Chapter Summaries

Meng Chuan considered what title to take as he approached becoming a Martial Artist, then settled on a possible name while training at school. He also received 800 academic credits for winning the National Champion title.

• Ren Ping urged Luo Guanyun to help Meng Chuan choose a martial arts title, but Luo told Meng Chuan to choose one himself.
• Meng Chuan proposed inheriting Qin Xiang’s title, Fist Shakes the Eight Wilds, but Luo explained that Lu Ang already held it and suggested several alternatives that Meng rejected.
• Meng Chuan realized that Infinite Fist might suit his pursuit of martial arts’ limitless possibilities, though he decided to consider it further.
• Meng Chuan returned to intense training at school, where Lu Zhuxiao praised his victory and expected him to win the Martial Zenith Legacy and Gold Medal Instructor honors.
• Meng Chuan checked his phone and found that Fengtian main campus had awarded him 800 academic credits, bringing his balance to 1,166.

Meng Chuan saved his credits for future Martial Artist cultivation and forced Dragon Demon to release its stored energy during body conditioning. Meanwhile, Wu Hong vowed to advance and claim the Ferocious Tiger King title, and Meng Chuan discovered a strange sensation as he examined the effects of Dragon Demon's essence qi.

• Meng Chuan confirmed that he had received 800 credits and decided to save them for Martial Artist resources and true-art apprenticeships.
• At North Union University's main campus, Wu Hong asked Shang Ruyi to let him take the title Ferocious Tiger King after advancing to Martial Artist, and vowed to win next year's Martial Zenith Legacy.
• Meng Chuan noticed Dragon Demon hiding in his Middle Dantian and suspected it was stealing essence qi.
• During body conditioning, Meng Chuan asked Dong Yue to keep striking until Dragon Demon had released its stored dragon qi and essence qi.
• Meng Chuan felt an unusual sensation as his tendons and bones absorbed the essence qi, then examined what it had enhanced through his spiritual Sea of Consciousness.

Meng Chuan learned that the Essence Qi from his Dragon Demon did not strengthen his mental power, but let his physical attacks damage an enemy's spirit. After buying a Lower Water Beguiler Core to test the effect, he received Xiang King's True Martial weapon and prepared to inspect it.

• Meng Chuan told Dong Yue about his Essence Qi and learned it replenished the body's Essence rather than strengthening mental power.
• Dong Yue tested Meng Chuan's punches and found that they carried a mental attack capable of shaking an opponent's soul.
• Meng Chuan decided to buy a Lower Water Beguiler Core to confirm the Essence Qi's effects and purchased one from the Martial Arts Association Store.
• Two days later, Luo Guanyun delivered Meng Chuan the Lesser Creation White Bone Pill and Xiang King's True Martial weapon before leaving for a meeting.
• Meng Chuan set the pill aside until Teacher Lu could supervise him, then opened the crate and examined the Fist-Blade True Martial weapon, Moon Over the Bridge of Helplessness.

Meng Chuan tested his new third-grade True Weapon, Moon at the Bridge of Helplessness, and learned how to care for it from Lu Zhuxiao. He also learned about the Heavenly Demon True Spirit in cultivation pills before preparing to take a precious pill that could improve his innate physique.

• Meng Chuan tested Moon at the Bridge of Helplessness, finding that its blades cut through a boulder and strengthened his fist techniques.
• Lu Zhuxiao arrived, taught Meng Chuan how to use the fist blades, and advised him to care for True Weapons through regular attention and spiritual communication.
• Meng Chuan showed Lu Zhuxiao the white precious pill, whose residual Sky Demon True Spirit overwhelmed Lu Zhuxiao's Will of Martial Arts when he tried to sense it.
• Lu Zhuxiao explained that the pill's medicinal properties would break through congested areas in Meng Chuan's muscles and bones without leaving Heavenly Demon power behind.
• Lu Zhuxiao explained that pills retain Heavenly Demon wills, and that repeatedly consuming them without overcoming their influence could corrupt martial artists and turn them toward the Demonic Path.
• Lu Zhuxiao assured Meng Chuan that such pills were too expensive for him to use casually.

Meng Chuan used the Lesser Creation White Bone Pill to open most of his blocked tendons and bones, improving his physique and fist proficiency as he prepared to become a Martial Artist. Meanwhile, a military squad searched a cleared Demon Nest at Chencang Guan Pass when the ground suddenly began to shake.

• Meng Chuan swallowed the Lesser Creation White Bone Pill, suppressed the Dragon Demon, and endured the medicine as it forced open blocked areas in his body.
• Lu Zhuxiao guarded Meng Chuan through the process, then told him to bathe and meet him at True Dragon Hall after the medicinal power improved Meng Chuan's physique.
• Meng Chuan tested his renewed body in the Starfall Springs and found that his Five Elements Universe Fist proficiency had risen from 53% to 54%, bringing his planned Martial Artist breakthrough closer.
• At Chencang Guan Pass, a military squad searched the mostly cleared Level 3 Demon Nest while its captain and a teammate discussed Demon Nests gathering toward an unknown location and the possible awakening of Ultimate Darkness.
• A sudden series of tremors shook the mountains and knocked down the squad members, though nothing else unusual appeared.

As the Demon Nest crisis escalated, Chen Qiushui warned her students to cultivate quickly before leaving to lead an extermination team. Meng Chuan returned to campus and found himself ranked first after Wu Hong broke through to Martial Artist, while the university announced Wu Hong as its first new Martial Artist.

• Qimu transferred its true body into the Chencang Demon Nest and sensed the movements aboveground through its roots.
• Meng Chuan returned to class, where Chen Qiushui announced a nationwide mobilization and said she would lead a team into the Demon Nest the next day.
• At dinner, Meng Chuan explained martial practitioner advancement precautions to Xu Qingfeng and Meng Jiaolong, then estimated he would become a Martial Artist around the middle of next year.
• Xu Qingfeng discovered Meng Chuan was first on the Di Sha Rankings and speculated that Wu Hong had left the list by advancing or dying.
• On May 30, United University announced that Wu Hong had become its first new Martial Artist and received the title Ferocious Tiger King.

Meng Chuan learned that Wu Hong had broken through and prepared to compete with him for the Martial Zenith Legacy, while Lu Zhuxiao helped him sharpen his Five Elements Fist. The chapter ended with Lu Zhuxiao urging Meng Chuan to train steadily and leave no regrets in the tournament.

• Meng Chuan saw Wu Hong at the forefront of the new students and resolved to challenge him through his martial traits.
• Lu Zhuxiao silently guided Meng Chuan through boxing practice, troubled by Wu Hong's breakthrough and the approaching Martial Zenith Legacy Tournament.
• Meng Chuan and Lu Zhuxiao sparred, and Lu Zhuxiao used his experience as a Second Limit Martial Artist to outmaneuver him and demonstrate how to spread Xin Metal force through a palm strike.
• Lu Zhuxiao encouraged Meng Chuan to complete his Five Elements Fist and advance steadily rather than dwell on the tournament outcome.

Teachers at Yong'an Branch worried that Wu Hong’s advance to Martial Artist threatened Meng Chuan, but Principal Yang reassured them that Meng Chuan would win. Half a month later, after Meng Chuan nearly defeated counselor Shi Ying in a spar, he entered Sudden Enlightenment while practicing, leaving her stunned.

• Lu Zhuxiao encouraged Meng Chuan to keep striving for Martial Artist before the main campus anniversary, while accepting that he might need more time.
• Teachers asked Principal Yang whether Meng Chuan still had a chance against Wu Hong, and Yang confidently assured them that Meng Chuan would win.
• The teachers proposed intensive special training for Meng Chuan, but Yang told them not to pressure him and to let him cultivate at his own pace.
• Half a month later, Meng Chuan fought Shi Ying at True Dragon Hall and used his strength to pin her down before she eventually outlasted him and won.
• Shi Ying explained that her mutated Guanyuan Acupoint improved her endurance, then watched Meng Chuan enter Sudden Enlightenment as he practiced his forms.

Meng Chuan entered Sudden Enlightenment, completed Five Qi Organ Tempering, and nearly entered the Five Elements Imaginary World. After his Master explained why the world had been dominated by fire, Meng Chuan was left to consider how the five elements could generate one another.

• Meng Chuan saw the Five Elements Imaginary World but could not move beyond its boundary before it shattered.
• Meng Chuan continued practicing, completed Five Qi Organ Tempering, and raised his Five Elements Universe Fist proficiency from 57% to 70%.
• Meng Chuan measured 598 points of qi and blood, exceeding the Martial Artist limit, though he knew he still had roughly a hundred points to gain.
• Luo Guanyun delivered Meng Chuan's Body Tempering Paste, Lower Sky Demon Core, and custom waist pouch for carrying True Martial.
• Meng Chuan told Luo Guanyun about the Imaginary World, and his Master deduced that Meng Chuan's dominant fire attribute had overwhelmed the other four elements.
• Luo Guanyun asked Meng Chuan to imagine how the Five Elements Imaginary World would look if the elements generated one another.

Meng Chuan spent a night refining the metal force in his Five Elements Universe Fist and pushed the technique to perfection, filling his meridians with vitality. He finally entered the Five Elements World, where he found a chaotic realm dominated by red flames and scattered with the other four elements.

• Meng Chuan realized that his excessive fire force had disrupted the Five Elements imagery, so he strengthened his Xin Metal form to balance it.
• Meng Chuan read that registration had opened for the ninety-ninth Martial Zenith Legacy Tournament and worried about the challenge ahead with less than four months remaining.
• Meng Chuan practiced through the night, using the metal force and its high-frequency vibrations to bring his Five Elements Universe Fist to perfection.
• Meng Chuan's perfected fist art filled his meridians with newly generated vitality, but he continued practicing to reach the Five Elements Imaginary World.
• Meng Chuan entered the Five Elements World after several attempts and saw a chaotic landscape dominated by red, with the other four colors scattered across it.

Meng Chuan’s Five Elements Universe Fist reached perfection, and his blood qi surpassed the recorded limit, advancing him to Martial Artist as he prepared to learn the true art. Meanwhile, Ancestor Qi Wood continued to hide in the Southern Nether Demon Nest, frustrating Li Xiao by refusing to act.

• Meng Chuan experienced his Five Elements Fist’s spiritual world, unified the Five Qi into a chaotic seed, and saw that Five Elements Universe Fist had reached 70% perfection with Five Qi Unification as its core trait for a limit breakthrough.
• Meng Chuan’s surging blood qi overflowed, and he considered using the excess to nourish the Thunder Seed before going to test his blood qi.
• Xu Qingfeng mistook Meng Chuan for a Martial Artist, then lamented that he had wagered his saved credits on the Ferocious Tiger King after hearing about the Martial Zenith Legacy Tournament.
• Meng Chuan’s blood qi test read 712.2 and declared him a Martial Artist, so he planned to have his Master confirm the result before cultivating the true art.
• Ancestor Qi Wood refused to tell Li Xiao when it would act, and Li Xiao smashed the altar in anger before deciding to wait until after the New Year.
• Meng Chuan requested leave to head down the mountain, while Chu Yanhu grew anxious that Meng Chuan was about to surpass him in cultivation.

Meng Chuan reached the limit of his qi and blood and went to Luo Guanyun to inherit the Luo Clan’s dangerous Thunder Arts. The chapter ended as Luo Guanyun began transmitting the Primordial Spirit Thunder Seed Technique through divine intent.

• Meng Chuan visited Limitless Plaza, where Liu Sanduo recognized that his qi and blood had reached the limit and Chen Xuewu saw how far he had fallen behind.
• Luo Guanyun explained how qi and blood cultivation progressed after becoming a Martial Artist, including opening six major acupoints to form a Martial Domain.
• Meng Chuan offered incense and affirmed that he was willing to inherit the Thunder Arts despite their danger.
• Luo Guanyun recounted how the Luo Clan’s ancestor acquired the Primordial Spirit Thunder Seed Technique and warned that it consumed qi and blood.
• Luo Guanyun performed the ancestral rite, and Meng Chuan began receiving the technique through divine intent inheritance.

Meng Chuan received the Primordial Spirit Thunder Seed Technique inheritance and condensed a Thunder Seed, but the Dragon Demon swallowed it before he could finish nurturing it. He forced the Dragon Demon to spit it out and dragged the creature from his body.

• Meng Chuan kowtowed before the patriarch’s portrait and received the Thunder Arts inheritance through a vision of Patriarch Luo Fang.
• Meng Chuan endured the lightning body-tempering trial and used his will, qi and blood, and Luo Guanyun’s pill to condense a Thunder Seed in his spiritual platform.
• Meng Chuan failed to control the unruly Thunder Seed, so Luo Guanyun taught him to gradually nourish it with qi and blood.
• As Meng Chuan practiced, the Dragon Demon emerged and swallowed the Thunder Seed.
• Meng Chuan lashed the Dragon Demon with heart-fire until it vomited the seed, then forcibly dragged the black-scaled phantom out of his body.

Meng Chuan began cultivating Thunder Arts to find a way to save Luo Guanyun, while suspecting the method was tied to demonic cultivation. After solidifying the Thunder Seed at midnight, he discovered the panel named its true method the Heart Demon Seed Mantra.

• Luo Guanyun told Meng Chuan to stay away from school and focus on condensing the Thunder Seed, while he continued developing Shiva Elephant Wash to strengthen himself for his disciple.
• Meng Chuan recalled Fang Jianxing calling Thunder Arts the Spirit Platform Demon Heart Sutra and concluded that the method might stand between righteous and demonic paths.
• Meng Chuan resolved to cultivate Thunder Arts to save Luo Guanyun and declared he would oppose anyone who tried to stop him.
• On New Year's Eve, Meng Chuan carefully controlled how much qi and blood the Thunder Seed consumed as it gradually solidified.
• At midnight, Meng Chuan completed the Thunder Seed and saw the panel identify the method as the Heart Demon Seed Mantra, Foundation Chapter, First Layer, with 55% completeness.

Meng Chuan identified the Thunder Arts as the legendary Heart Demon Planting Divine Skill and planned to gather its missing branches while fixing its flaw through body tempering. After entering the art’s gate, he met Luo Guanyun, who began teaching him about true arts.

• Meng Chuan connected the Primordial Spirit Thunder Seed Technique to Heart Demon Planting and theorized that the Parasitic Assembly’s nine emotional branches could complete the art.
• Meng Chuan decided to keep breaking the limit of Flesh Bloom and planned to ask Luo Guanyun whether body tempering would affect sensing qi.
• Dragon Qi secretly fed back into Meng Chuan’s body overnight, while the Dragon Demon appeared battered and turned into jerky again.
• Ren Ping noticed lightning flickering in Meng Chuan’s eyes and greeted him with Happy New Year.
• Luo Guanyun recognized that Meng Chuan had entered the Thunder Arts’ gate and began explaining the classifications of true arts.

Luo Guanyun explained true qi and the methods for sensing it as Meng Chuan prepared to advance to Martial Artist. Meng Chuan chose to practice by comprehending nature, then saw his Thunder Seed faintly resonate with the tortoiseshell’s demonic script, though the connection remained incomplete.

• Luo Guanyun explained Core Methods, practice methods, the True World, and how mutated Will of Martial Arts produced true qi.
• Meng Chuan asked whether Fist Force could form the foundation of the Second Great Limit’s Martial Domain, and Luo Guanyun confirmed it before urging him to focus on becoming a Martial Artist.
• Meng Chuan tried sitting in stillness to sense qi but gave up and chose to practice fist techniques while comprehending nature.
• Meng Chuan asked Luo Guanyun to show him the tortoiseshell again, and the Thunder Seed faintly resonated with its twisted character for fear.

Meng Chuan continued weighing whether to cultivate the demonic art while progressing through his training and struggling to sense qi. Principal Yang Huan remained suspicious of the mystery surrounding Meng Chuan, and the chapter ended with Dong Yue encouraging him to reach the Martial Artist realm and reclaim the Martial Zenith Legacy.

• Meng Chuan memorized the demonic art but decided to postpone cultivating it until he had finished sensing qi and tested the Flesh Bloom trait.
• Yang Huan learned of Meng Chuan's progress and resolved to investigate why his future appeared obscured by the Dharma Eye once Meng Chuan became a Martial Artist.
• At True Dragon Hall, Meng Chuan defeated Xu Qingfeng and declined to fight Shi Ying before going to Dong Yue for body conditioning.
• Meng Chuan observed that the Thunder Seed seemed to condition his body overnight while fighting Dragon Demon, and he expected to complete the Qi Nurturing Armor Skill that day.
• Dong Yue suggested that relaxing or getting drunk might help Meng Chuan sense qi, then urged him to advance to Martial Artist and reclaim the Martial Zenith Legacy.

Meng Chuan broke through the limits of the Qi Nurturing Armor Body and gained the Flesh Bloom trait, though his transformation briefly made him appear monstrous. The chapter left him hovering above the courtyard in his enormous altered form.

• Yang Huan worried that Meng Chuan might not advance in time to defeat Wu Hong and planned to return to the battlefield.
• Meng Chuan used special trauma ointment as his Qi Nurturing Armor Body cracked apart and his flesh painfully regenerated.
• Meng Chuan completed his breakthrough, awakening a flesh-colored flower bud within his chest and sensing immense power.
• Meng Chuan expanded to nearly four meters tall and startled Xu Qingfeng, who saw him through the window.
• Meng Chuan used Cloud Traces to leap into the air and hover a hundred meters above the ground in his monstrous new form.

Meng Chuan tested the new Flesh Bloom trait, discovering that it let him unleash monstrous strength, compress his body to conceal his presence, and improve his physical defenses. He ended the chapter gauging how much protection his normal form offered against a third-rank True Weapon.

• Meng Chuan returned to normal after reaching Flesh Bloom's maximum liberation and learned the trait's effects, including its limited duration and the madness it caused.
• Meng Chuan frightened Xu Qingfeng with a grotesque transformation before explaining that it came from his Qi Nurturing Armor Body technique.
• Meng Chuan compressed his body, suppressing his aura and much of his strength while becoming extremely thin and difficult to sense.
• Meng Chuan restored his normal form and tested his defense by scraping his arm with Moon at the Bridge of Helplessness, finding that its blade still cut him but less easily than before.

Meng Chuan mastered effortless control over expanding and shrinking his body, settling on a powerful combat form and considering how to strengthen his tendons and bones to support further liberation. He discovered that his flesh could imprison the Dragon Demon, which had grown larger and begun to resemble a flood dragon.

• Meng Chuan practiced increasing and reducing his body's liberation, identified 130 percent as a sustainable normal combat state, and bought stretchy Demon Rabbit Battle Armor for his transformed body.
• By morning, Meng Chuan had mastered expanding and shrinking his flesh at will and concluded that stronger tendons and bones would let him safely raise his body's liberation further.
• Meng Chuan realized his controlled flesh had kept the Dragon Demon from emerging, then opened the way and let it out.
• Meng Chuan saw that the Dragon Demon had grown larger and more dragonlike, and noted that his Locking Dragon Body had reached Proficient: 68%.
• Meng Chuan considered training the mutated Dragon Demon to help him deal with the Thunder Seed, though it remained far too weak for that now.