Chapter Summaries

After earning credits for eliminating a demonic martial artist, Meng Chuan returned to school and continued training, while Luo Guanyun studied the secret art Meng Chuan had given him. Meng Chuan’s qi and blood reached 527.2, placing him among the strongest students in his class.

• Chief Long told Meng Chuan that the mission would earn police Merit Points worth less than credits, and Meng Chuan and Xu Qingfeng each received twenty-five credits.
• Luo Guanyun praised the Shiva Elephant Wash secret art and promised to study it further so Meng Chuan could cultivate it too.
• After returning to school, Meng Chuan completed Azure Nether Dragon-Locking Body training and suspected Dragon Demon had benefited from the Shadow Demon Core.
• Meng Chuan sparred with Li Tong and Chu Yanhu, whose concern about Meng Chuan’s progress drove him to vow to cultivate in seclusion.
• Meng Chuan tested his qi and blood at 527.2, reaching the Ninth Gate and catching up to the Grandmaster Class’s first tier.

Meng Chuan attended a Martial Principles lecture, continued preparing for the Supernova Tournament, and was ordered to give a speech at Yong'an Campus’s anniversary celebration. At the celebration, Principal Yang returned from the Demon Nest, and Meng Chuan resolved to keep strengthening his body to face future dangers.

• At lunch, Xu Qingfeng told Meng Chuan that activity around the Chencang Demon Nest had stopped and that Principal Yang might soon return.
• Meng Chuan attended Chen Qiushui’s lecture on cultivating Essence, Qi, and Spirit, and became more determined to avoid the demonic path.
• After night training, Meng Chuan resolved to study the other regions’ tournament champions and received Chen Qiushui’s message that he had to speak at Yong'an Campus’s celebration.
• On November 1, Meng Chuan arrived at the celebration and saw Principal Yang, whose visible injuries showed the dangers he had faced in the Demon Nest.
• After Principal Yang finished his speech, Shi Ying took the stage as acting host while Meng Chuan listened with renewed respect for Yang Huan.

At United University, Meng Chuan was praised as a martial arts rising star before Principal Yang examined his meridians with Mind's Eye power. The inspection revealed a congested stretch of meridians, and Yang Huan asked which true technique Meng Chuan planned to use to break through.

• Meng Chuan spoke at a United University gathering, urging students to pursue martial arts with diligence and steadfast hearts.
• Teachers discussed Meng Chuan's potential as a Martial Zenith Legacy and compared him with Wu Hong of the main campus.
• Shi Ying brought Meng Chuan to Principal Yang, who teased him about his master's repeated requests to examine him.
• Yang Huan revealed his third eye and used Mind's Eye power to inspect Meng Chuan's meridians, while the Dragon Demon fled from the aura.
• Yang Huan found a congested area in Meng Chuan's meridians and asked which true technique he planned to use for his breakthrough.

Yang Huan used a costly divine ability to guide Meng Chuan’s cultivation and told him to check the Di Sha Rankings. Meng Chuan discovered Wu Hong had taken first place, leaving him second as he prepared to pursue the Martial Zenith Legacy.

• Yang Huan advised Meng Chuan to cultivate his qi and blood until it overflowed, then told him his Assessment Committee verification was complete and the rankings would update the next morning.
• After Meng Chuan left, Yang Huan used next year’s Martial Zenith Legacy battle as an anchor to glimpse the future and decided his advice gave Meng Chuan a chance to win.
• The next morning, Meng Chuan checked the Di Sha Rankings with Xu Qingfeng and saw Wu Hong ranked first while he ranked second.
• Xu Qingfeng read that Wu Hong had fought the First Great Limit Martial Artist Tong Baicheng for 268 moves before narrowly losing.
• Meng Chuan accepted Wu Hong’s strength but lamented the lost monthly credits, while Xu Qingfeng asked him to take him on missions after returning from the Magic Capital.

Meng Chuan broke the limit of Duo Mo Iron Crotch and gained the Pivot of Stone trait, while continuing to pursue the remaining Duomo Toughness Arts. Elsewhere, a Celestial Master Mansion swordsman named Luo'er identified the north as the source of uncertainty ahead of a coming contest, as Great Chu faced an unusually bitter winter and rising concern about demons.

• Meng Chuan used his growing funds to plan more training and reflected on his goal of becoming National Champion.
• Meng Chuan broke the limit of Duo Mo Iron Crotch in the hot spring and obtained the Pivot of Stone trait, which strengthened his defense and earth-vein perception.
• Meng Chuan discovered that completing all four Duomo Toughness Arts would activate the Four Phases Earth Vein effect, and planned to train Duo Mo Iron Body next.
• At the Celestial Master Mansion, an old man asked Luo'er about his chances of victory, and Luo'er said the variable lay in the north.
• Great Chu endured an unusually cold winter, prompting officials to keep every region at heightened Level Three combat readiness amid fears that demons might exploit the weather.

Meng Chuan spoke warmly with his uncle before advancing his hard martial arts and completing Eight-Step Cicada Chase under Zhao Chun’s guidance. He prepared to leave for Magic Capital to compete in the Supernova Tournament finals, where he planned to face Luo Qin, and promised to bring home the National Champion title.

• Meng Chuan called his uncle to tell him that the down jackets had arrived and that he would leave for Magic Capital the next day to compete.
• Meng Chuan advanced Azure Nether Dragon-Locking Body to Mastery and Shaolin Iron Crotch Skill to Proficient, while wondering how the Dragon Demon was growing so large.
• Meng Chuan practiced Eight-Step Cicada Chase with Zhao Chun, who pushed him to increase his speed.
• Meng Chuan completed Eight-Step Cicada Chase, then declined Zhao Chun’s offer to teach Divine Travel Hundred Transformations until after he became a Martial Artist.
• Meng Chuan reviewed Luo Qin’s abilities and told Zhao Chun he would try to bring home the National Champion title before heading to True Dragon Hall to practice his fists.

Meng Chuan prepared to leave for the Magic Capital finals, where he expected to face the Dragon-Tiger Mountain contender. His Master, Luo Guanyun, secretly bought him an expensive third-grade true weapon, and Meng Chuan arrived in the Magic Capital with him.

• After finishing training, Meng Chuan packed for the trip and planned to keep his completed Eight-Step Cicada Chase as a trump card against the likely Dragon-Tiger Mountain opponent.
• Meng Chuan replied to CEO Shen about meeting in the Magic Capital, then learned Luo Guanyun would pick him up and told him to leave his pestle behind.
• After buying more training resources and seeing the auction for Moon at the Bridge of Helplessness, Meng Chuan watched its price reach 350 million and wondered who had bought it.
• Luo Guanyun called to tell Meng Chuan that he had bought him Moon at the Bridge of Helplessness, and Meng Chuan resolved to repay his Master.
• Meng Chuan received a message from North Union University before boarding his flight, then arrived at Hongqiao International Airport with Luo Guanyun and heard someone call them over.

Meng Chuan arrived in Magic Capital, where Shen Shuo introduced him to his powerful wife and explained Hanhai’s support for his competition. The chapter ended with Meng Chuan encountering Eastern champion Luo Qin at his hotel.

• A Ninth Gate Martial Practitioner who was a fan picked Meng Chuan up at the airport and asked him to sign his boxing gloves as “Yong'an Steel Spear.”
• At a welcoming dinner, Shen Shuo introduced Meng Chuan and Luo Guanyun to his wife, Bai Zhifeng, the Phoenix King and a professor at Eastern United Martial Arts University.
• Shen Shuo told Meng Chuan that a Hanhai director would attend the finals and sign his Dawn Launch contract if he won, while Shen’s own connections could secure it if Meng placed second.
• Luo Guanyun explained that Shen Shuo had used Bai Zhifeng’s influence and Hanhai connections to reassure them about factional politics, and told Meng Chuan to focus on the competition.
• At the hotel, Meng Chuan met Eastern champion Luo Qin and an elderly man as they stepped out of the elevator.

Meng Chuan prepared for the Martial Arts Supernova Tournament final against Luo Qin, while growing wary of Revered Lord Yin’s interest in his traits. After reaching the final and turning down advertising offers to focus on training, he received a call about a future nomination to the National Martial Arts Talent Database.

• Meng Chuan judged Luo Qin to be his greatest obstacle and recalled that he could now defeat Zheng Chengcheng and Wang Ye with ease.
• Meng Chuan received encouragement from Heavenly King Lu Ang and became more suspicious of Revered Lord Yin after remembering his pointed questions about Meng’s traits.
• Over nine days, Meng Chuan defeated Emei Sect, United University, and Zheng Chengcheng to reach the final against Luo Qin.
• Meng Chuan watched the tournament livestream’s buildup to the final, saw the audience debate his and Luo Qin’s fighting styles, and noticed his Douyin following had surpassed twenty-five million.
• Meng Chuan rejected advertisers’ lucrative offers and continued training to prepare for the final.
• Secretary Wang’s secretary, Li Fu, called Meng Chuan and told him the National Martial Arts Talent Database would open its nomination channel early next year.

Meng Chuan prepared for the National Martial Arts Supernova Competition finals, knowing victory could earn him a nomination for the National Talent Database and other major rewards. At the packed stadium, he faced Luo Qin as the representatives of new and ancient martial arts, and the decisive match was about to begin.

• Meng Chuan thanked Secretary Li for the nomination opportunity and resolved to secure the qualification before worrying about national selection.
• Meng Chuan wore the Hanhai-advertising Crimson Fire Dragon Garment to the finals, while Luo Guanyun teased him about Principal Yang's reaction.
• Heavenly King Zhao Yingchun addressed the packed stadium and encouraged the contestants to compete sincerely and remain humble.
• Meng Chuan spotted Zheng Zhenzhen in the stands and greeted her before the host framed the final against Luo Qin as a clash between new and ancient martial arts.
• Meng Chuan and Luo Qin introduced themselves and saluted before their decisive final.

Meng Chuan and Luo Qin drew the Extreme Cold Heavens as the arena for their final match, giving Luo Qin a major advantage. After entering the simulated frozen world, Meng Chuan began searching for Luo Qin while the worsening cold threatened to overwhelm him.

• Zhao Yingchun drew the Extreme Cold Heavens for Meng Chuan and Luo Qin's final match.
• Luo Qin welcomed the icy arena, while spectators and online commentators predicted that its conditions heavily favored him.
• Shen Shuo asked his Master about Meng Chuan's chances, and the old man said that a brilliant, life-or-death fight could still give him an opportunity.
• Meng Chuan and Luo Qin entered the virtual frozen arena, where Meng Chuan endured the extreme cold and headed toward a tall snow mountain to find Luo Qin.
• As Meng Chuan climbed the mountainside, he sensed the temperature falling and worried that the coming blizzard would leave him unable to defeat Luo Qin.

Meng Chuan fought off a swarm of Icebats in the Virtual Frozen Expanse, then buried himself beside an avalanche to ambush Luo Qin. His ambush gave him the early advantage, but Luo Qin counterattacked with his dharma sword.

• Meng Chuan killed two Icebats, triggering a swarm that drove him to unleash a roar and flee a collapsing snow mountain.
• Meng Chuan used Kidney Water Qi to summon a blizzard that wiped out the pursuing Icebats, while a backend operator watched in surprise.
• Meng Chuan buried himself beside the avalanche and used Earth Vein Rock Sense to prepare a concealed ambush for Luo Qin.
• Luo Qin approached as Meng Chuan expected, dodged his first punch, and was driven onto the defensive by Meng Chuan's rapid pursuit.
• Luo Qin swept his dharma sword and launched a counterattack against Meng Chuan.

Meng Chuan defeated Luo Qin by having his Dragon Demon swallow Luo Qin’s mental-image creature, Crane Ascetic, then won the first National Martial Arts Supernova Tournament. The chapter ended with Meng Chuan celebrated as national champion and setting his sights on the path to sainthood beyond Martial Artist.

• Luo Qin used the snowy battlefield and his dharma sword to repel Meng Chuan and attack him with his Spirit Invocation Technique.
• Meng Chuan endured Luo Qin’s attacks with his indestructible vajra body and guessed that his Dragon Demon could counter the mental-image creature.
• During another exchange, Meng Chuan’s Dragon Demon swallowed Crane Ascetic and its sword, disrupting Luo Qin’s spiritual power.
• Meng Chuan knocked Luo Qin unconscious and advanced to the arena as the snowy battlefield vanished.
• The audience cheered as Meng Chuan was announced as the tournament’s national champion.

After winning the national championship, Meng Chuan received guidance from Shen Gongyue and Zhao Yingchun about cultivating his Dragon Demon and staying on the righteous path. He returned the competition prize to Luo Guanyun and ended the ceremony with Hanhai’s promotional slogan, then wondered where to find pills that could improve his bone structure.

• The audience celebrated Meng Chuan’s victory over Luo Qin as a blow against the ancient sects, and Luo Guanyun praised his disciple.
• Shen Gongyue examined Meng Chuan’s Dragon Demon, explained how to refine its Heart Fire Essence-Qi, and warned him not to cultivate it through wanton plunder.
• Meng Chuan dismissed Luo Qin’s challenge to meet at the Celestial Master Mansion and told him to come to North Union University instead.
• Zhao Yingchun relayed the Heaven-Tilting Great Sage’s praise and urged Meng Chuan to embrace the bearing of a Great Sage.
• Meng Chuan accepted the trophy and prize, thanked his teachers and schools, and recited Hanhai’s advertising slogan at the ceremony’s close.
• Meng Chuan transferred his twenty-million competition prize to Luo Guanyun and wondered where to find bone-improving pills.

Meng Chuan received 100 Special Merit Points for winning the tournament and learned that his Merit Armory access would last only 24 hours. Elsewhere, Li Xiao reported to the Ethereal Wood Reverent God that their experiment had succeeded, while Meng Chuan returned to investigate his Morning and Evening Enlightenment ability.

• A tournament official gave Meng Chuan a merit card worth 100 Special Merit Points and temporarily activated his Merit Armory access.
• The official recognized Meng Chuan's Silver Lion Medal, and Luo Guanyun showed him his 8,923 Ordinary Merit Points and promised to take him to a Demon Nest after he became a Martial Artist.
• In a Demon Nest, Li Xiao told the Ethereal Wood Reverent God that his assigned task was complete and claimed their experiment would let it descend through the nodes.
• The Ethereal Wood Reverent God agreed to grant Li Xiao what he wanted if it could reach a new nursery, and Li Xiao said they needed its Refined Blood for the final step.
• Back in Magic Capital, Meng Chuan returned to the Martial Arts Training Room and confirmed that Morning and Evening Enlightenment could reverse-engineer martial arts imprints without distinguishing between Xingyi and the Image Form School.

Meng Chuan studied Luo Qin’s Bestowal Crane Soaring Clouds and gained a new icy effect for his Kidney Water Fist Force after entering its Imaginary World. He then visited the Merit Armory with Luo Guanyun and learned about the Hundred Victories Abdominal Armor and its distress signal.

• Meng Chuan found that Luo Qin’s Crane Form Fist could not be fitted into his Three Powers Stance, so he studied its icy essence to strengthen his Kidney Water Presence.
• Meng Chuan entered the Bestowal Crane Soaring Clouds Imaginary World, where the extreme cold nearly froze his conscious form.
• Meng Chuan used what he had experienced to imbue his Kidney Water Fist Force with an icy chill that froze fragments from a wooden dummy in midair.
• Meng Chuan realized Tracing Back the Patterns was reverse-analyzing the move’s essence and resolved to investigate martial arts’ mysteries after reaching the Martial Artist realm.
• Meng Chuan entered the Merit Armory with Luo Guanyun and learned he would need to kill a Title Sky Demon to unlock its full resources.
• Luo Guanyun explained how the Hundred Victories Abdominal Armor protected new recruits and used a biological signal to help comrades recover a fallen wearer’s remains.

After winning the championship, Meng Chuan spent all his Special Merit Points on a pill to reshape his innate foundation and prepared to sign a contract with Hanhai. A call from Principal Zong revealed that he was leaving Peaceful High School, while Meng Chuan continued toward his next commitments.

• Meng Chuan exchanged his one hundred Special Merit Points for a Minor Creation White Bone Pill, hoping to reshape his innate foundation.
• After a night of celebrating, Meng Chuan practiced Dragon Meditation and saw its progress rise from 33% to 34%.
• Principal Zong told Meng Chuan that he was stepping down as principal of Peaceful High School and moving to the Publicity Department.
• Meng Chuan and Master Luo boarded Hanhai's van to go sign the preliminary contract for Dawn Launch.
• Meng Chuan arranged a time to return home and saw congratulations from his Martial Artist Grandmaster Class group after Hanhai deposited ten million.

After winning the National Championship, Meng Chuan visited Hanhai headquarters, where Shen Shuo welcomed him and discussed the company’s plans to support young martial artists. Meng Chuan asked Hanhai to help him find a blood-cultivation hard technique, then toured its high-tech alchemy workshop.

• Meng Chuan shared his championship celebration with his group, sending a total of two thousand and fifty yuan in red packets after members teased him.
• At the Yong'an Branch, Colonel Liu and Secretary Xue regretted missing the chance to recruit Meng Chuan and discussed North Union University's rising strength.
• Shen Shuo welcomed Meng Chuan to Hanhai headquarters and showed him around while his master attended a meeting.
• Shen Shuo hinted at factional plans within Hanhai, and Meng Chuan agreed to work with him while asking for help finding a blood-cultivation hard technique.
• Meng Chuan toured Hanhai's alchemy workshop and learned that the medicinal potions he had drunk were made from furnace leftovers.

Meng Chuan learned how Hanhai made Martial Arts Elixirs, signed a generous Dawn Launch contract, and met Governor Lu after winning the championship. He left with his promised support still available for whenever he needed it, and was told to focus on becoming a Martial Artist.

• Luo Guanyun explained that Martial Arts Elixirs were refined from low-grade medicinal residue, while Meng Chuan understood why they served poorer martial artists.
• Meng Chuan reviewed and signed Hanhai's Dawn Launch contract, which offered funding, precious pills, and product benefits in exchange for limited obligations.
• Shen Gongyue and Shen Shuo saw Meng Chuan and Luo Guanyun off at the airport, where Luo remarked on the respect Meng's championship had earned him.
• Meng Chuan met Governor Lu Ang, who praised his championship and kept his offer of support available for a future request.
• Secretary Wang told Meng Chuan he would receive a National Martial Arts Talent Database nomination slot next year and urged him to focus on becoming a Martial Artist.

After winning the National Championship, Meng Chuan returned home to celebrate, then trained with Luo Guanyun and prepared to resume cultivation at United University. He left determined to raise his blood qi and advance toward becoming a Martial Artist, while awaiting a weapon and pill that could aid his progress.

• Secretary Wang congratulated Meng Chuan on his nomination for National Martial Arts Talent, and Meng Chuan left to eat with his family.
• Meng Yongzhi told Meng Chuan that Hua Yun Estates had waived their family’s water, electricity, and property fees and hung banners promoting him as a champion.
• Meng Chuan practiced the Five Elements Kidney-Water Fist at home and resolved to pursue the Martial Artist realm before the Martial Zenith Legacy Tournament.
• At Luo Guanyun’s training room, Luo praised Meng Chuan’s surging blood qi and predicted that his limit could approach seven hundred points.
• Meng Chuan told Luo Guanyun he would return to United University for another body treatment, and Luo promised to deliver his True Martial weapon and precious pill there once they arrived.