Chapter Summaries

Meng Chuan eliminated Zheng Zhenzhen and tried to attack another candidate before heading to the final battle. He reunited with Chen Xuewu and joined his group on the way to the mountaintop.

• Meng Chuan pressed his attack on Zheng Zhenzhen until Bai Junfeng announced her elimination, and she left the mountain.
• The loudspeakers announced that all seven Dao Beacons had been claimed and ordered their holders to gather at the mountaintop within an hour.
• Meng Chuan followed a locator toward a distant mountainside but abandoned his attempt to attack Zhao Jian after a staff member cited the rules.
• Chen Xuewu claimed a Dao Beacon after defeating a giant-toad Heavenly Demon in an abandoned Daoist temple.
• Meng Chuan and Qi Fei caught up with Chen Xuewu and his companions, and Chen introduced Meng Chuan as his powerful friend.
• The five candidates headed up the mountain together.

Meng Chuan reached the summit with Chen Xuewu and Qi Fei, where the final battle against the remaining Seventh-Gate contestants was about to begin. Qi Fei surrendered, while Meng Chuan and Chen Xuewu entered the arena as Yin Tianshou rose to address the contestants.

• Meng Chuan dismissed the idea that he had already secured the championship and warned Chen Xuewu that Xu Qingfeng was a formidable opponent.
• Chen Xuewu fought off students blocking their route while Meng Chuan bowed at King Xiang's mausoleum, and Wang Hao and another companion escorted the group as far as the summit's Dao Beacon checkpoint.
• Meng Chuan told Qi Fei to surrender rather than risk injury, then spotted the eliminated Meng Jiaolong and Zheng Zhenzhen watching from the judges' seats under Luo Meng's supervision.
• The contestants rested before Bai Junfeng called Xu Qingfeng, who had been sleeping under a blanket, to the arena; Meng Jiaolong and Zheng Zhenzhen discussed his strength.
• Qi Fei surrendered and joined the spectators, while Meng Chuan and Chen Xuewu entered the arena and Yin Tianshou rose from the judges' seats.

Meng Chuan and the other finalists began a shrinking-ring arena match surrounded by Revered Lord Yin’s flames. After Xu Qingfeng proposed that they eliminate Yan Hua’s contestants first, Meng Chuan attacked Zhao Jian instead, and their clash left the match underway.

• Bai Junfeng explained that contestants would be eliminated if they touched down outside Revered Lord Yin’s shrinking ring of fire.
• Meng Chuan assessed the other finalists and asked Chen Xuewu to help hold off the others if they all attacked him.
• Xu Qingfeng proposed that he and Meng Chuan eliminate Yan Hua’s two contestants, then charged at them.
• Meng Chuan agreed aloud but rushed Zhao Jian, forcing him to evade and counter with the Coiling Serpent Sky-Piercing Fist.
• Meng Chuan dispersed Zhao Jian’s attack with rapid close-range punches and followed up with a flurry of Hundred Striking Fists.

Meng Chuan and Xu Qingfeng eliminated their opponents to reach the final two in the shrinking ring of fire. As they prepared to fight, Meng Chuan revealed a dramatic bodily transformation, and Xu Qingfeng launched the first attack.

• Meng Chuan forced Zhao Jian to the edge, then countered his Serpent Entangling Shadow Fist and hurled him from the ring, securing Zhao Jian third place.
• Xu Qingfeng overwhelmed Chen Xuewu, Yan Hua, and the remaining opponent with his Eight Trigrams Palm and eliminated them, leaving only himself and Meng Chuan.
• The chapter recounted how Chen Xuanfeng created Xingyi Eight Trigrams Chain Palm and established Xu Qingfeng as its seventh-generation inheritor.
• Xu Qingfeng and Meng Chuan faced off as the ring of fire shrank; Meng Chuan transformed, and Xu Qingfeng struck his chest before Meng Chuan counterattacked with Eight Extremities Fist.

Meng Chuan defeated Xu Qingfeng after revealing a life-type Trait that restored his stamina and let him intensify his attack. The judges identified the Trait as a form of self-repair and regeneration, while Luo Meng was surprised by its power.

• Meng Chuan used Killing Intent and close-range attacks against Xu Qingfeng, who countered with Cloud Intent and the Bagua Returning Wind Force.
• As the ring of fire shrank, Xu Qingfeng gained the advantage in the battle of attrition and believed he would win.
• Meng Chuan revealed his second phase, using Rainbow Light Body to restore his strength and launch an even faster offensive.
• Meng Chuan broke Xu Qingfeng's right arm with a powerful punch, and Luo Meng pulled Xu Qingfeng away to prevent further injury, confirming Meng Chuan's victory.
• Yin Tianshou identified Meng Chuan's ability as a new life-type Trait linked to self-repair and regeneration, and Luo Meng was astonished by its strength.

Meng Chuan won the Xiang King's Tomb summit showdown, earning respect from the prep-school geniuses and drawing interest from both North Union University and Yan Hua. As the competitors celebrated and exchanged contact information, Meng Chuan considered whether to explore Image Form Fist Arts after completing the Human Stance.

• Luo Meng examined Xu Qingfeng's fractured arm, and Xu Qingfeng conceded the match to Meng Chuan.
• The competitors praised Meng Chuan's victory, and he said he planned to apply to North Union University's Grandmaster Class.
• Zheng Zhenzhen urged Meng Chuan to consider Yan Hua Martial Arts University, prompting him to ponder learning Image Form Fist Arts after completing the Human Stance.
• Two Yan Hua students admitted the competition had broadened their horizons, while the group exchanged contact information with Meng Chuan.
• Xu Qingfeng teased Zheng Zhenzhen about her great-grandmother, and she pounced on him before the others pulled them apart.

Meng Chuan collected his tournament rewards and sold his Hanhai gift boxes to Zheng Zhenzhen, while worrying that his growing martial arts expenses would quickly consume his money. After the ceremony, he met Principal Yin Tianshou and Luo Meng, who invited him to visit Yong'an Martial Arts University and encouraged him to keep training in hard martial arts.

• Bai Junfeng announced Meng Chuan's first-place rewards, including a million yuan, exam bonus points, and five Hanhai Platinum Enlightenment Supplement Gift Boxes.
• Meng Chuan refused Qi Fei's offer to give him his prize money, then sold his gift boxes to Zheng Zhenzhen for 1.5 million yuan.
• Meng Chuan calculated that future body-tempering supplies and training would make his 2.6 million yuan insufficient.
• Bai Junfeng introduced Meng Chuan to Principal Yin Tianshou and Luo Meng, who was his master's daughter.
• Yin Tianshou invited Meng Chuan to visit Yong'an Martial Arts University and advised him to persist with hard martial arts and cultivate both internally and externally.

Luo Meng warned Meng Chuan that the Primordial Spirit Thunder Seed Technique was an incomplete art with an ultimate technique’s impossible-to-master potential, but he remained determined to honor his promise to Teacher Luo. As Meng Chuan descended Xiangwang Tomb Mountain, Principal Zong was already arranging a banner celebrating his expected championship.

• Yin Tianshou flew away, deciding he would get closer to Meng Chuan when they met again in the future.
• Luo Meng told Meng Chuan that she had crippled her Three Powers Stance cultivation to practice Image Form Fist, then urged him not to learn Teacher Luo’s Primordial Spirit Thunder Seed Technique.
• Luo Meng explained that Principal Sui believed the Thunder Arts could devour their practitioners and had an ultimate technique’s upper limit, beyond anyone’s ability to complete.
• Meng Chuan resolved to keep his promise to Teacher Luo and wondered whether he could eventually improve the Thunder Arts before time ran out.
• Principal Zong told Director Wang to prepare a large celebratory banner for Meng Chuan’s expected joint-exam championship as Meng Chuan approached.

Meng Chuan returned from the competition and accepted Principal Zong’s offer to use part of the school’s prize money to support his growth. At North Union University, Yang Huan discussed the team’s shortcomings and took an interest in Meng Chuan’s unexpected championship.

• Principal Zong celebrated Meng Chuan’s victory and offered Peaceful High School’s share of the education funds for a blood vitality testing device and Meng Chuan’s development.
• Meng Chuan initially refused the remaining funds, but accepted after Principal Zong explained that investing in him would benefit the school.
• North Union University’s injured students received treatment, and An Jing reported the competition results to Yang Huan.
• Yang Huan told An Jing to address the students’ lack of collective responsibility and to handle Xu Qingfeng and Lin Yue with care.
• Yang Huan praised Meng Chuan’s strength and judgment after watching recordings of the competition.

After Meng Chuan won the competition, Luo Guanyun reviewed his training and gave him a villa so his family could live somewhere safer. The chapter ended with Luo Guanyun smoking alone, aware that Meng Chuan and Luo Meng had met.

• Yang Huan praised Meng Chuan’s character and reviewed a notice launching a national martial arts competition.
• Meng Chuan met Luo Guanyun, and they discussed his competition performance and his progress in the Luo Family Eight Extremities.
• Luo Guanyun planned to teach Meng Chuan the Five Elements Universe Fist once his fist art was complete, and told him to study water- and earth-element fist arts.
• Luo Guanyun gave Meng Chuan the deed and key to a villa near his home so Meng Chuan could move his family to a safer place.
• Meng Chuan insisted the villa count as a loan, while keeping Luo Meng’s warning about the Primordial Spirit Thunder Seed Technique to himself.
• After Meng Chuan left, Luo Guanyun realized that Meng Chuan and Luo Meng had met that day.

Meng Chuan celebrated his success in the joint exam with his family and Peaceful High School, while Luo Guanyun decided not to push him toward the Thunder Arts. After Meng Chuan’s school speech, he headed to the Martial Arts Training Ground to continue training with his teachers.

• Luo Guanyun decided Meng Chuan should focus on King Xiang's Legacy rather than learn Surging Thunder Dispersing Hands, and resolved to avoid falling out with him again.
• Meng Chuan told Meng Yongzhi and Xue Na about the new house, called the price a loan, and agreed they would move in after furnishing it.
• Principal Zong welcomed Meng Chuan to Peaceful High School and asked him to address the students as champion of the Twenty-Four School Joint Exam.
• Meng Chuan gave a speech about his progress over the past year, inspiring the students and earning enthusiastic applause.
• Principal Zong reminded Meng Chuan to keep working hard and sent him to train with Chen Tie and Liang Weilong.

Meng Chuan advanced his elemental fist arts and hard-body training while Zhao Jian secretly planned to kill him for the next section of the Sacred Art. A week later, Meng Chuan had learned all five elemental fist arts, but his blood vitality was still below the recommended threshold for cultivating Five Elements Universe Fist.

• Meng Chuan practiced Mountainous Earth Fist and gained the beginner Joint Power limit-break trait.
• Meng Chuan continued his stance and hard-body training, while Duo Mo Iron Arms neared mastery.
• Zhao Jian assured Fang Jianxing that he could handle Meng Chuan and received orders to kill him in exchange for the next section of the Sacred Art.
• Zhao Jian entered the Dark World and searched for a weapon, considering a sniper rifle to defeat Meng Chuan.
• A week later, Meng Chuan had cultivated Mountainous Earth Fist and Surging Wave Fist to proficiency and gained the Marsh Breath trait.
• Meng Chuan confirmed that his blood vitality was 71.2, below Teacher Luo's recommended 80 for starting Five Elements Universe Fist.

Meng Chuan advanced his Armor Plating Skill after taking Golden Muscle Jade Dew, then faced a sniper attack on the night before his family moved. He survived the shots, identified Zhao Jian’s position, and charged toward him.

• Meng Chuan received 4.8 million yuan from Peaceful High School and thanked Chen Tie and Liang Weilong with gifts.
• Three days later, Meng Chuan took Golden Muscle Jade Dew and advanced his Armor Plating Skill to mastery.
• Meng Chuan practiced on the rooftop for the last time before his family moved to Hua Yun Estates the next morning.
• Meng Chuan sensed someone tracking him and survived a large-caliber sniper shot with his protective suit and hard-skill defenses.
• Meng Chuan traced the sniper shots to Zhao Jian, who abandoned his rifle and tried to flee as Meng Chuan charged at him.

Meng Chuan defeated Zhao Jian after Zhao Jian tried to assassinate him with a sniper rifle and demonic arts. He called An Jing and the police, and the chapter ended with Meng Chuan arriving at the district police station.

• Meng Chuan attacked Zhao Jian after discovering him with a sniper rifle, then tore Zhao Jian's hamstrings when he tried to evade him.
• Zhao Jian unleashed a demonic killing move and attacked Meng Chuan's mind, but Meng Chuan's defenses blocked the assault.
• Meng Chuan broke Zhao Jian's ribs and limbs, then called Counselor An Jing and the police.
• An Jing arrived at Hongjie Plaza, learned Zhao Jian had practiced demonic arts, and was stopped by Meng Chuan from taking him back to the university.
• Meng Chuan and An Jing rode to the district police station, where an officer recognized Meng Chuan.

After Meng Chuan exposed a Purple Calabash inside Zhao Jian, Luo Guanyun realized it was linked to his Thunder Seed and hurried to investigate. Meng Chuan moved into a safer home with his aunt and uncle, resolved to solve Luo Guanyun’s Thunder Arts problem and kill Fang Jianxing, while the precinct’s interrogation of Zhao Jian continued.

• An Jing challenged Meng Chuan’s claim that Zhao Jian was a Demonic Path Martial Artist, but Luo Guanyun extracted a Purple Calabash from Zhao Jian and confirmed the demonic connection.
• Luo Guanyun sensed that the Purple Calabash was linked to his Thunder Seed, took Meng Chuan home, and left to investigate.
• Meng Chuan declined a housewarming banquet, moved into the new home with his aunt and uncle, and set himself the goals of helping Luo Guanyun and killing Fang Jianxing.
• Meng Chuan and Luo Guanyun waited at the precinct while Dragon Nine interrogated Zhao Jian, and North Union University’s principal apologized and offered compensation.

Luo Guanyun learned that Fang Jianxing had used Zhao Jian to target Meng Chuan and decided to travel to the Island Nation to investigate the Parasitic Assembly. He left Dragon Nine to protect Meng Chuan while the police expanded their investigations.

• Luo Guanyun questioned Dragon Nine about Zhao Jian’s demonic seed, and Dragon Nine explained that Fang Jianxing had made Zhao Jian a disposable puppet of the Parasitic Assembly.
• Dragon Nine said Fang Jianxing was hiding in the Island Nation and that the Parasitic Assembly’s members cultivated demonic seeds tied to nine negative emotions.
• Luo Guanyun realized Fang Jianxing had likely targeted the Thunder Seed within him, then asked Dragon Nine to watch over Meng Chuan while he traveled to the Island Nation.
• Dragon Nine told An Jing that the police would send North Union University their findings and asked the school to cooperate with a screening.
• Dragon Nine told Meng Chuan that Principal Yang Huan would compensate him, then ordered police to investigate Zhao Jian’s associates while continuing their operation against the Demon Summoning Hall.
• Meng Chuan went to school to practice martial arts and thought about Luo Guanyun’s promise to teach him the safe Primordial Spirit Thunder Seed Technique once the matter was settled.

Meng Chuan continued conditioning his body and strengthening his defenses after Zhao Jian’s assassination attempt, then bought protective suits for his family. The next morning, two large delivery boxes arrived at his home.

• Meng Chuan trained with Chen Tie, improving his hard-body techniques while considering further training and how to pay for it.
• After noticing his calluses, Meng Chuan resolved to practice advanced metal-element fist arts, continue hard qigong conditioning, and improve Dragon Meditation to better withstand attacks.
• Meng Chuan shared a warm dinner with Aunt and Uncle, then resumed stance training and planned to pursue limit breaks and improve his fist comprehension.
• Worried about the demonic path disciples targeting his family, Meng Chuan spent 3.6 million on two civilian protective suits and considered earning money through competitions.
• The next morning, Xue Na asked Meng Chuan what he had ordered after two large, lightweight delivery boxes appeared at the door.

Meng Chuan visited his aunt and uncle with a protective suit, then went to North Union University Preparatory High School to meet Xu Qingfeng and Principal Yang Huan. Yang Huan examined Meng Chuan’s abilities and considered him a promising talent he wanted to recruit.

• Meng Chuan gave Xue Na a protective suit and reassured her that he could afford it.
• Meng Chuan called Xu Qingfeng about the Supernova Competition and arranged to visit his school, but they could not spar because Xu Qingfeng’s hand was injured.
• Xu Qingfeng showed Meng Chuan around North Union University Preparatory High School and described its martial arts instruction.
• Meng Chuan told Xu Qingfeng he had subdued Zhao Jian after Zhao Jian attacked him with a sniper rifle and demonic arts.
• Meng Chuan met Principal Yang Huan, who assessed his martial arts and meridians, praised his potential, and sought to keep him at North Union University.

Meng Chuan secured access to United University's facilities and a chance to compete for a Supernova Competition slot by defeating one of three martial-family disciples. He headed to the Martial Arts Training Ground to train, where Xu Qingfeng wondered how he had obtained a campus card.

• Meng Chuan declined Yang Huan's offer to transfer early and asked to register for the Supernova Competition under North Union University.
• Yang Huan offered Meng Chuan a chance to challenge one of three martial-family competitors for a registration slot and gave him a pass to United University's facilities.
• Yang Huan privately reflected that he had arranged the pass to draw Meng Chuan to United University before rival Yan Hua could recruit him.
• Meng Chuan resolved to train for the competition and asked Xu Qingfeng where United University's Martial Arts Training Ground was.
• Meng Chuan used his pass to open the training ground's doors, and Xu Qingfeng asked whether he had enrolled.

Meng Chuan visited National United University Prep High with a pass from Principal Yang and explored its training facilities with Xu Qingfeng and Zong Ping. He tested a Silicon-Gold Post, impressed the students by leaving a handprint in it, and left them recognizing his strength.

• Meng Chuan told Xu Qingfeng that Principal Yang had invited him but that he had not enrolled, and Xu Qingfeng guided him around the training ground.
• Meng Chuan called Zong Ping, who thanked him for dealing with Zhao Jian, and Meng Chuan advised Zong Ping to watch his words.
• Zong Ping showed Meng Chuan the Silicon-Gold Post, and a nearby student dismissed the idea that Meng Chuan could damage it.
• Meng Chuan pressed his palm into the post and left a clear handprint, which disappeared as the post repaired itself.
• The nearby student apologized for underestimating Meng Chuan, and other students gathered to watch him train.