Chapter Summaries

Meng Chuan absorbed Blood Essence, strengthening his aura, and advanced his Heart Demon Planting Core Method to the fourth layer. He set his sights on reaching the Second Limit and mastering the Limit-Breaking Spirit Breath Fist before next February, then trained his thunder techniques.

• Meng Chuan absorbed Blood Essence and realized it enhanced his aura, while deciding that raising his martial arts limit mattered more than further boosting his aura.
• Meng Chuan advanced his Heart Demon Planting Core Method to the fourth layer and decided to spend his credits on Vein Nourishing Spirit Pills to accelerate his cultivation.
• Meng Chuan resolved to reach the Second Limit and master the Limit-Breaking Spirit Breath Fist before February, with plans to seek a tough-body cultivation method at Wudang afterward.
• Meng Chuan practiced Five Thunders Strike the Summit, producing a faint rumble in the clouds with his final punch.
• Meng Chuan imagined combining his Martial Domain and thunder arts to strike Heavenly Demons from afar, then remembered another matter as he turned to practice the Five Elements Fist.

Meng Chuan planned to visit the Tai Chi school beneath Wudang Mountain, while Shang Ruyi lost his connection to Mountain Lord and sought guidance from Liu Ruixiang. Three days later, Meng Chuan received the pills and Way-Finding Incense he had bought with battle merits and prepared the pills for use.

• Meng Chuan thought about visiting a Tai Chi school in Jiangcheng that had been smearing him online and decided he would teach them a lesson when he went to Wudang Mountain.
• Shang Ruyi watched the tiger formed by his cultivation vanish, found that his connection with Mountain Lord had been severed, and called Liu Ruixiang for guidance.
• Three days later, Meng Chuan received his Merit Armory order from an All-Passage Logistics courier at United University and carried it back to Huaqing Pool.
• Meng Chuan opened the box, found ten Vein Nourishing Spirit Pills and a Way-Finding Incense stick, and used his aura to clear the lingering Heavenly Demon residue from the pills.
• Meng Chuan decided to wait until the next day to try a pill and saved the Way-Finding Incense for later.

After returning from the Demon Nest, Meng Chuan attended Chen Qiushui’s lecture on building a foundation for divine arts and decided to ask Qi Daoren about Five Elements Soup. The next day, he tried a Vein Nourishing Spirit Pill during cultivation.

• Meng Chuan put away his Demon Nest haul and chose not to buy the advanced Five Elements Soup until he could learn more about its effects from Qi Daoren.
• Meng Chuan returned to C985 Classroom, where classmates celebrated his Demon Nest achievements and spread rumors that the Divine Dragon Great Sage had made him a disciple.
• Chen Qiushui taught that Grandmaster Class students needed to study many martial arts and accumulate knowledge before forging their own paths toward divine arts.
• Meng Chuan agreed with Chen Qiushui’s lesson and reflected that Heart Demon Planting could grow through merging incomplete chapters, while other divine arts required broader study.
• The next day, Meng Chuan cultivated at Huaqing Pool, refined a Vein Nourishing Spirit Pill into his body, and ended his internal art practice.

Meng Chuan cultivated with the Vein Nourishing Spirit Pill, considered how to restrain the Heart Demon and help Luo Guanyun, then went to Qi Daoren for a private lesson. The chapter ended with Qi Daoren introducing himself as a Xingyi Martial Arts Grandmaster who practiced both Taiji and Five Elements Fist.

• Meng Chuan found the Vein Nourishing Spirit Pill more effective than the Qiao Jia Spirit Pill and decided to stop using the latter unless he became poor.
• Meng Chuan noted that his Heart Demon consumed more qi and blood as his cultivation advanced, and resolved to pursue ways to control it and obtain the complete cultivation technique to save Luo Guanyun.
• Meng Chuan arrived at Qi Daoren's courtyard for a private lesson on Five Elements Martial Principles and admired its powerful wood-element aura.
• Qi Daoren welcomed Meng Chuan, offered him tea, and introduced himself as a Xingyi Martial Arts Grandmaster who cultivated Taiji and Five Elements Fist.

Meng Chuan met Qi Daoren and asked him to teach the principles of the Five Elements so he could improve his self-created Five Elements Spiritual Breath Fist. After evaluating Meng Chuan’s ideas for refining the art, Qi Daoren offered to teach him the Daoist Aura Sight Technique.

• Qi Daoren discussed how Taiji and the wood and water aspects complemented each other, then asked Meng Chuan what he wanted to learn.
• Meng Chuan asked to study the principles of the Five Elements, and Qi Daoren invited him to demonstrate his forms in the rear courtyard.
• Qi Daoren recognized the structure of Meng Chuan’s Five Elements Spiritual Breath Fist and learned that Meng Chuan had created it himself.
• Qi Daoren praised Meng Chuan’s talent and discussed two ways he could refine the fist art beyond its current limits.
• Qi Daoren offered to teach Meng Chuan the Aura Sight Technique, a Daoist Qi Refinement Method for calming the qi, guarding the heart, and regulating the breath.

Meng Chuan learned the Aura Sight Technique from Qi Daoren and discovered that the Qi Refinement Method could be limit-broken through his panel. After achieving a beginner’s grasp, he saw that Spirit Sniff was available as a limit-breaking trait and resolved to keep studying the method.

• Qi Daoren explained the Aura Sight Technique and taught Meng Chuan to sense and gather spiritual essence through his breath.
• Qi Daoren described how qi had vanished from the human world and recalled the qi-filled True World that martial artists could enter only once.
• Meng Chuan asked about high-grade Five Elements Soup, but Qi Daoren advised that external resources depended on one’s finances.
• Meng Chuan trained in the Aura Sight Technique while Dong Yue arrived with alcohol and roast chicken to join Qi Daoren.
• By night, Meng Chuan sensed the spiritual breath of grass and trees, and Qi Daoren praised how quickly he had grasped the technique.
• Meng Chuan checked his panel and found Aura Sight Technique at Beginner with Limit Break Available and Spirit Sniff listed as its limit-breaking trait.

Meng Chuan broke the limit of Tiger's Roar Lung Forging and gained a trait that steadied his breathing and slightly strengthened his Tiger Form Fist. He then prepared to leave the mountain to commentate on the second Supernova Tournament finals.

• Meng Chuan imitated the dead tiger's breathing while practicing Tiger's Roar Lung Forging and broke its limit, gaining the Tiger Breath trait.
• Meng Chuan found that Fine Sniffing steadied his breathing and made Qi Ingestion and the flow of his Five Elements True Qi smoother.
• Meng Chuan planned to break the limits of Shaolin Iron Crotch Skill and Azure Nether Dragon-Locking Body, hoping the latter would improve his innate bone talent.
• Chen Jing called Meng Chuan and told him to get ready to descend the mountain for the Supernova Tournament finals, where he would commentate with Bai Junfeng.

Meng Chuan met Chen Jing and went with him to the Provincial Martial Arts Competition Center, where he joined the commentators for the finals. The chapter ended with Meng Chuan chatting with Bai Junfeng while they waited for the match to begin.

• Meng Chuan met Chen Jing at the school gate after delaying him with a hard-body cultivation breakthrough, and Chen Jing praised his rapid progress toward the Second Great Limit.
• Meng Chuan asked Chen Jing for Chen Xuan's contact information so he could ask about the National Talent Database, and Chen Jing agreed to send it.
• Meng Chuan and Chen Jing arrived at the competition center and reviewed the finalists, a Shaolin horizontal-training expert and a Wudang genius, both at the peak of the Ninth Gate.
• Meng Chuan took his place at the commentators' desk, where the Yong'an audience cheered and debated his nicknames, including Steel Spear Little Meng and Infinite Fist.
• Bai Junfeng arrived late, joked with Meng Chuan about his popularity and Luo Guanyun's long stay in the Island Nation, and learned that Meng Chuan's master planned to return before the New Year.

Meng Chuan received Brahma’s inheritance and found a kasaya and scripture he could not yet use. He then asked Chen Xuan about the National Talent Database and learned that officials would secretly observe him if his experiences were sufficiently shocking.

• Bai Junfeng told Meng Chuan that his All-Passage Logistics package from the Western Regions was stored in the Martial Arts Association vault, and Meng Chuan agreed to collect it after the competition.
• After the competition, Meng Chuan picked up the package and carried it to his courtyard on Mount Li.
• Meng Chuan opened the package and found Brahma’s golden kasaya and the Brahma King’s Sutra of Inquiry and Resolution, which he could not understand.
• The next morning, Meng Chuan called Chen Xuan to ask how the National Talent Database assessed its nominees.
• Chen Xuan told Meng Chuan that officials would secretly observe him until he passed assessment if his experiences were shocking enough.

Meng Chuan considered the state's covert assessment while worsening Demon Nest activity disrupted his training and the cold strained ordinary people. At United University, he demonstrated his growing strength by defeating student challengers with ease.

• After Chen Xuan hinted that Meng Chuan's Demon Nest experience counted toward an assessment, Meng Chuan speculated about the assessor and decided to focus on proving his value.
• A month later, Meng Chuan called Xue Na and promised to return home before the New Year.
• As Demon Nest activity intensified across Great Chu, Meng Chuan found that demonic qi and severe cold were disrupting cultivation and continued practicing through the conditions.
• At the North Union University arena, Meng Chuan defeated the Dragon-Tiger Brothers and a sixth-aperture senior student in a one-against-three match.
• When three more students challenged him, Meng Chuan swiftly closed in and pierced one opponent's protective true qi with a palm strike.

Meng Chuan defeated three challengers in the arena and spoke with the returning Lu Zhuxiao about demon nests and the limits of his cultivation. Lu Zhuxiao left after agreeing to spar the next morning, while Meng Chuan realized his teacher was struggling with Second Limit stance training.

• Meng Chuan threw three challengers from the arena and ended his daily stint as arena champion.
• Meng Chuan asked Lu Zhuxiao about the Raven Demon Nest, and Lu Zhuxiao explained that the two Level 2 nests were suppressed while Bell Maiden remained sealed off.
• Lu Zhuxiao lamented his lack of progress toward the Third Limit, and Meng Chuan invited him to fight the next morning.
• Meng Chuan reflected that Lu Zhuxiao was stuck in Second Limit stance training because his body could not sustain the required eight hours of practice.

Meng Chuan sparred with Lu Zhuxiao, then broke the limits of two water-element fist arts and used their traits to advance the Five Elements Universe Art. The chapter left him on the verge of the art’s next breakthrough, with Five Qi Unification no longer marked as Second Tier.

• At Fengtian Headquarters, Shang Ruyi worried about the missing Mountain Lord after the beast in the Beast King Diagram told him to cultivate on his own.
• Meng Chuan and Lu Zhuxiao sparred on the frozen creek, where Meng Chuan’s Unbreakable Body and improved spearwork impressed Lu Zhuxiao.
• After Lu Zhuxiao left, Meng Chuan broke the limits of Snow Tread Fist and Piercing Palm Fist using the snowy surroundings and his Aura Sight Technique.
• Meng Chuan added the Frost Formation trait to the Five Elements Wheel, filling the Five Elements Universe Art’s final 5% of proficiency.
• The Five Elements Universe Art advanced, and Five Qi Unification’s Second Tier label faded from the trait column.

Meng Chuan discovered that his Five Qi Unification could no longer advance through the Five Elements Universe Art and decided to merge martial arts to renew its foundation. He then cultivated toward the Second Great Limit, which he expected to reach within a month, while considering the dangers and requirements of the breakthrough.

• Meng Chuan found that Five Qi Unification had reached Third-Tier Core but that the Five Elements Universe Art could no longer raise its tier or accept the Seeping Cold trait.
• Meng Chuan concluded that he needed to renew the Five Elements Universe Art by integrating limit-broken martial arts, starting with the Spirit Breath Fist.
• Meng Chuan shifted his Five Elements Fist training toward Surging Thunder Dispersing Hands and Five Thunders Strike the Summit to build qi and blood for the Second Great Limit.
• Meng Chuan cultivated the Core Method on Mount Li, advancing Heart Demon Planting to Level 4 at 45%.
• Meng Chuan reviewed the four conditions for reaching the Second Great Limit and the danger of a failed breakthrough.

Meng Chuan’s tendons and bones underwent a second tempering, sharpening his aura and bringing him closer to the Second Great Limit. Meanwhile, worship of Lü Dongbin appeared to be empowering ordinary people, and Pei Shan began examining applicants at Godstrike Martial Arts Hall.

• Meng Chuan assessed the requirements for breaking through the Second Great Limit and concluded that he only needed to perfect the fourth layer of Heart Demon Planting.
• Meng Chuan’s refined blood essence broke through a blockage in his bones, tempering his tendons and bones and making his aura sharp enough to blast apart nearby snow.
• Meng Chuan restrained his newly sharpened aura, deciding not to let it leak around ordinary people until he mastered the Martial Domain.
• A couple in Fucheng credited their increased vigor and resistance to cold to worshipping Ancestor Lü, while their neighbors discussed enrolling Xiao Song at Godstrike Martial Arts Hall.
• Pei Shan secretly used a gray crystal sphere to examine children and teenagers registering at the booming Godstrike Martial Arts Hall.

Meng Chuan struggled to advance his cultivation of Brahma's Prison Suppression and concluded that his lack of Buddhist martial principles was slowing his progress. He began considering how to develop the insight needed to keep training it.

• Pei Shan used an artifact to test children at the Demon Summoning Hall, accepting talented candidates as disciples and turning away a child with poor spiritual aptitude.
• Meng Chuan endured an hour of painful Brahma's Prison Suppression training and raised its proficiency from 24% to 25%.
• Meng Chuan considered setting aside Brahma's Prison Suppression but decided that other hard-body arts would offer too little benefit compared with continuing to endure it.
• Meng Chuan reasoned that Wudang was more likely than Shaolin to hold a unified core hard-body trait because of its cohesive Daoist inheritance.
• Meng Chuan identified his lack of Buddhist martial principles as the key obstacle to improving his cultivation speed.

Meng Chuan improved his Aura Sight Technique, planned a visit to Shaolin to study Buddhist teachings, and continued preparing for his Second Limit breakthrough. The chapter ended with him practicing Surging Thunder Dispersing Hands on Mount Li, his punches breaking the sound barrier.

• Meng Chuan decided to visit the Chan Buddhist Ancestral Court and called Little Monk Jueming to accept his invitation to Shaolin.
• Meng Chuan practiced Aura Sight Technique with Dong Yue and Qi Daoren, quickly advancing from Beginner to Proficient and earning their surprise.
• Dong Yue offered to guard Meng Chuan during his Second Limit breakthrough, but Meng Chuan said his Master would soon return.
• Meng Chuan concluded that Qi Refinement Methods could not improve his Qi and blood and decided to treat them as auxiliary practice.
• Meng Chuan trained Surging Thunder Dispersing Hands in the snow on Mount Li, eventually making his punches produce continuous sonic booms.

Meng Chuan prepared to break through the Second Great Limit while studying two five-element fist arts to support his future mastery of the Five Elements Universe Art. As New Year approached and the campus emptied, he asked Principal Yang about the promised Great Sage who was meant to deal with Ling Nü.

• Meng Chuan stopped practicing Surging Thunder Dispersing Hands just short of its limit break because its blood-and-qi reward would be insufficient for his planned third elevation of momentum.
• He practiced Aura Sight Technique during breathing regulation and learned Earth Bearing Four Aspects Fist and Creation-Destruction Entangling Silk Hand, quickly reaching their beginner stages through a minor enlightenment.
• Meng Chuan identified flaws in both fist arts and planned to improve and integrate them with Spirit Breath Fist and Five Elements Cosmos to achieve thorough mastery.
• As New Year neared, Meng Chuan ate with Principal Yang and learned that Yang would return only for New Year's Eve dinner before resuming his watch over Ling Nü.
• Meng Chuan asked Principal Yang whether a Great Sage would come to deal with Ling Nü, whose Demon Nest node was near the Ultimate Darkness in the Qinling Mountains.

Meng Chuan discussed his plans to visit Wudang and Shaolin after breaking through the Second Limit and left school as winter began to ease. He parted from Chen Jing with a challenge intended for Chen Xuan, then entered Yong'an City as spring approached.

• Yang Huan reassured Meng Chuan that Zhou Sheng would return to guard Mountain Whispers and asked about his training plans.
• Meng Chuan said he wanted to visit Wudang and Shaolin before further cultivation, and Yang Huan promised the school would provide letters of introduction.
• Meng Chuan left school on the 15th as the extreme cold and Demon Nests across the Three Qin Lands were gradually dealt with, leaving Ling Nü awaiting Zhou Sheng.
• Chen Jing told Meng Chuan that Chen Xuan had broken through the Second Limit and wanted to spar with him.
• Meng Chuan asked Chen Jing to tell Chen Xuan he could challenge him anytime, then parted from Chen Jing and walked into Yong'an City as signs of spring appeared.

Meng Chuan secured Secretary Wang’s assurance that his discovery of the Temple would qualify him for the National Talent Database, and he considered seeking rare treasures to help his master and improve his spiritual foundation. After returning home to reunite with his uncle, he was interrupted during cultivation by a visit from the property manager of Hua Yun Estates.

• Meng Chuan declined Section Chief Zong’s request to let Zong Ping pay for his injections, insisting that he would handle it himself.
• Meng Chuan met Secretary Wang, who assured him that his Temple discovery and strength would earn him a place in the National Talent Database.
• Meng Chuan considered obtaining a Thousand-Year Snow Lotus for Luo Guanyun and Immortal Tear Gold to strengthen his spiritual foundation.
• Meng Chuan returned home, reunited with Meng Yongzhi, and showed him how he could shrink his imposing body.
• Meng Chuan practiced his cultivation method and received a notification that he was close to perfecting the fourth layer.
• Meng Chuan went downstairs when his uncle announced a visitor and found the property manager of Hua Yun Estates waiting for him.

Meng Chuan returned home for the New Year and met Liu Sanduo and Chen Xuewu by the artificial lake, where he revealed he was close to reaching the Second Limit. He and Liu Sanduo began a full-strength sparring match, and both launched into their opening attacks.

• Meng Chuan refused the property manager’s request to appear in a New Year promotional campaign, and Meng Yongzhi agreed to return the gifts.
• Meng Chuan met Liu Sanduo and Chen Xuewu practicing by the artificial lake and noticed Chen Xuewu had trained in Iron Cloth.
• Liu Sanduo realized Meng Chuan was close to breaking through to the Second Limit, surprising Chen Xuewu.
• Meng Chuan asked Liu Sanduo to go all out, and Liu Sanduo charged him with a powerful palm strike.
• Meng Chuan grew to nearly three meters tall and surged forward with an explosive upward step.