Chapter Summaries

Li Qi arrived at Dragon Martial Pavilion with the Heavenly Physician Valley party, then reunited with Ingenious Manor and Mysterious Sword Sect. Li Xue Ren explained the gathering’s purpose and warned Li Qi about several formidable participants with Special Constitutions.

• The Heavenly Mystery Pavilion raised Li Qi’s Earth Ranking position after Meng Xingqian admitted he was slightly inferior, and Li Qi suspected the imperial court was drawing attention to him.
• Li Qi and the Heavenly Physician Valley party reached Dragon Martial Pavilion and rode its waterwheel lift up the cliffs.
• Li Qi parted from Huang Wanmian, then took Bai Yuzhu to meet the Ingenious Manor and Mysterious Sword Sect parties.
• Li Qi was surprised to find Li Xue Ren leading Ingenious Manor’s party; Li Xue Ren explained that Li Wenxin had stayed behind to guard the manor and that Li Qiao had gone to meet other young talents.
• Li Xue Ren told Li Qi that the gathering aimed to establish the Righteous Path Alliance and choose a Martial Arts Alliance Leader, and advised him not to fight recklessly.
• Li Xue Ren named Hua Wubai, Mo Qingxian, and Ben Wang as participants with Special Constitutions whom Li Qi should watch.

Li Qi learned about the martial world's leading young experts, bought mechanism materials at Dragon Martial Pavilion, and planned to improve his Thread Pulling Line and talismans. He then dismantled a runaway Yan Jia in seconds and offered to teach its shocked young owner in exchange for learning how he built it.

• Li Xue Ren told Li Qi about the young heirs of Shushan Dao and Dragon Martial Pavilion, including a secluded Daozi and the remaining Flying Dragon Spear Deng Shi.
• Li Qi went to Dragon Martial Pavilion's Mechanism Hall in Ingenious Manor's uniform and bought materials to upgrade his weapons and mechanisms.
• A huge wooden Yan Jia charged toward Li Qi, and he used his Thread Pulling Line to dismantle it without moving from his spot.
• The young owner mourned his destroyed Mighty General Number Six and demanded to know how Li Qi had taken it apart so quickly.
• Li Qi offered to teach the young man how he dismantled the Yan Jia if the young man explained how he had built it.

Li Qi met Li Xuan of Dragon Martial Pavilion and learned that his armor was powered by a Spiritual Energy Stone. The stone offered a possible solution to Li Qi’s long-standing problem of powering large puppets, and he examined it as the chapter ended.

• Li Qi introduced himself to Li Xuan after dismantling his armor, and Li Xuan invited him to his Secret Room.
• Li Qi demonstrated how Thread Pulling Line let him control a small armor and explained how he had dismantled Li Xuan’s Mighty General.
• Li Xuan showed Li Qi the device that drove his large armor, but Li Qi found its apparent reliance on physical strength unremarkable.
• Li Qi noticed an empty cavity in the armor’s core, and Li Xuan revealed that a Spiritual Energy Stone powered it.

Li Qi learned that the Dragon Martial Pavilion’s Spiritual Energy Stones could power puppets and bet Elder Qi that he and Li Xuan would build a puppet capable of matching a Xiantian Martial Artist. The wager left Li Xuan’s future pursuit of puppets and the Pavilion’s share of its stone production at stake.

• Li Qi examined a Spiritual Energy Stone, learned how it released power when supplied with inner qi, and asked Li Xuan for ten thousand jin.
• Elder Qi arrived and scolded Li Xuan for neglecting martial arts to build puppets, while Li Xuan defended his Mighty General.
• Li Qi argued that Spiritual Energy Stones gave puppets potential, but Elder Qi dismissed the idea and cited the Dragon Martial Pavilion’s failed efforts.
• Li Qi bet that he and Li Xuan would build a puppet capable of matching a Xiantian Martial Artist within six days, with future Spiritual Energy Stone production as his prize.
• Li Xuan wagered that he would abandon puppets if they failed, and he and Li Qi sealed the bet with Elder Qi.

Li Qi discovered that combining the Spiritual Energy Stone with his Energy Technique could power puppets for long periods and let him use alchemy to reproduce materials from his Past Life. He planned to use a special lightweight wood to build small puppet armor strong enough to challenge Elder Qi’s wager, leaving Li Xuan to help make small transmission cores.

• Li Xuan regretted agreeing to Elder Qi’s six-day wager, but Li Qi assured him he could build puppet armor comparable to the Xiantian level.
• Li Qi worked out how the Spiritual Energy Stone and Energy Technique could form a sustained power cycle for puppets and enable him to transform materials through alchemy.
• Li Qi asked Li Xuan why puppet armor was easily destroyed, then argued that its defenses could be improved rather than accepting its fragility as inevitable.
• Li Qi revealed a lightweight, durable wood from his Past Life and said he would use it to build a small puppet armor called Adam Number Four.
• Li Qi asked Li Xuan to help make small transmission cores, explaining that a lightweight puppet armor was more likely than a large War Mech to win the wager.

Li Qiao told Li Qi that Li Xue Ren was arranging meetings with young sect heirs, seemingly to find her a marriage alliance, and said Hua Wubai wanted to meet Li Qi. At the waterfall behind Dragon Martial Pavilion, Hua Wubai claimed Li Qi’s supposed Exquisite Heart could help Mo Qingxian reach the Grandmaster Realm, just as Li Qi arrived and questioned the claim.

• Li Qi returned from Mechanism Hall and kept his private wager with Elder Qi secret from Li Xue Ren.
• Li Qiao complained that Li Xue Ren had arranged for her to meet Xiantian disciples and heirs from powerful sects, and Li Qi promised to speak to him.
• Li Qiao told Li Qi that Hua Wubai wanted to meet him beside the waterfall the next afternoon.
• Hua Wubai gathered Ben Wang and Mo Qingxian at the waterfall and said Li Qi would join them because he possessed a Special Constitution.
• Mo Qingxian began to leave, but Hua Wubai claimed Li Qi’s Exquisite Heart could help her break through to the Grandmaster Realm.
• Li Qi arrived and asked Hua Wubai why he had never known he possessed an Exquisite Heart.

Hua Wubai gathered Li Qi, Mo Qingxian, and Ben Wang to warn them that the demonic path was targeting people with Special Constitutions and that moles might have infiltrated their sects. He asked Li Qi to help them reach the Grandmaster Realm and offered Cherishing Flower Palace’s Hundred Flowers Cultivation Method in return.

• Hua Wubai told Li Qi, Mo Qingxian, and Ben Wang that they had been identified as Holy Sons by the demonic path.
• Hua Wubai claimed that moles had infiltrated the Six Sects and pointed to Zhou Que’s betrayal and the recent exposure of their Special Constitutions as evidence.
• Mo Qingxian questioned why Hua Wubai had summoned them instead of reporting the threat to their sects, and Hua Wubai said he suspected the moles were among the higher-ups.
• Hua Wubai explained that Li Qi’s supposed Exquisite Heart could help them break through to the Grandmaster Realm and asked for his help.
• Hua Wubai offered Li Qi the acquired and innate chapters of Cherishing Flower Palace’s Hundred Flowers Cultivation Method as payment.

Li Qi refused Hua Wubai’s proposed alliance and defeated him when he attacked, then met Wind Chaser, who revealed Hua Wubai’s true ambition. Hua Wubai later reported his failure to a woman serving the Palace Master, whose plans for the gathering were still underway.

• Li Qi refused Hua Wubai’s offer and stopped his sudden attack, binding Hua Wubai’s throat with Thread Pulling Line until Hua Wubai yielded.
• Mo Qingxian and Ben Wang left after Li Qi, and Hua Wubai warned them not to reveal what had happened.
• Wind Chaser met Li Qi and said Hua Wubai had intended to lead a Small Righteous Path Alliance; he invited Li Qi to drink with him.
• Hua Wubai told a woman in his room that Li Qi’s cultivation was stronger than it appeared and that he had failed to recruit him.
• The woman reassured Hua Wubai that the Palace Master expected the outcome and ordered him to continue contacting the other prodigies.

Li Qi learned that the court intended to negotiate with the six sects rather than prevent their alliance, and Wind Chaser warned him to stay out of the coming conflict. Six days later, Li Qi and Li Xuan completed Adam Number Four, and Li Qi ordered the puppet to attack him.

• Wind Chaser explained that the court had sent the Six Doors to supervise the alliance and planned to let the Righteous Path Alliance form while it dealt with the Demon Sect.
• Wind Chaser told Li Qi to stay safely at his manor or the Heavenly Physician Valley, and Li Qi decided to avoid the coming war and focus on his research.
• After six days of work, Li Qi and Li Xuan inspected their completed humanoid yanjia, Adam Number Four.
• Li Xuan gave Adam Number Four the command to activate, and the puppet awakened and knelt before them.
• Li Qi ordered Adam Number Four to attack him.

Li Qi demonstrated that Adam Number Four could fight at Xiantian Realm level and brought him to prove the automaton’s strength to Elder Qi. Adam defeated Meng Xingqian in two moves, leaving the wager’s result clear and Elder Qi furious.

• Li Qi tested Adam Number Four in combat and showed Li Xuan that the automaton could move and fight at Xiantian Realm speed.
• Li Qi explained Adam’s magic shield and ultimate mode as secret weapons for facing Elder Qi, a newly advanced Grandmaster.
• Li Qi, Li Xuan, and Adam met Elder Qi and Meng Xingqian at the agreed location to test the automaton.
• Elder Qi ordered Meng Xingqian to fight Adam, while Li Qi told him to attack with all his strength.
• Adam caught Meng Xingqian’s spear and pressed his blade-hand to Meng Xingqian’s throat, defeating him in two moves.

Li Qi's Adam puppet armor defeated Meng Xingqian, but Elder Qi changed the wager and challenged Li Qi herself to stop Li Xuan from pursuing puppet armor. Li Qi activated Armor Mode and met Elder Qi's Grandmaster-level strike, revealing that he could wield astral qi through the armor.

• Adam caught Meng Xingqian's spear and defeated him, prompting Meng Xingqian to admit defeat.
• Elder Qi argued that Li Xuan should pursue martial arts, then revised the wager so Li Qi had to defeat her to win.
• Li Xuan protested his mother's decision and declared that he wanted to pursue puppet armor, while Li Qi agreed to face Elder Qi.
• Li Qi commanded Adam to enter Armor Mode, and Adam transformed into armor covering his body.
• Elder Qi attacked Li Qi with a Grandmaster-level hand blade, but Li Qi caught the strike with his armored arm and revealed his astral qi.

Li Qi fought Qi Yue, who mistook his puppet armor’s shield for Qi and tested him with her Grandmaster aura and spear techniques. Li Qi unleashed a powerful burst of blue energy, collapsed, and was carried away by Li Xue Ren, leaving Qi Yue wounded and baffled.

• Qi Yue realized Li Qi’s protective energy was not Qi and challenged him with her Grandmaster aura.
• Qi Yue attacked Li Qi with Meng Xingqian’s Thunder Dragon Spear, and Li Qi blocked with his rune-enhanced blades.
• Qi Yue used Thunder Dragon Break and Spear Intent, but Li Qi erupted with Magic Power and blasted her backward.
• The pillar of blue light drew attention from figures at the Dragon Martial Pavilion, Cherishing Flower Palace, and Snow Cloud Sword Sect.
• Li Xue Ren arrived, rebuked Qi Yue, and carried the unconscious Li Qi away.
• Qi Yue returned the Thunder Dragon Spear to Meng Xingqian and examined the wound Li Qi had inflicted through her Qi defense.

Li Qi returned to Ingenious Manor and revealed that he had reached the Grandmaster Realm at sixteen, prompting Li Xue Ren to celebrate before ordering him to rest and keep the breakthrough secret. That night, Li Qi began an unusual attempt to help Li Qiao break through to the Xiantian Realm by putting her Ego Consciousness to sleep and entering her body.

• Li Xue Ren noticed Li Qi's rapidly healing burns, then confirmed that Li Qi had Protective Qi and had become a Grandmaster.
• Li Qi explained that Adam absorbed Qi Yue's Protective Qi and converted it into energy, which helped him open his meridians, grasp his force, and break through to the Third Rank Early Stage.
• Li Qi decided to conceal his breakthrough and maintain the impression that he relied on the Puppet Armor, while worrying that the second layer of the Undying Heart Scripture remained unfinished.
• Li Xue Ren told Li Qi to stay at Ingenious Manor and stabilize his cultivation, offering to have Li Qiao represent the family at the Six Sects Martial Arts Gathering.
• Li Qi summoned Li Qiao and said he would help her break through to the Xiantian Realm, then put her Ego Consciousness to sleep and sent part of his spirit into her body.

Li Qi took control of Li Qiao’s body, improved her cultivation technique, and raised her to the Late Sixth Rank of the Innate Realm before the Six Sects Martial Arts Gathering. His breakthrough drew the World Consciousness’s hostility onto Li Qiao, and after returning to his own body, Li Qi began building her a puppet called Eve Number One.

• Li Qi controlled Li Qiao’s body and discovered that the Exquisite Heart Scripture did not suit her, so he modified it and helped her break through to the Innate Realm.
• Li Qi used Adam to channel his astral energy into Li Qiao, advancing her cultivation to the Late Sixth Rank.
• The World Consciousness targeted Li Qiao after Li Qi’s intervention, and Li Qi realized she had taken on the hostility meant for him.
• Li Qi returned to his own body and continued consolidating Li Qiao’s realm, deciding he had three years to find a way to handle the World Consciousness.
• Li Qiao woke at Li Qi’s room, discovered her breakthrough, learned the new cultivation route, and hurried off to the Six Sects Martial Arts Gathering.
• Li Qi continued building Eve Number One, a puppet designed specifically for Li Qiao.

The Six Sects Martial Arts Gathering began as several people sought Li Qi, who was absent in closed-door cultivation. At the viewing platform, Flower Master Liu tried to speak with Li Xue Ren, who rebuffed her and defended Zhong Yunxin.

• Bai Yuzhu asked Li Qiao where Li Qi was, and Li Qiao said he had entered closed-door cultivation.
• Huang Wanmian came looking for Li Qi about a private matter in the Heavenly Physician Valley but agreed to wait until after the gathering.
• Li Xuan asked for Li Qi and asked Li Qiao to pass along his apology and thanks.
• Wind Chaser approached Li Qiao and Bai Yuzhu, prompting Li Qiao to remark that she should have made a sign about Li Qi's seclusion.
• Flower Master Liu asked Zhao Jiu about the previous day's light, and he denied that anyone had broken through to the Grandmaster Realm.
• Flower Master Liu approached Li Xue Ren, but he rejected her overture and defended Zhong Yunxin before Liu Xia returned to her seat.

Li Qi overheard Mo Zifeng preparing to kill Long Xingyun and intervened before the betrayal could be completed. He confronted the Cherishing Flower Palace pair in disguise, leaving the conflict unresolved.

• Li Xue Ren privately warned Zhong Yunxin to be wary of Liu Xia, and Zhong Yunxin trusted his warning.
• Li Qi worked on Eve Number One and considered transferring his consciousness into a puppet to escape the World Consciousness's hostility.
• Li Qi overheard Mo Zifeng and Long Xingyun arguing and suspected Cherishing Flower Palace was plotting against Dragon Martial Pavilion.
• Jing Feng urged Mo Zifeng to kill the immobilized Long Xingyun, and Mo Zifeng struck at him.
• Li Qi pierced Mo Zifeng's palm with a pebble and appeared in a black robe, suppressing the group with his grandmaster aura.

Li Qi, disguised as a mysterious Grandmaster, fought the Grandmaster who had taken over Mo Zifeng’s appearance while a black-robed figure blocked Jing Feng’s escape. Li Qi uncovered clues to Mo Zifeng’s strange identity, but his opponent gained the upper hand and sent a giant sword plunging toward him.

• Jing Feng accused Long Xingyun of attacking her and Mo Zifeng, but the mysterious Grandmaster dismissed her claims and struck at her.
• Mo Zifeng revealed Grandmaster-level strength to protect Jing Feng and fought the mysterious Grandmaster, who was secretly Li Qi.
• A black-robed figure blocked Jing Feng as she tried to flee, and Li Qi knocked Mo Zifeng back after Mo Zifeng was distracted.
• Mo Zifeng unleashed demonic energy and sword techniques, while Li Qi formed Adam Number Two from his Killing Intent and fought back.
• Mo Zifeng’s sword array wore down Li Qi’s astral-energy puppet, and Mo Zifeng summoned a giant sword to attack him.

Li Qi defeated Mo Zifeng with his talisman magic and captured him, then questioned him about the Body Seizing Method. Meanwhile, Long Xingyun alerted Dragon Martial Pavilion that Cherishing Flower Palace and the Demon Sect were plotting against the Six Sects alliance, just as fighting began at the gathering.

• Mo Zifeng’s greatsword shattered Li Qi’s defenses, but Li Qi absorbed its astral energy and split it apart with Separation Spell.
• Li Qi unleashed Tactical Rank talismans, severed Mo Zifeng’s arms, and immobilized him with a talisman.
• Long Xingyun fired a distress flare, told his Great-Grandfather that Cherishing Flower Palace had allied with the Demon Sect, and saw signs of a Grandmaster battle at the gathering.
• Li Qi avoided Dragon Martial Pavilion’s arriving elders and returned to his room with the captured Mo Zifeng and Jing Feng.
• Li Qi questioned Mo Zifeng about Body Seizing, and Mo Zifeng admitted that he had seized the body of the man named Mo Zifeng.

Li Qi interrogated the person controlling Mo Zifeng’s body and learned that he was Loose Cultivator Tianhai, who had used the incomplete Nine Lives Soul Seizing Technique to possess Mo Zifeng. Before Tianhai could explain the Cherishing Flower Palace’s plan, chaos erupted at the Six Sects Martial Arts Gathering, where monsters attacked and traitors from every sect revealed themselves.

• Li Qi learned that Tianhai had lodged his soul in a bone and possessed Mo Zifeng, but lacked the technique to erase Mo Zifeng’s consciousness.
• Tianhai explained that possessing Mo Zifeng activated his potential, raised his cultivation, and let him influence Mo Zifeng into defecting to the Cherishing Flower Palace.
• Li Qi asked why Tianhai and the Cherishing Flower Palace had come to the Dragon Martial Pavilion, but a thunderous boom interrupted them.
• At the gathering, disciples transformed into monsters, while Liu Xia attacked Zhao Jiu and the Cherishing Flower Palace’s grandmasters fought the other sects’ leaders.
• The orthodox grandmasters realized they had been poisoned with Aura Breaking Powder and other strange poisons, and they discovered that traitors in every sect had remained standing.
• Li Xue Ren noticed the pattern while pretending to struggle against a demonic grandmaster.

Cherishing Flower Palace captured the gathered martial artists with poison and prepared to turn them into Demon Transformation fighters using Golden Cores. As Elder Long faced Bone Demon and Li Qi rushed to investigate, Li Qi questioned Tianhai about Jing Feng’s cultivation and habits.

• Liu Xia admitted that Cherishing Flower Palace had poisoned and subdued the gathered grandmasters, then revealed a Golden Core intended for them.
• Elder Long arrived to confront Cherishing Flower Palace, but Bone Demon appeared and clashed with him.
• Li Xue Ren suspected Liu Xia had another hidden ally and concealed his strength while watching the confrontation.
• Li Qi learned from Tianhai that Ascension Immortal Cult’s alternative Golden Core caused Demon Transformation and that Cherishing Flower Palace planned to capture the gathering’s experts.
• Li Qi spotted Bone Demon, then asked Tianhai to recount Jing Feng’s cultivation method and habits.