Chapter Summaries

Liu Ru, possessed by Venom, tried to lure Meng Chuan into a date, while Meng Chuan demonstrated his growing strength in a spar with Chen Xuewu and later trained with Liu Ru. He refused her invitation to go mountain climbing, leaving Venom to consider trying again or killing him by force.

• Liu Ru researched the Mystic Oil of the Western Regions, decided to use her appearance to draw Meng Chuan in, and practiced applying lipstick.
• Meng Chuan defeated Chen Xuewu in three moves during a morning spar, impressing him with his powerful Killing Intent and state of mind.
• At the martial arts school, Liu Ru challenged Meng Chuan, and they exchanged over a hundred moves before she gained a narrow advantage.
• Liu Ru invited Meng Chuan to join the school's mountain-climbing outing, but he declined so he could focus on training.
• Venom decided to try another way to get Meng Chuan to go out with her and considered killing him if he refused again.

Dragon Nine confronted the growing Demon Summoning Hall conspiracy while Zheng Yulan explored the Thousand-Headed Demon’s nest and discovered that its danger was nearing the level of an Ultimate Darkness. She warned that the demon had to be stopped soon, and her message reached a young figure in the Temple of Heaven Holy Land.

• Dragon Nine ordered Xiao Liu to keep interrogating the Huaqing Mountain prisoners, especially General Manager Li, and hinted that the police building’s power outage would provide an opportunity.
• Zheng Yulan sent her spirit form deeper into the Level 4 Demon Nest and encountered the sleeping Thousand-Headed Demon, which had six hundred and forty-nine flood-dragon heads.
• The demon roared, “You are a dragon—then what am I!!!” after Zheng Yulan left, and its roar collapsed the surrounding rocks.
• Zheng Yulan took a precious pill, recovered from her probe, and saw that the nest’s force-field reading had advanced toward Ultimate Darkness.
• Zheng Yulan decided that the Thousand-Headed Demon had to be stopped as soon as possible, and a young figure in the Temple of Heaven Holy Land opened his eyes after she stirred her mind.

Meng Chuan trained his fists and stance, advancing his martial arts skills while reflecting on the threat posed by slumbering Concept-Type Sky Demons. He ended the day by breaking through a major threshold in Human Stance and sensing greater harmony between his body and soul.

• Meng Chuan endured Chen Tie's body-conditioning strikes and saw his Qi Nurturing Armor Skill proficiency rise to nine percent.
• Meng Chuan practiced Luo's Eight Extremes Fist with Killing Intent and reached the Great Accomplishment stage, then raised Sun-Punch to 84 percent.
• Liu Ru called to invite Meng Chuan to dinner, but he declined and warned her to avoid going out at night while the demon nest remained unstable.
• Meng Chuan trained his Grand Unity Three Talents Stance and crossed the 70-percent Human Stance threshold, feeling his body grow lighter.

Meng Chuan applied Esoteric Body Forging Oil and used Chen Tie’s pat-and-strike training to cultivate Duo Mo Iron Arms, gaining the Arm of Stone trait. By May 28th, his increased strength helped him defeat Chen Xuewu, who noticed Meng Chuan’s darkened arms and warned him against overtraining hard martial arts.

• Xue Na delivered Meng Chuan’s insured package, and he revealed that the Esoteric Body Forging Oil had cost 250,000.
• Meng Chuan studied the Duo Mo Iron Arms training video and memorized the pressure points to strike.
• Chen Tie helped Meng Chuan apply the oil through pat-and-strike training, unlocking Duo Mo Iron Arms and the Arm of Stone trait.
• Meng Chuan endured a burning sensation in his arms after training, then continued his martial arts practice over time.
• On May 28th, Meng Chuan used his increased arm strength to flip Chen Xuewu during a spar at Infinite Martial Arts Academy.
• Chen Xuewu noticed Meng Chuan’s dark brown arms and cautioned him not to become too obsessed with hard martial arts.

Meng Chuan improved his vitality and blood, continued learning Sun-Punch, and received instruction and a Clairvoyance Pill from Luo Guanyun. After refining the pill, his eyesight and hearing became extraordinarily sharp.

• Meng Chuan reached the Sixth Stage in vitality and blood and decided to practice Sun-Punch more while continuing the Luo Family Eight Extremities Fist.
• Luo Guanyun taught Meng Chuan to concentrate Killing Intent into a single point, demonstrating how it pierced a wooden post and cracked the wall behind it.
• Luo Guanyun told Meng Chuan he would be stationed at the demon nest each night and gave him a Clairvoyance Pill made with the core of the Heavenly Demon from Tongjia Alley.
• Luo Guanyun helped Meng Chuan absorb the pill, and by morning Meng Chuan could see minute details from afar and hear faint sounds with exceptional clarity.

On his birthday, Meng Chuan improved his Duo Mo Iron Arms and planned a dinner with friends while continuing his training. Venom, disguised as Liu Ru, accepted his invitation and prepared to attack him at Everlasting Fortune Feast.

• Meng Chuan ate Auntie’s birthday noodles and told her he would meet friends for dinner after school.
• Chen Tie recognized that Meng Chuan had advanced Duo Mo Iron Arms to proficiency and praised his talent for hard arts.
• Meng Chuan trained through the afternoon, considered the October interschool competition, and invited Wang Yue, Qin Mengya, and Liu Ru to his birthday dinner.
• Venom heard Meng Chuan’s invitation while disguised as Liu Ru, agreed to meet him, and revealed its monstrous form after the call.
• Meng Chuan and several others gathered in a private room at Everlasting Fortune Feast.

Meng Chuan celebrated his birthday with Liu Ru and his friends, then discovered that Venom had been using Liu Ru to lure him into lowering his guard. He fought the monster by the river and left the battle still raging.

• Zong Ping warned Meng Chuan that seventh-gate fighters from the preparatory classes would compete in the October joint exam for bonus points toward North Union University’s Martial Exam.
• Meng Chuan and Liu Ru walked by the river after the gathering, where Liu Ru tried to take his hand and confessed her feelings.
• Venom revealed itself after Meng Chuan struck Liu Ru, then healed its wound and attacked him with tendrils.
• Meng Chuan fought back with his protective suit, Steel Bone, and martial techniques, but Venom regenerated from his blows.
• Venom shattered nearby streetlights with a high-frequency shriek, and Meng Chuan drove a Killing Intent strike into its chest.

Meng Chuan failed to kill Venom without killing Liu Ru, but Luo Guanyun assured him that she could still be saved if they found her. Nearly a month later, Liu Ru remained missing as Meng Chuan continued training for the joint exam, determined to make the most of his hard-skill advantage.

• Meng Chuan beat Venom until Liu Ru briefly regained clarity, but he held back when Venom threatened that killing it would kill her too, allowing Liu Ru to escape.
• Meng Chuan told Luo Guanyun what had happened, and Luo Guanyun said he could separate Liu Ru and Venom if they found her.
• Nearly a month later, Dragon Nine's citywide search had not found Liu Ru, while Meng Chuan continued cultivating the Qi Nurturing Armor Skill.
• Meng Chuan's hard-skill training inspired Peaceful High School's martial arts students, and Chen Tie celebrated breaking through the eighth qi-and-blood threshold.
• After practicing with Luo Guanyun, Meng Chuan accepted that he would not reach the seventh threshold before the joint exam.

Meng Chuan witnessed a powerful clash at the demon nest, where Sui Chunqiu and others fought the Thousand-Headed Devil Master as a crisis spread into Yong'an. He joined his uncle Meng Yongzhi at the police station to assist with the citywide Demon Suppression operation, learning that only Lower Sky Demons had infiltrated the city.

• Meng Chuan practiced the Sun-Punch, then received Luo Guanyun's warning to stay home as trouble brewed at the demon nest.
• A blinding wave of light swept over the city while the Thousand-Headed Devil Master battled Golden Dragon, Sui Chunqiu, and Zheng Yulan outside it.
• Dragon Nine ordered the police to launch Operation Demon Suppression after Lower Sky Demons infiltrated the city and demonic-path attackers began killing and setting fires.
• Meng Yongzhi prepared to report to the police station, and Meng Chuan insisted on going with him despite Xue Na's concern.
• At the police station, Dragon Nine told Meng Chuan that no Middle Sky Demons had escaped the barrier and only Lower Sky Demons were loose in the city.

Meng Chuan joined Captain Li Zhun’s squad for a mission to stop Demon Summoning Hall cultists from completing a ritual at a chemical plant. After the team reached the plant and prepared to move, Meng Chuan traded banter with Old Wu while they waited in the shadows.

• Dragon Nine assigned Meng Chuan to Li Zhun’s squad and warned him to stay alert for infiltrators and concealed powerhouses.
• Li Zhun briefed Meng Chuan on communication gear, learned that he could fight seventh-gate enemies and crush those below the sixth gate, and assigned him to breach the plant with support from three teammates.
• Li Zhun explained that the cultists occupied the chemical plant, where a Martial Artist-level vice priest and thirteen Demonic Path Martial Artists were preparing a ritual, and assigned the squad to stop them and prevent an explosion.
• The squad reached the plant, where Meng Chuan chose an alloy throwing dart and an electric baton before taking cover with the others.
• Old Wu asked whether Meng Chuan was scared, and Meng Chuan teased him for being only at the fourth gate.

Meng Chuan’s team entered the chemical plant while Venom regained control of Liu Ru and Luo Guanyun fought in the demon nest. The chapter left Meng Chuan’s team advancing through thick smoke, with demonic energy nearby and the enemy still unaware of their movements.

• Venom overwhelmed Liu Ru’s consciousness and took control of her body again.
• Luo Guanyun killed a giant monster in the demon nest and recovered its Heart of Corrosion.
• Meng Yongzhi spotted Meng Chuan among the team approaching the chemical plant and worried for his safety.
• Li Zhun and Zhang Yunpu moved toward the rooftop while Meng Chuan and the others searched for the control room.
• Meng Chuan sensed faint demonic energy in the factory but chose not to break through it and reveal the team’s position.
• The team pressed deeper through dense smoke as Meng Chuan used the Qi Nurturing Armor Skill to expel it from his body.

Meng Chuan went alone to confront a suspected Lower Sky Demon in the chemical plant, where he killed a black-robed attacker. An unseen presence then targeted him through his protective suit, leaving him facing a threat like the one in Tongjia Alley.

• Xu Qi's team found the control room in disarray, and Meng Chuan persuaded them to avoid a passage where he sensed no living creatures.
• Xu Qi's miniature detector warned that a Level Five or Six Lower Sky Demon was nearby, and Meng Chuan volunteered to confront it alone.
• Dragon Nine and a lanky man watched from outside the chemical plant and discussed Candle Dragon Lord, Zhou Sheng, and protecting Luo Guanyun's beloved disciple.
• Meng Chuan activated Steel Bone and entered the rubble-strewn area, where a black-robed man ambushed him with a long blade.
• Meng Chuan dodged the attack, broke the man's wrist, and killed him by sending the fallen blade into his chest.
• An unseen force began probing Meng Chuan's protective suit, and he rolled aside to evade it.

Meng Chuan and the team fought Heavenly Demons and Demon Summoning Hall attackers at the chemical plant, earning him at least 100 merit points. After Old Wu shot down one of the armed enemies, Meng Chuan activated his Armor Plating Skill and charged toward the gunmen as Xu Qi and the others moved to support him.

• Meng Chuan sensed and subdued an invisible void-type Heavenly Demon, then helped defeat a Serpent Thrall that Xu Qi said should be kept alive for research.
• Xu Qi explained that the three enemies Meng Chuan had taken down earned him at least 100 merit points, which could be exchanged for resources in the police department's Honor Armory.
• The team continued into the plant's administrative area, where black-robed attackers ambushed them and Meng Chuan used one as a shield when gunmen opened fire.
• Old Wu shot one gunman in the forehead, giving Meng Chuan and the others a chance to respond.
• Meng Chuan activated his Armor Plating Skill and charged at the gunmen as Xu Qi, Old Wu, and Little Wang provided support.

Meng Chuan and his team fought Demon Summoning Hall attackers near a cache of explosives, facing a mage and a deadly Shadow Demon. Meng Chuan subdued the Shadow Demon with his martial arts and Killing Intent, though it continued to struggle.

• Meng Chuan dodged the mage’s fireballs, charged the gunmen, and blocked their bullets with his Steel Bone-enhanced palm and hard martial arts.
• Meng Chuan and Xu Qi subdued two enemies while the black-robed mage launched another attack.
• Meng Chuan sensed a Shadow Demon near the explosives and evaded its corrosive strike before it vanished into the shadows.
• The Shadow Demon attacked from Meng Chuan’s shadow, but he used his senses to anticipate its next strike and punched through it with Heavy Cannon Fist.
• Meng Chuan held the Shadow Demon down and flooded its mind with Killing Intent until it faltered, then drove a concentrated blow into its skull, though it kept struggling.

Meng Chuan fought off the Shadow Demon, then faced Venom’s ambush while trying to save Liu Ru. He pretended to accept Venom’s offer and seized a chance to probe for its parasitic root, but Venom struck back with a spiritual toxin.

• Meng Chuan battered the Shadow Demon until it weakened and exposed its Sky Demon Core, but Venom ambushed him from behind before he could take it.
• Old Wu’s shot and Xu Qi’s warning helped Meng Chuan escape Venom’s corrosive attacks into an electrical room, where he fought back with his martial techniques.
• Meng Chuan stopped attacking when Venom threatened to kill Liu Ru, then heard Venom offer to attach itself to his hand in exchange for emotions after his victories.
• Meng Chuan pretended to agree and extended his left hand, then suddenly punched through Venom’s chest and found an eerie root inside it.
• Venom sent spiritual toxin from its crimson tentacles up Meng Chuan’s left arm toward his brain.

Meng Chuan killed Venom and Liu Ru to stop the parasitic invasion, then awakened the Nirvana Rainbow Transformation trait and recovered from his injuries. After waking in the hospital, he mourned Liu Ru and began reviewing the battle.

• Venom invaded Meng Chuan's mind, but Meng Chuan used his last strength to destroy Venom's core and Liu Ru's spirit platform.
• Meng Chuan's Nirvana Rainbow Transformation trait awakened, healing his body as he fell unconscious.
• Dragon Nine praised the Tip of the Knife Squad's operation, while doctors found Meng Chuan's body free of injuries despite his exhausted nerves.
• Meng Chuan woke in the hospital, discovered his new trait, and learned that Liu Ru had died.
• Meng Chuan accepted Liu Ru's death and said he would see farther places in her stead.
• The next day, Meng Chuan reviewed his first full battle while resting from martial arts practice.

After surviving the battle at the chemical plant, Meng Chuan assessed his new Nirvana Rainbow Transformation trait and planned to strengthen his defenses and martial arts. Meanwhile, Zhou Yun noticed the Thousand-Headed Flood Dragon Demon’s true spirit was missing a trace of its spirituality, and Priest Fan began investigating the failed attack.

• Meng Chuan reviewed his fight with Venom, regretted having no defense against mental attacks, and examined the newly awakened Nirvana Rainbow Transformation trait and its functions.
• Meng Chuan planned to ask Teacher Luo about mental-defense techniques, test whether Rainbow Light could aid hard-body training, and devote more time to cultivating hard qigong.
• Inside the demon nest, Zhou Yun extracted the Thousand-Headed Flood Dragon Demon’s true spirit but noticed that a trace of its spirituality was missing.
• Priest Fan learned that the chemical plant attack had failed, the Shadow Demon and his subordinates were dead, and the Tip of the Knife Squad had survived; he sent a message demanding the real reason for the failure.

Priest Fan added Meng Chuan to the Demon Summoning Hall's elimination list, while the Thousand-Headed Sacred One ordered him to gather Spirit Nourishing Objects and blood food. After honoring Sister Ru, Meng Chuan received his merit rewards and explored the Police Honor Armory, where he began choosing supplies and medicines.

• Priest Fan learned that Meng Chuan had killed the Shadow Demon and placed him on the Demon Summoning Hall's internal elimination list.
• The Thousand-Headed Sacred One entered Priest Fan's mind and demanded Spirit Nourishing Objects and blood food.
• Fang Jianxing learned that Meng Chuan had killed Venom and anticipated meeting him again soon.
• Meng Chuan burned Sister Ru's martial arts uniform at her grave and vowed to avenge her.
• Dragon Nine told Meng Chuan he had earned 270 Merit Points, offered to buy the Shadow Demon core, and gave him a 200,000 action subsidy.
• Meng Chuan used the Police Honor Armory to buy medicinal ingredients and Golden Muscle Jade Dew, then browsed its medicines and techniques.

Meng Chuan spent his remaining Merit Points on body-tempering plasters and resolved to prepare for the October joint exam. Meanwhile, Dragon Nine considered the police department’s next operations, and Meng Chuan began studying Wudang’s Dragon Meditation secret art with Luo Guanyun.

• Meng Chuan exchanged his remaining Merit Points for medicinal plasters and decided to train hard for the Twenty-Four School Joint Exam.
• Dragon Nine learned that the Artificial Demon Serpent’s mutated heart differed from the Parasitic Assembly’s demon seeds, then summoned Wang Xuan to discuss future demon-slaying operations.
• Luo Guanyun asked Zhao Shousui for a mental-protection technique, and Zhao sent him Wudang’s secret Dragon Meditation art.
• Meng Chuan and Luo Guanyun watched Zhang Xian’s instructional video and learned that Dragon Meditation could defend the mind and, at its highest level, improve perception and comprehension.

Meng Chuan trained his mental cultivation, boxing, and body while discovering that his rainbow light trait could regenerate his damaged cells when nourished. After Principal Zong summoned him, he learned that the arrangements for the Twenty-Four School Joint Exam had been finalized.

• Meng Chuan tried Dragon Meditation but could only practice for half an hour, while Luo Guanyun successfully got started and encouraged him to focus on his martial path.
• Meng Chuan trained with Luo Guanyun and raised Luo Family Eight Extremities from Mastery (19%) to (39%), prompting Luo Guanyun to suspect he possessed an unknown powerful trait.
• Meng Chuan returned to school and underwent extended strike conditioning with Chen Tie, triggering Nirvana Rainbow Transformation to heal his damaged cells.
• Meng Chuan found that the rainbow light needed nutritional substances to form and ate Medicated Diet Paste to help nurture it.
• After practicing boxing, Meng Chuan met Principal Zong, who told him the arrangements for the annual Twenty-Four School Joint Exam had been finalized.