Chapter Summaries

Meng Chuan met Principal Yang, received guidance and a powerful Image Stone for protection on his travels. He then sought instruction from Chen Qiushui, who began teaching him how to perceive and use a Grandmaster’s Martial Domain.

• An Jing left Meng Chuan waiting in Principal Yang’s office, privately reflecting on her transfer to an administrative post.
• Yang Huan gave Meng Chuan the welcoming replies from Wudang and Shaolin, warned him about Shaolin’s efforts to win him over, and answered his cultivation questions.
• Yang Huan gave Meng Chuan a high-quality Image Stone containing three of his full-power attacks as protection for his travels.
• After missing Chen Qiushui’s Martial Principles Class, Meng Chuan went to her office, where she praised his breakthrough to the Second Limit and began instructing him in Martial Domain.
• Chen Qiushui demonstrated her Sparrow-Form Aura, and Meng Chuan asked her to show it again so he could study it carefully.

Meng Chuan learned how Martial Domain worked from Chen Qiushui and began practicing how to combine it with his Fist Force. After receiving further guidance from Qi Daoren, he trained the Five Elements and Bajiquan domains on Mount Li.

• Chen Qiushui explained Martial Domain and guided Meng Chuan as he compressed his aura field and combined it with his fire-element Fist Force.
• Meng Chuan’s Prairie Fire Domain erupted into a thirty-meter wave of flame, which Chen Qiushui’s Azure Bird absorbed.
• Meng Chuan considered how Martial Domain could strengthen attacks and suppress opponents, and Chen Qiushui confirmed his understanding and described later stages of development.
• Qi Daoren warned Meng Chuan to master each attribute separately before attempting to fuse different domains, and stressed the importance of cultivating his Will of Martial Arts.
• Meng Chuan practiced the Five Elements and Bajiquan domains on Mount Li, using One Proof, Eternal Proof to improve his control.

Meng Chuan mastered the Five Elements Fist Forces and gained a Sudden Enlightenment that greatly improved his Quaking River Eight Extremities. After buying cultivation pills and preparing to travel to Wudang, he considered how to cultivate Principal Sui’s Boiling Flames secret technique.

• Meng Chuan mastered the advanced Five Elements Fist Forces, tried and failed to fuse two of them, then practiced Quaking River Eight Extremities.
• Meng Chuan entered Sudden Enlightenment, realized the Eight Extremities Martial Domain was based on ferocity and dominance, and advanced the technique to Mastery.
• Meng Chuan woke refreshed, planned his journey to Wudang, and spent most of his credits buying thirty-six Vein Nourishing Spirit Pills.
• Meng Chuan examined the embryonic Golden Crow mark of Principal Sui’s Boiling Flames secret technique and asked Principal Sui about how to cultivate it.

Meng Chuan learned the Boiling Flames secret art from the Little Golden Crow and reached its first level. In Fucheng, Governor Lu Ang faced pressure from Commander Qin to issue a mission before the demonic faction behind Godstrike Martial Arts Hall noticed the investigation.

• Meng Chuan swallowed the Little Golden Crow in his Sea of Consciousness and received its demonstration and teachings about Boiling Flames.
• Meng Chuan practiced the secret art until his inner breath grew warm and his panel recorded Boiling Flames at First Level (1%).
• Meng Chuan observed how secret arts could gradually mutate the body and its inner breath, then looked forward to learning Principal Sui’s divine art after reaching grandmaster.
• Commander Qin asked Governor Lu Ang when he would issue the mission concerning Godstrike Martial Arts Hall and the affected public, warning that further delay could alert the demonic faction.

Lu Ang arranged for Meng Chuan to be entered into the National Talent Database, and Meng Chuan proved his strength in a spar with Lu Zhuxiao. The chapter ended with Meng Chuan meeting Lu Ang, who congratulated him and explained the database.

• Lu Ang told Commander Qin that Meng Chuan's information had been entered into the National Talent Database, and Commander Qin resolved to look after him.
• At Mount Li, Meng Chuan sparred with Lu Zhuxiao and overwhelmed him with his Martial Domain and Bajiquan.
• After the spar, Meng Chuan shared stance-training advice with Lu Zhuxiao and hoped he would reach the Third Limit.
• Lu Ang called Meng Chuan to congratulate him on entering the National Talent Database.
• Meng Chuan met Lu Ang at a private club in Yong'an and listened as Lu Ang explained the database.

Meng Chuan learned that he had been admitted to the National Talent Database and received an explanation of its benefits, obligations, and mission system. He opened a national mission and was startled by what he read.

• Lu Ang told Meng Chuan that he had passed the National Talent Database assessment and that the review process was complete.
• Lu Ang explained that Meng Chuan could earn Special Merit Points through missions and would receive a monthly subsidy of twenty points while he remained a national talent.
• Lu Ang told Meng Chuan that database members could attend one Great Sage lecture each year, and Meng Chuan saw that Zhou Yun would expound the Dao at Mount Taihang on May 1.
• Lu Ang introduced the Human Realm and Demon Nest sections of the National Task System and explained the kinds of missions they contained.
• Meng Chuan opened a mission, read its details, and felt his pupils contract in surprise.

Meng Chuan reviewed National Tasks with Lu Ang and accepted a mission to eliminate Pei Shan, the Demon Summoning Hall’s Fucheng leader, partly to earn a Hundred-Year Snow Lotus for his Master. He also accepted an investigation task linked to Pei Shan and prepared to work with Zheng Chengcheng and Chen Xuan, with seven days to cultivate before the operation.

• Lu Ang explained how the National Task System assigned missions and pointed Meng Chuan toward a task in Fucheng.
• Meng Chuan accepted the mission to deal with Pei Shan, hoping to earn two hundred Special Merit Points and buy a Hundred-Year Snow Lotus for his Master.
• Meng Chuan accepted the Fucheng police investigation into the Starflight Martial Hall master’s disappearance, recognizing Pei Shan as the likely culprit.
• The system assigned Zheng Chengcheng and Chen Xuan as Meng Chuan’s teammates and identified Pei Shan as a veteran Second Limit expert.
• Meng Chuan assessed the risks, noted his Image Stone for protection, and began cultivating with seven days remaining before the task.

Meng Chuan trained before his planned departure and completed a major breakthrough in Azure Nether Dragon-Locking Body, transforming his physique and improving his internal defenses. He prepared to continue training and planned to break through Shaolin Iron Crotch Skill before seeking Daoist groin arts in Wudang.

• Xu Qingfeng invited Meng Chuan to join him and Chu Yanhu in a low-level Demon Nest, but Meng Chuan declined because he had a National Task with Two Swords to complete before traveling.
• Meng Chuan practiced Brahma's Prison Suppression and his hard arts, bringing Azure Nether Dragon-Locking Body to Perfection after months of training.
• Meng Chuan's perfected Locking Dragon Body strengthened his organs, joints, and bones, and his physique transformed into a top-tier natural physique.
• Meng Chuan saw that Shaolin Iron Crotch Skill had reached Perfection at 79% and planned to break its limit before seeking Daoist groin skills in Wudang.

Meng Chuan continued training his Five Elements techniques and tested his strength against veteran Second Limit instructors, then learned how great the gap was between him and a Third Limit grandmaster. After considering how secret arts might help him create new techniques, he entered the Imaginary World again when the Tiger Form mark stirred, where the tiger appeared ready to have him practice fist arts.

• Meng Chuan trained the Earth Bearing Four Aspects Fist and Creation-Destruction Entangling Silk Hand to prepare for eventually upgrading the Five Elements Universe Art.
• Meng Chuan overwhelmed three veteran Second Limit fist-art instructors, then learned that Dong Yue could still defeat him with the power of a Third Limit grandmaster.
• Meng Chuan resumed daily cultivation and saw that his Dragon Meditation had reached 85% of its final layer.
• Meng Chuan speculated that perfected secret arts might be integrated with ordinary martial arts to help create divine arts or ultimate techniques.
• When the Tiger Form mark flickered, Meng Chuan entered the Imaginary World and found the massive tiger waiting, apparently signaling him to practice fist arts.

Meng Chuan endured the dead tiger’s guidance in the Imaginary World, but failed to master the Tiger Form Fist before the tiger sent him away. He awoke unharmed and discovered he had gained the first layer of a new secret art, which he decided to study later.

• The dead tiger forced Meng Chuan to repeat the Fierce Tiger Fist and shaped his posture with Force-Energy, putting his meridians and bones under immense strain.
• The tiger urged Meng Chuan to move faster, then blasted him apart with a roar when he reached his limit.
• Meng Chuan awoke without lasting damage and found that the Tiger Form Mark and the dead tiger had disappeared.
• Meng Chuan discovered that Searching Mountains and Forests: First Layer (1%) had appeared in his secret arts panel.
• Meng Chuan tried practicing the new art, found it painful and confusing, and decided to study it after he could cultivate the Image Form Fist Art.

Meng Chuan trained with Qi Daoren and learned that Xu Qingfeng had begun studying Taiji under him. He then discussed his planned Wudang studies with Zhao Shousui, who explained that access to True Martial arts depended on Wudang’s headmaster; meanwhile, Headmaster Chen Tuan waited in the Dabie Mountains for an old friend.

• Meng Chuan arrived at Qi Daoren’s home and watched Xu Qingfeng practice the Formless Intent-Fixing Hand.
• Qi Daoren invited Meng Chuan to learn the Taiji fist art, but Meng Chuan declined so he could focus on his current training.
• Meng Chuan called Zhao Shousui and said he hoped to visit Wudang’s ancient sites, pay respects to Ancestor Sanfeng, and learn True Martial Body Hardening.
• Zhao Shousui told Meng Chuan that only Headmaster Chen could approve access to True Martial arts and privately considered whether Meng Chuan might qualify for a Tortoise-Snake art.
• Headmaster Chen Tuan waited in the southern foothills of the Dabie Mountains to meet an old friend.

Sui Chunqiu asked Chen Tuan to support Meng Chuan’s studies at Wudang, and Chen Tuan agreed to let Meng Chuan pursue its teachings if he passed the Patriarch’s test. The day before the National Task, Meng Chuan met his teammates Chen Xuan and Zheng Chengcheng and learned how nominees are introduced to Temples and Demon Contamination.

• Sui Chunqiu met Chen Tuan after his breakthrough and asked him to teach Meng Chuan at Wudang without reservation.
• Chen Tuan agreed that Meng Chuan could learn the Technique of the Turtle and Snake Generals if he passed the Patriarch’s test, while leaving the True Martial inheritance to a later decision.
• On March 3rd, Chen Xuan and Zheng Chengcheng joined Meng Chuan at his villa before the National Task.
• Meng Chuan and Zheng Chengcheng discussed the Second Limit, and Meng Chuan thanked them for helping him with the National Talent Database information.
• Chen Xuan and Zheng Chengcheng explained that the state guides National Talent Database nominees toward discovering a Temple or learning about Demon Contamination.

Meng Chuan agreed to spar with Chen Xuan and Zheng Chengcheng to decide who would lead their mission, then challenged them to fight him together. He brought them to the back mountain, where Xu Qingfeng secretly watched as the three prepared to begin.

• Chen Xuan challenged Meng Chuan to spar and settle the mission’s captaincy, while Zheng Chengcheng argued that he should fight first.
• Meng Chuan interrupted their argument and invited both men to attack him at once, then overwhelmed them with the pressure of his aura.
• Meng Chuan led Chen Xuan and Zheng Chengcheng to an open area in the back mountain, where Xu Qingfeng followed and watched from a tree.
• Chen Xuan and Zheng Chengcheng took positions around Meng Chuan, preparing to fight him together.

Meng Chuan faced Zheng Chengcheng and Chen Xuan at once, testing his skills without entering his unleashed state. As Chen Xuan joined Zheng Chengcheng’s attack, Meng Chuan met Zheng’s tiger-force strike head-on.

• Xu Qingfeng recorded Meng Chuan preparing to fight Zheng Chengcheng and Chen Xuan.
• Chen Xuan introduced himself as Bai Zhifeng’s disciple, then drew Inverted Suspension as Meng Chuan invited both fighters to attack.
• Zheng Chengcheng revealed his Dragon Form and Tiger Form Martial Domains, and Meng Chuan dodged his combined assault with Divine Travel Hundred Transformations.
• Meng Chuan closed in on Zheng Chengcheng, but Chen Xuan sheathed his sword and attacked Meng Chuan’s supporting leg with Phoenix Form Fist.
• Zheng Chengcheng countered with Fierce Tiger Howling Sky Hammer, and Meng Chuan answered with an upward punch, forcing a head-on clash.

Meng Chuan fought Zheng Chengcheng and Chen Xuan in succession, overwhelming both with superior strength and technique. Chen Xuan narrowly escaped Meng Chuan’s enormous River Lock Hand as the fight continued.

• Meng Chuan twisted Zheng Chengcheng’s arm in their clash, forcing Zheng to withdraw after admitting defeat.
• Chen Xuan attacked Meng Chuan with the Phoenix Plume Swift Goose Fist’s Fire Dance Whirlwind.
• Meng Chuan used Sunken Ship Lean to bend Chen Xuan’s sword force and knock his sword from his hand.
• Chen Xuan followed with a Phoenix Eye Tipped Fist, but Meng Chuan deflected it and seized at his crown with River Lock Hand.
• Meng Chuan enlarged his palm into a crushing blow, and Chen Xuan barely evaded it by curling backward like a phoenix.

Meng Chuan defeated Chen Xuan and Zheng Chengcheng, then planned a mission to seize the Ancestor Lü Statue Source from Pei Shan’s Godstrike Martial Arts Hall. As the police prepared to surround the hall, Pei Shan continued cultivating children as future sacrifices while hoping to enter the Divine Kingdom.

• Meng Chuan crushed the air with his River Lock Hand, then sent Chen Xuan flying with an elbow, ending the spar with Chen Xuan and Zheng Chengcheng.
• Xu Qingfeng recorded the fight and uploaded it to the campus forum, while Chen Xuan apologized and the three made peace.
• Meng Chuan planned to confront Pei Shan himself while Chen Xuan and Zheng Chengcheng searched the hall for the Ancestor Lü Statue Source.
• Meng Chuan instructed the Fu City police chief to surround Godstrike Martial Arts Hall and prevent demonic path members from escaping.
• Pei Shan watched children perform at the hall’s examination and secretly regarded them as spiritual-power-fed sacrifices he would kill later.

Meng Chuan infiltrated Pei Shan’s martial arts demonstration and discovered that Pei Shan was dangerously forcing children’s spirits to grow. After waiting for an opening, Meng Chuan launched a sudden attack, leaving Pei Shan facing his enormous fist.

• Meng Chuan watched the children and sensed that Pei Shan’s demonic method had unnaturally elevated their spirits, putting them at risk of losing their minds or souls.
• Meng Chuan secretly assessed Pei Shan but could not penetrate the sinister force concealing his strength.
• When Pei Shan called for a servant to refill his empty cup, Meng Chuan gathered his strength and prepared to strike.
• Meng Chuan released his compressed body, expanded to more than four meters tall, and surged toward Pei Shan with Broken Cable Elbow and Rudder Swing Fist.
• Pei Shan saw Meng Chuan bearing down on him and felt his heart begin to fail from terror.

Meng Chuan launched a surprise attack on Pei Shan and overcame the demonic-path leader’s artifacts and hidden techniques. He crushed Pei Shan’s upper body and sent his corpse through the martial arts hall walls, then checked the body while the Fu City police secured the scene.

• Meng Chuan struck Pei Shan before he could transform, breaking the barrier created by his Buddhist beads.
• Pei Shan counterattacked with demonic qi and concealed a deadly needle behind a flying teacup, but Meng Chuan dodged by retracting his head into his torso.
• Meng Chuan overwhelmed Pei Shan with a Sea Probe Palm and crushed his head, shoulders, and chest.
• Meng Chuan launched Pei Shan’s corpse through the training ground and outer wall, where it lodged in the building’s reinforced wall.
• Fu City police rushed in to secure the scene as Meng Chuan inspected Pei Shan’s corpse to make sure it would not rise again.

Meng Chuan searched Pei Shan’s body and helped the police secure the martial arts hall while looking for his teammates. Meanwhile, Chen Xuan and Zheng Chengcheng found the Ancestor Lü Statue, but an invisible force struck Chen Xuan before they could leave.

• Meng Chuan confirmed Pei Shan’s death, took the crystal ball from his hand, and found a small book but no Ancestor Lü Statue on his body.
• Meng Chuan helped the local police chief subdue the remaining Demonic Path Martial Artists and worried that Two Swords had not returned.
• Chen Xuan and Zheng Chengcheng found the Ancestor Lü Statue in the hall master’s office and identified it as the lost statue described in their task.
• As Chen Xuan and Zheng Chengcheng left to find Meng Chuan, an invisible force plunged into Chen Xuan’s glabella and made his body convulse.

Zheng Chengcheng discovered that a Concept-Type Sky Demon had possessed Chen Xuan and fled as the demon attacked him. Meng Chuan arrived in time to intervene, and the chapter ended with him fighting the possessed Chen Xuan inside the shattered Godstrike Martial Arts Hall.

• Zheng Chengcheng interrupted Chen Xuan's absorption of incense power but saw a Concept-Type Sky Demon take control of him and manifest eight crimson arms.
• The possessed Chen Xuan unleashed a powerful sword strike, and Zheng Chengcheng fled while trying to avoid killing Chen Xuan.
• The demon pursued Zheng Chengcheng with its flying sword, nearly forcing him to use his grandmother's trump card.
• Meng Chuan arrived in his ten-meter-tall Final Liberation form and stopped the sword attack with his hand.
• Meng Chuan struck the possessed Chen Xuan with Bridgehead Moon, then fought him and his flying sword as their clash wrecked the martial arts hall.