Chapter Summaries

Meng Chuan learned Divine Travel Hundred Transformations from Zhao Chun and began practicing it, rearranging his training to make room for the movement technique. He continued cultivating his Five Elements fist arts, focusing especially on Horizontal Fist, while abandoning university missions to train in seclusion.

• Zhao Chun taught Meng Chuan the principles and components of Divine Travel Hundred Transformations, then explained how the mutation of his Yongquan Point could improve healing and stamina.
• After Zhao Chun left, Meng Chuan practiced Divine Travel Hundred Transformations until the panel recorded it at Beginner (1%) and revealed its limit-break trait, Wandering Body Qi Transformation (Intermediate).
• Meng Chuan decided to stop practicing spear techniques for now and devote that time to learning Divine Travel Hundred Transformations.
• Two weeks later, Meng Chuan abandoned missions sent by the United University task system and continued his closed-door cultivation.
• Meng Chuan practiced Drill Fist and Horizontal Fist, applying his Five Elements understanding and developing a powerful Horizontal Force strike.

Meng Chuan learned new fist-art traits and heard from his Master about a split in the Parasitic Assembly, while Li Xiao and Fang Jianxing struggled to advance the Demon Summoning Hall’s plans. Fang Jianxing considered targeting Meng Chuan, and the chapter ended at Mount Li’s Huaqing Pool.

• Meng Chuan advanced Horizontal Fist and reviewed news of the Supernova Tournament before calling his Master.
• Meng Chuan learned that the Parasitic Assembly was splitting, with some members led by its chairman turning to demon worship under the Demon Summoning Hall’s influence.
• Li Xiao failed to borrow Sky Beyond Sky’s node-connection method and decided to establish a branch by opening martial arts schools and teaching divine techniques.
• Fang Jianxing learned that Great Chu was targeting Sky Beyond Sky and reviewed his search for the ten parts of a complete divine technique.
• Fang Jianxing considered whether Meng Chuan had inherited Luo Guanyun’s Thunder Arts, then the scene shifted to Mount Li’s Huaqing Pool.

Meng Chuan assessed his body-tempering progress and practiced sensing and manipulating water-aspected energy, then spoke with Hanhai Corporation CEO Shen Shuo about the upcoming Supernova Tournament. He agreed to help film an advertisement as the tournament approached.

• Meng Chuan examined the golden specks on his skin and concluded that Duo Mo Iron Body was nearing its limit, while wondering whether an Esoteric Sect ritual would interfere with breaking through.
• Meng Chuan sensed the damp morning air and tried to influence rain with his water comprehension, but found he lacked control over a related Five Elements domain.
• Meng Chuan practiced Drill Fist, directing water-aspected true qi around his fist as he considered the Martial Arts Vision he would eventually need to form.
• Shen Shuo called Meng Chuan and reminded him that Yong'an would host the next Supernova Tournament’s Northlands division and finals.
• Shen Shuo asked Meng Chuan to film an advertisement for Hanhai Corporation, and Meng Chuan agreed.

Meng Chuan accepted a badly incomplete blood-related cultivation art from Shen Shuo and spent the days before his Demon Nest trip consolidating his training. By September 28, he had broken through several Five Elements Fists and gained a trait that strengthened his finger bones, while Surging Thunder Dispersing Hands remained close to its limit break.

• Shen Shuo told Meng Chuan he had found a fragment of a blood-related cultivation art, and Meng Chuan asked him to bring it to Yong'an.
• Meng Chuan settled into training before the Demon Nest trip as Chen Jingyi became a Martial Artist, Ma Ziyan and Li Tong sensed qi, and Xu Qingfeng also sensed qi.
• Meng Chuan heard that Zong Ping had improved his fist techniques and aimed to join United University's Grandmaster Class the following year.
• On September 28, Meng Chuan filled two newly limit-broken Five Elements Fists into the Five Elements Wheel, raising Five Elements Universe Art from 25% to 35%.
• Meng Chuan gained the False Fire and Fist Bone traits, finding that Fist Bone gradually strengthened his finger bones and striking power.
• Meng Chuan checked his remaining martial arts and found Surging Thunder Dispersing Hands still at Mastery (85%).

Meng Chuan continued preparing to break the limits of his remaining Five Elements Fist techniques and cultivated the final acupoints of the First Limit. After sensing Xu Qingfeng's breakthrough, he went to meet Shen Shuo for an advertisement and found Shen Shuo explaining the revealing clothes hidden in the office.

• Meng Chuan swallowed a Qiao Jia Spirit Pill and cultivated qi and blood toward mutating the Neiguan Acupoint, with only Neiguan and Zusanli remaining on his First Limit path.
• Meng Chuan completed connecting his six acupoints to his meridians and advanced his Earth Stance to 33% while continuing his stance training.
• Meng Chuan sensed that Xu Qingfeng had broken through to become a Martial Artist and planned to guide him after he emerged from seclusion.
• Meng Chuan went to Oceanic Holdings' Yong'an branch to film an advertisement and found Shen Shuo waiting in the general manager's office.
• Meng Chuan and Shen Shuo both sensed the wardrobe full of stockings, cosplay outfits, and high heels, and Shen Shuo insisted the office belonged to his subordinate, not him.
• Shen Shuo handed Meng Chuan a cultivation method and asked him to look it over.

Meng Chuan accepted a severely incomplete blood-related hard technique and discussed postponing company summonses with Shen Shuo. He considered the benefits and demands of Hanhai’s Starlight Navigation contract, which required three years of annual net profits of at least five hundred million, leaving that requirement as his main obstacle.

• Meng Chuan accepted two sheets containing a severely incomplete hard technique and planned to study and potentially develop it himself.
• Meng Chuan told Shen Shuo he would postpone taking a company summons until next year, and Shen Shuo agreed to screen for a worthwhile low-level Demon Nest operation.
• Meng Chuan cooperated with Hanhai’s product advertisement shoot while considering how the Starlight Navigation contract could improve his benefits and standing.
• Meng Chuan reviewed the contract’s strength and guarantor requirements and judged them manageable, but worried about generating at least five hundred million in annual net profit for three consecutive years.

After finishing Hanhai’s advertisement work, Meng Chuan returned to cultivation and prepared for the Four-School Joint Freshman Training in December. He expected to handle a low-level Demon Nest easily, but his progress in Heart Demon Planting lagged behind his rapidly filling apertures.

• Meng Chuan finished filming Hanhai’s advertisement, rejected the idea of livestreaming product sales, and considered letting Hanhai add a shopping cart to his homepage.
• Meng Chuan told his uncle that Hanhai had sent their family martial arts supplements worth a million as souvenirs, and suggested they give them away rather than sell them.
• By early October, Meng Chuan saw young First Great Limit Martial Artists at North Union University worrying about the Demon Nest summons scheduled for the first Monday of December.
• Meng Chuan judged that his strength and experience would let him handle a low-level Demon Nest and its Heavenly Demons without much trouble.
• After cultivation, Meng Chuan found that four apertures were full and his fifth was nearly complete, while Heart Demon Planting had reached only the third layer at 37%, still two proficiency levels short of the fourth-layer completion required to break through the Second Great Limit.

Meng Chuan considered using the Qi-Blood Refinement Method to handle excess qi and blood, then broke through Drill Fist’s limit with Master Ji Jike’s guidance. Dawn-Dusk Enlightenment began as he practiced Horizontal Fist, and the chapter ended with his punch exploding upward in a burst of force.

• Meng Chuan rejected Dao Heart Blood Offering as too dangerous and decided to study the Qi-Blood Refinement Method for use after completing the Six-Aperture Transformation.
• Meng Chuan received guidance from Master Ji Jike and understood how to unleash Drill Fist’s full power.
• Meng Chuan broke Drill Fist’s limit and gained the low-grade Icy Awl trait, which let him pierce through defenses and slightly improve his reaction speed.
• Meng Chuan sensed Dawn-Dusk Enlightenment while practicing Horizontal Fist and anticipated breaking the limits of both Horizontal Fist and Duo Mo Iron Body.
• Meng Chuan unleashed a powerful Horizontal Fist that sent a compressed vortex of sand and force bursting toward the sky.

Meng Chuan broke the limit of Horizontal Fist, gained insight into the Five Elements Spiritual Breath, and created a new fist technique by combining the five elemental fists. The panel recorded the perfected technique and waited for him to name it.

• Meng Chuan broke Horizontal Fist's limit and obtained the Force Penetration trait, which strengthened his force and stance.
• Meng Chuan fed two traits into the Five Elements Wheel, increasing the Five Elements Universe Art's second limit break from 35% to 45%.
• Meng Chuan perceived the Five Elements Spiritual Breath in all things and formed it into a radiant five-colored lotus, advancing his Five Elements Martial Principles.
• Meng Chuan realized the panel's five elemental fist techniques were urging him to combine and deduce them into a new martial art.
• After practicing through the night, Meng Chuan created a perfected, unnamed fist technique with the Five Elements Wondrous Body limit-breaking trait and began to name it.

Meng Chuan created the first-rate Five Elements Spiritual Breath Fist by combining five ancient Five Elements fists, then practiced it through the night. After Xu Qingfeng complained about the noise, Meng Chuan hinted that a surprise awaited him on his task panel and went to rest before attempting the Iron Body’s limit breakthrough.

• Meng Chuan realized his self-created Five Elements Spiritual Breath Fist had reached Great Perfection and that its eventual limit-breaking trait would be Five Elements Wondrous Body.
• Meng Chuan practiced the fist and found that its colorful Spiritual Breath attacks used qi and blood and Fist Force more efficiently than his second- and third-rate Xingyi techniques.
• At dawn, Xu Qingfeng knocked on Meng Chuan’s door and complained that his flashing fist techniques had disturbed his sleep.
• Meng Chuan told Xu Qingfeng to check his task panel for a surprise, then returned to his room to rest before challenging the Iron Body’s limit.

Meng Chuan broke the limit of his Duomo Toughness Art, gaining a powerful black defensive membrane and testing its strength. He judged that his improved defenses would make his December trip to the Demon Nest safer, while concluding that stronger essence-qi sources would soon be needed for further growth.

• Xu Qingfeng discovered that the Demon Nest Recruitment Mission covered the 87th to 88th cohorts, just after he had broken through.
• Meng Chuan endured full-body itching as his skin turned black, then shed the hardened dead skin in the Starfall Springs.
• Meng Chuan broke the limit of his Duomo Toughness Art and gained a black membrane that reinforced his flesh and bones.
• Meng Chuan tested the membrane with his second-grade Tiger Soul greatspear and concluded that his defenses could withstand many First Great Limit attacks, though not a third-grade Fist Blade.
• Meng Chuan learned that maintaining the membrane consumed stamina and decided to keep cultivating all Five Elements Essence-Qi, while noting that stronger sources would soon be necessary.

Meng Chuan examined the effects of his new Body of Stone trait and wondered whether Brahma or a faith-powered statue was behind the strange intent he had sensed during earlier breakthroughs. After burning the Esoteric Sect scriptures, he discovered that Pivot of Stone could intercept Earth Vein Energy and add it to his body as a blessing.

• Meng Chuan found that Body of Stone enhanced his body-tempering talent, perception of malicious intent, and resistance to mental attacks.
• He recalled a difficult mental attack used by a Demon Summoning Hall priest and resolved to seek more mental-defense traits.
• Meng Chuan questioned whether Brahma had been guarding him, but dismissed the idea that a god would personally watch his training.
• He noticed that no strange intent had appeared during his latest breakthrough, then burned the Esoteric Sect scriptures and speculated that Brahma might be a faith-empowered statue that had developed spirituality.
• Meng Chuan examined Pivot of Stone and discovered that it intercepted Earth Vein Energy as a blessing.

Meng Chuan reflected on his growing strength and considered competitions that could help him earn resources after reaching the Second Limit. He planned to enter the Tianshan Martial Gathering Ranking Competition, while the upcoming Demon Nest trial remained his immediate goal.

• Meng Chuan recognized that his black film defense came from Earth Vein Energy and looked forward to his Precious Image Golden Body Skill breaking through.
• Over the following week, Meng Chuan watched the Supernova Tournament and followed Great Chu's martial competitions, noting that Zong Ping had been eliminated after two rounds.
• Meng Chuan studied the Tianshan Martial Gathering Ranking Competition and planned to join after his Second Limit strength stabilized, aiming to grow and earn resources.
• Meng Chuan set a goal of becoming a Martial Arts Grandmaster before the next six-year Tianshan tournament cycle ended.
• Uncle Liu Sanduo invited Meng Chuan to the Sanqin Martial Arts Hall Tournament, but Meng Chuan declined.

Meng Chuan trained his Five Elements Spiritual Breath Fist and Earth Vein Energy while his group prepared to enter the Dengzhou Demon Nest. The chapter ended with the group discussing the dangers of the Yellow Sand Sky, which worried Xu Qingfeng in particular.

• Meng Chuan practiced controlling Earth Vein Energy and found that his perfected Five Elements Spiritual Breath Fist had gained only one percentage point of proficiency over the week.
• Meng Chuan met Xu Qingfeng and the others for breakfast, where Xu Qingfeng eagerly asked for Meng Chuan's help on their upcoming Demon Nest mission.
• Chu Yanlong told the group that the Dengzhou Demon Nest was under the Yellow Sand Sky phenomenon, which brought blinding sandstorms and extreme temperatures.
• Meng Chuan judged that his body-tempering abilities would let him endure the harsh conditions, while Xu Qingfeng worried that his lack of armor and hard techniques would leave him vulnerable.

With two months left before his first Demon Nest summons, Meng Chuan prepared for the dangerous expedition by cultivating, earning money through martial arts videos, and buying rare healing pills. He remained confident he would secure battle merit in the Dengzhou Demon Nest while taking precautions against mental attacks.

• Meng Chuan encouraged Xu Qingfeng to mutate his Yongquan Acupoint before December and offered to answer his questions.
• Xu Qingfeng noticed Meng Chuan's Five Elements Fist video, and Meng Chuan explained that viewers could buy its later lessons and related products.
• On November 4, Meng Chuan left the Dan Chamber and reflected on his remaining credits, growing video income, and plans to earn battle merit in the Demon Nest.
• Meng Chuan received six Cloudwater Pills that he had bought through Shen Shuo's connections to prepare for injuries and mental attacks in the Demon Nest.
• Meng Chuan stored the pills and began his daily mental-method cultivation.

Meng Chuan refined his cultivation in preparation for the Demon Nest expedition, bringing his blood-and-qi clouds close to ten zhang and advancing the Five Elements Universe Art. At a pre-battle briefing, Chen Jingyi asked him to spar after the meeting.

• Meng Chuan reviewed the mutations of his Neiguan and Zusanli apertures and judged that he was close to filling the final aperture on his path to the First Limit.
• Meng Chuan experimented with the Blood Qi Refinement Art and found that condensed blood and qi clung to his muscles and bones and began seeping into the periosteum.
• Meng Chuan unleashed blood-and-qi clouds that spread nearly ten zhang and formed nine spiraling blood-rainbows.
• Meng Chuan advanced the Five Elements Universe Art's Second Limit Break from 65% to 75% while practicing the Five Elements Spiritual Breath Fist.
• At Mount Li's pre-battle briefing, Chen Jingyi asked Meng Chuan to spar after the meeting, and he agreed.

Meng Chuan sparred with Chen Jingyi before his Golden Touch Finger was set to reach its second level, then tested his newfound weapon control against Lu Zhuxiao. Their fight continued as Meng Chuan used spear techniques shaped by his long-fist skills.

• Chen Jingyi asked Meng Chuan to spar, and he easily overwhelmed her without using true qi or Fist Force.
• Chen Jingyi invited Meng Chuan to dinner, but he declined and left to focus on his training.
• Meng Chuan expected his Golden Touch Finger to break through to the second level that night.
• The next morning, Meng Chuan and Lu Zhuxiao fought with real weapons at the rear mountain of Huaqing Pool.
• Meng Chuan used his Limb-Like Control to wield Tiger Soul like an extension of his body, blocking Lu Zhuxiao’s Second Limit attack and launching a series of deceptive strikes.

Meng Chuan sparred with Lu Zhuxiao, endured the force of his Martial Domain, and nearly injured him with his own strength. After reaching the First Great Limit’s peak in Blood and Qi, Meng Chuan prepared to complete his sixth aperture’s mutation and study Five Thunders Strike the Summit before leaving for the main campus.

• Lu Zhuxiao demonstrated how his Five Elements Metal Domain strengthened his spear, and Meng Chuan struggled to withstand its attack.
• Meng Chuan concentrated Earth Vein Energy on his arm to block Lu Zhuxiao’s powerful golden spear strike, and Lu Zhuxiao ended the spar before Meng Chuan could enter his liberated state.
• Lu Zhuxiao left with his arm throbbing from the recoil of Meng Chuan’s force, which had nearly injured his internal organs.
• Meng Chuan’s Blood and Qi test showed 4312.2, and he manifested a ten-zhang Blood and Qi cloud glow, reaching the utmost limit of the First Great Limit.
• Meng Chuan planned to catch up with his Core Method cultivation to break through to the Second Limit and began preparing to study Five Thunders Strike the Summit before departing for the main campus.

Meng Chuan prepared for his busy training schedule and received an order from She Yu to compile strength information for the Four-School Trial, but he refused and ended the call. At Dong Yue’s home, he mutated his sixth major aperture and advanced Precious Image Golden Body Skill to the proficient stage, though his Core Method still needed more progress before he could reach the Second Limit.

• Meng Chuan planned his training, arranged a video lesson with Luo Guanyun, and went to Dong Yue’s home to mutate his sixth major aperture and study Precious Image Golden Body Skill.
• She Yu called Meng Chuan and ordered him to compile precise strength records for recruits across United University’s fifteen campuses.
• Meng Chuan refused the task and redirected She Yu’s order to Wu Hong before the call disconnected.
• She Yu became angry that Meng Chuan had hung up and vowed to settle the score with him.
• Dong Yue completed Meng Chuan’s Zusanli Point mutation, and Meng Chuan said his Core Method was not yet ready for a Second Limit breakthrough.
• Dong Yue helped Meng Chuan advance Precious Image Golden Body Skill from beginner to proficient stage.

Meng Chuan trained the Precious Appearance Golden Body Skill and learned that its golden points would eventually cover his body, while in Pucheng, Li Xiao ordered Pei Shan to expand the Mountain Range Sovereign’s following. The chapter left Pei Shan planning to grow the cult’s influence without attracting Great Chu’s authorities.

• Dong Yue taught Meng Chuan the proficient-stage movements and explained how the golden points would form a protective layer at mastery.
• Meng Chuan tried to restore his missing body hair with the Flesh Bloom mark but failed, and considered buying a wig before going to Wudang.
• Pei Shan reported to Li Xiao that he had recruited four believers who had undergone their second ascension and more than twenty who had completed their first.
• Li Xiao threatened Pei Shan and gave him one year to bring more than ten thousand households in Pucheng to worship the Mountain Range Sovereign.
• Pei Shan resolved to exploit Li Xiao’s help and the Sovereign’s miracles while avoiding the attention of Great Chu’s authorities.