech, Meng Chuan trained through an intense conditioning session and picked up a delivery two days later.

Meng Chuan took Shen Shuo’s medicine to advance Duo Mo Iron Body, but its growth energy awakened the Dragon Demon and helped him learn Azure Nether Dragon-Locking Body with the Bone Bloom trait. The chapter left him gaining proficiency while struggling against a sudden lustful impulse.

• Shen Shuo confirmed the medicine’s precautions and urged Meng Chuan to bring glory to the Northlands at the end-of-year trip to Magic Capital.
• Meng Chuan drank the medicine during his Duo Mo Iron Body breakthrough, gaining strength but experiencing none of the expected secondary growth.
• The Dragon Demon devoured the medicine’s unused growth energy, swelled, then collapsed and returned it as Dragon Qi through Meng Chuan’s bones.
• Meng Chuan learned Azure Nether Dragon-Locking Body at beginner level and gained the intermediate Bone Bloom trait.
• As the returned energy continued to improve his proficiency, Meng Chuan felt an urge to test Duo Mo Iron Crotch in actual combat and hurriedly steadied his mind.