Chapter Summaries

Ji Fei left Sun Chengshan’s martial arts hall to work for Fortune Trading Company, while Wang Yu continued training and broke through to the Body Tempering Fourth Layer. After receiving their mining dividends, Wang Yu told Sun Chengshan that he had also trained Shadowless Fist to its fourth level.

• Ji Fei informed Sun Chengshan that he had accepted Fortune Trading Company’s offer and left the martial arts hall after bidding his Master farewell.
• Two months later, Wang Yu found that Blood Pig Meat’s effects faded quickly as he pushed his Shadowless Fist training harder.
• Wang Yu broke through to the Body Tempering Fourth Layer after consuming more Blood Pig Meat and striking an iron post with enough force to leave a deep fist mark.
• Sun Chengshan reported that the second round of Purple Coal Ore sales had brought in roughly three hundred thousand Crystal Coins, which he divided among himself, Wang Yu, and Meng Lao Er.
• Wang Yu told Sun Chengshan that he had trained Shadowless Fist to the fourth level, leaving his Master stunned.

Wang Yu reached the Body Tempering Fourth Layer Realm and asked Sun Chengshan to spar with him while he continued training at the martial hall. During a heat wave in December, Wang Yu fought Song Hezheng in an intense sparring session and gained the upper hand.

• Wang Yu told Sun Chengshan he had reached the Body Tempering Fourth Layer Realm and asked when the Night Sleep Gathering would return.
• Sun Chengshan said another gathering might not happen for at least half a year, then agreed to spar with Wang Yu regularly.
• Wang Yu declined to leave the martial hall, saying he wanted to grow stronger before taking risks in the outside world.
• A severe heat wave struck Island No. 732, but Wang Yu insisted that Song Hezheng spar with him despite the scorching weather.
• Wang Yu used his Wind Chasing Foot and Shadowless Fist against Song Hezheng, then seized his wrist and nearly threw him off balance.

Wang Yu continued improving his concurrent Body Tempering Methods while sparring with Song Hezheng. Sun Chengshan announced that the delayed sea tide of the Silver Belt Sea was coming, offering a chance to obtain precious-material meat, and warned the disciples to avoid taking reckless risks.

• Wang Yu sparred with Song Hezheng, who praised his unusual techniques and acknowledged another loss.
• Wang Yu reviewed the progress of his concurrent Body Tempering Methods, noting that the Hong Family Fist had reached the third level and the Mian Yin Palm Technique had reached its limit.
• Sun Chengshan returned to the martial hall and announced that scouts had confirmed the Silver Belt Sea sea tide was approaching.
• Sun Chengshan explained that deep-sea creatures would crawl ashore and could be claimed by whoever killed them, providing valuable precious-material meat.
• Sun Chengshan warned the disciples about the dangers of the unusually fierce tide and told weaker disciples to stay away from the beaches and harbor.

As the sea tide approached Island Town 732, Wang Yu and Sun Chengshan’s disciples left the gym and encountered the Duanhu Saber Hall before reaching the coast. There, Wang Yu saw Garrison Commander Lu Pan preparing to defend the town as a massive storm swept across the Silver Belt Sea.

• The town closed shops and homes, and Sun Chengshan let his family stay at the gym while Wang Yu rested ahead of the tide.
• Sun Chengshan led Wang Yu, Song Hezheng, and other core disciples toward the harbor embankment in the rain.
• Zhang Erdan taunted the Duanhu Saber Hall, but Ding Lei led his group away rather than challenge Sun Chengshan.
• Wang Yu and the others reached the coast and saw a violent storm battering the Silver Belt Sea and destroying the harbor ships.
• Wang Yu saw Garrison Commander Lu Pan leading the military defense, and Sun Chengshan told him Lu Pan was the strongest person on the island town.

Sun Chengshan and Wang Yu's group discussed the approaching tidal surge with the Garrison Commander, then witnessed a gigantic sea whale emerge in the stormy Silver Belt Sea. As the tide flooded the shore, the Martial Artists prepared for sea beasts to wash ashore, and Sun Chengshan led his disciples to a raised rocky slope.

• The Garrison Commander thanked Sun Chengshan for supplying Purple Coal Ore, and Sun promised to help defend Island Town during the tidal surge.
• Wang Yu studied the Garrison Commander's formidable guards and armor before a soldier summoned the Garrison Commander to meet Captain Lu Feng.
• A massive sea whale surfaced offshore, and Sun Chengshan warned that it could devastate Island Town if it came ashore.
• The Garrison Commander and his Captain concluded that the severe surge posed an uncertain threat and could not be allowed to endanger the town.
• As the tide submerged the beach and harbor road, Sun Chengshan led his disciples to a raised slope of jagged rocks to wait for sea beasts.

Wang Yu and the Shadowless Fist Gym disciples gathered sea creatures washed ashore, while Sun Chengshan warned them about the dangers of the Silver Belt Sea. The chapter ended with Sun Chengshan injured after saving Song Hezheng from a Green Spotted Snake, which Song Hezheng faced despite his master's warning.

• A Poison Vine Octopus attacked a Martial Artist, but three experienced fighters killed it and rescued the wounded man.
• Sun Chengshan explained that the Poison Vine Octopus was dangerous and told the disciples to flee if they encountered one.
• Wang Yu and Song Hezheng collected more than ten Fine Leaf Fish washed among the rocks.
• Sun Chengshan called Wang Yu and Song Hezheng back when a disturbance appeared in the sea, but a Green Spotted Snake flew at Song Hezheng.
• Sun Chengshan intercepted the Green Spotted Snake with a punch and fell down the rocky slope with his arm badly cut.
• Song Hezheng moved to protect the injured Sun Chengshan as the Green Spotted Snake coiled beside a rock.

Wang Yu saved Song Hezheng from a Green Spotted Snake and revealed that his layered steel armor had protected him from its bite. The group then collected a huge haul of Fine Leaf Fish as the sea tide continued.

• Wang Yu struck the Green Spotted Snake away from Song Hezheng, then let its bite lodge in the steel plates wrapped around his arm.
• Sun Chengshan, Song Hezheng, and Wang Yu surrounded and killed the snake, and Sun Chengshan praised Wang Yu for saving Song Hezheng.
• Wang Yu showed the group his spare steel armor sets, but Sun Chengshan and Song Hezheng declined to wear them.
• Sun Chengshan estimated the Green Spotted Snake and its blood were valuable, then stayed to guard the cargo while the disciples gathered the fish.
• A huge wave swept hundreds of Fine Leaf Fish ashore, and the disciples quickly collected them, celebrating the valuable catch.

Fang Shihao stole Zhang Erdan’s Fine Leaf Fish and threatened him and Wang Yu, but Wang Yu used a feint to launch a fast attack. The chapter ended as Fang Shihao realized Wang Yu was a Body Tempering Fourth Layer martial artist.

• Zhang Erdan found five Fine Leaf Fish before Fang Shihao kicked him away and took one.
• Fang Shihao accused Zhang Erdan of stealing his fish, threatened him with his saber, and took his fish pouch.
• Wang Yu arrived and questioned Fang Shihao, who threatened to kill both disciples and blame sea beasts.
• Wang Yu offered Fang Shihao his fish pouch, then suddenly charged at him with his leg technique.
• Fang Shihao was caught off guard when Wang Yu revealed speed that indicated Body Tempering Fourth Layer cultivation.

Wang Yu killed Fang Shihao after surviving his desperate counterattack, then returned to the group with Zhang Erdan and reflected on his first fight to the death against a Martial Artist. A new tide brought Tiny Blue Spiders and an unfamiliar, ghost-faced sea beast ashore, forcing Sun Chengshan’s group to retreat.

• Wang Yu struck Fang Shihao’s vital points, snapped his neck, and disposed of his corpse in the rising water.
• Wang Yu returned Zhang Erdan’s fish bag and warned him to stay close, while Zhang Erdan promised not to speak about the killing.
• Sun Chengshan sent Song Hezheng and several disciples to carry the Green Spotted Snake and Fine Leaf Fish back to safety.
• Wang Yu examined the slash in his steel plate and resolved to be more cautious after Fang Shihao nearly wounded him.
• Wang Yu and Sun Chengshan spotted tiny creatures attacking a Martial Artist and an unfamiliar four-legged sea beast emerging from the water.
• Sun Chengshan led the group away, and Wang Yu recognized the crawling creatures as Tiny Blue Spiders.

Wang Yu watched the island town’s fighters battle an adult Ghost-Faced Four-Legged Fish while the stranded Bone-Gnawing Water Fungus Spiders died on the shore. Captain Lu Feng, Lu Xiaochu, and Zhou Dalong eventually killed the fish, but its incredible toughness left Wang Yu astonished.

• Sun Chengshan explained that the Bone-Gnawing Water Fungus Spiders could devour people but would die after five minutes without seawater, and the Martial Artists gathered the shriveled spiders once they perished.
• Wang Yu noticed Zheng Anbang, Zhou Dalong, the Garrison Commander, and others watching a Ghost-Faced Four-Legged Fish that had emerged from the deep sea.
• Zhou Dalong joined Captain Lu Feng and Vice Captain Lu Xiaochu in confronting the adult fish, which could badly injure even a Body Tempering Sixth Level Martial Artist.
• The three fighters attacked the fish, with Lu Feng leading the assault while Lu Xiaochu and Zhou Dalong supported him.
• After a difficult battle, the three men pierced the fish repeatedly and wore it to death, leaving Wang Yu amazed by its tough hide.

After the first tide, Island Town’s martial artists prepared to face the next wave while worrying about the dangers posed by deep-sea beasts. As the rain continued, Wang Yu questioned whether the island was safe enough to stay on, and two newcomers arrived to carry out a mission.

• After the Ghost-Faced Four-Legged Fish was killed, Zheng Anbang and Sun Chengshan considered the danger it posed to Island Town.
• Ding Lei ordered the Duanhu Saber Hall disciples to search for Fang Shihao, who had not returned.
• Wang Yu rested at Shadowless Fist Gym while the tide receded and the rain continued through the night.
• Shi Yang and Guan Yunwu arrived on Island No. 732 by airship, and Shi Yang complained about the heat and rain.
• Near dawn, Wang Yu considered leaving Island Town, but Sun Chengshan led the gym’s disciples out to seek more gains from the next tide.

Wang Yu helped defend the shore during an unusually early and violent tidal surge, then killed a Red Rhinoceros Crab and sold it to Shi Yang, a military visitor. Shi Yang and Guan Yunwu had arrived to find Garrison Commander Lu and complete a mission.

• Sun Chengshan sent his disciples to gather or kill the less dangerous sea creatures as the rising water swallowed their usual rocky slope.
• Liu Liehu tried to claim a Red Rhinoceros Crab, but Wang Yu killed it easily after gauging the man's strength.
• Liu Liehu recognized Wang Yu's superior cultivation and fled without challenging him further.
• Shi Yang and Guan Yunwu approached in military armor, and Shi Yang admired Wang Yu's Hong Family Fist before taking an interest in the crab.
• Shi Yang offered fifty thousand Crystal Coins for the crab, and Wang Yu accepted the sale.

Wang Yu sold the Red Rhinoceros Crab to Shi Yang, learned that using Hong Family Fist was unlikely to cause serious trouble, and continued hunting sea beasts for profit and training. A sudden, scorching heat wave swept over Island Town, leaving the cause unknown as Garrison Commander Lu Pan and Guan Yunwu considered an undersea volcano.

• Shi Yang bought Wang Yu's Red Rhinoceros Crab for fifty thousand Crystal Coins, and Guan Yunwu recognized the Hong Family Fist Wang Yu had practiced.
• Shi Yang explained that the Hong Family's basic fist art was widely known and unlikely to cause trouble, though Wang Yu decided to use it discreetly.
• Shi Yang and Guan Yunwu left with the crab to meet the Garrison Commander, while Wang Yu kept the Star Ticket and counted his growing wealth.
• The next day, Wang Yu hunted a sea beast and gained Body Tempering Methods proficiency before returning to Sun Chengshan and the other disciples.
• A fierce heat wave swept from the sea over Island Town, scorching the rain and nearly suffocating weaker Martial Artists.
• Garrison Commander Lu Pan and Guan Yunwu watched the steaming sea and considered whether an undersea volcano had awakened.

Shi Yang discussed the threat of a possible underwater volcano with Lu Pan and agreed to remain as the town’s safeguard until the tide ended. As deep-sea creatures fled onto shore, the Giant Whale burst from the sea and charged onto the beach, leaving the island shaking.

• Shi Yang questioned whether an underwater volcano had been missed during the surveys, and Lu Pan explained that the Silver Belt Sea was dangerous and incompletely explored.
• Shi Yang learned the tide could last many days and agreed to help protect the town, then began cooking the giant crab he had bought from Wang Yu.
• Lu Pan told Lu Feng that the capital had approved a new deep-sea survey team to investigate the possible volcanic activity after the tide passed.
• Thousands of Fine Leaf Fish and Water Mushroom Spiders fled ashore as the Giant Whale leaped from the sea, swallowed them, and sent a wave sweeping Martial Artists off their feet.
• He Tie fled from a lunging sea snake, and Wang Yu kicked it away before joining Song Hezheng and Sun Chengshan to protect the retreating disciples.
• The Giant Whale charged onto the beach, crushing sea creatures and several Ghost-Faced Four-Legged Fish as the island trembled.

Shi Yang attacked the Silver Ribbon Dragon Whale after it came ashore and killed it with help from Guan Yunwu. The Dragon Whale lay dead on the beach, and the watching Martial Artists wondered who Shi Yang was.

• Wang Yu and Sun Chengshan saw the enormous Silver Ribbon Dragon Whale emerge near Island Town 732 and feared it could destroy the town.
• Shi Yang recognized the Dragon Whale and rushed to kill it, hoping its precious meat would earn him a promotion to Lieutenant.
• Shi Yang severed the Dragon Whale’s claws with his sword, leaving it unable to move back toward the sea.
• Guan Yunwu stabbed the Dragon Whale’s head while Shi Yang attacked it, and Shi Yang scolded him for wasting its valuable blood.
• Shi Yang used controlled punches to destroy the Dragon Whale’s brain, killing it after a little over ten minutes as the Martial Artists watched in amazement.

Sun Chengshan explained to Wang Yu that Blood Burning surpassed Body Tempering and could extend a martial artist’s life, while Wang Yu grew eager to reach the realm. At the Dragon Whale’s corpse, Shi Yang intervened when greedy martial artists tried to force Guan Yunwu aside.

• Wang Yu asked Sun Chengshan whether martial artists could surpass Body Tempering Sixth Level, and Sun Chengshan explained the Blood Burning Realm and its nine Blood Transformation evolutions.
• Sun Chengshan said Blood Burning martial artists such as Lu Pan and Lu Feng could live for centuries, stirring Wang Yu’s desire to pursue the realm.
• Martial artists gathered around the Dragon Whale’s corpse and demanded a share of its treasure-grade meat and materials.
• As Guan Yunwu blocked the crowd, some martial artists urged the others to charge and seize their share.
• Shi Yang struck and threw several attackers aside, then criticized Guan Yunwu for hesitating to act decisively.

After the Silver Belt Sea’s tidal surge ended, Wang Yu returned to training and grew stronger on abundant treasure-material meat. Nearly a year later, bandits led by Zhao Yong attacked the Purple Coal Vein while Sun Chengshan was away, and Wang Yu encountered the clash at the mine.

• The tide receded, and military airships took the Dragon Whale’s corpse and carried Shi Yang and Guan Yunwu back toward the capital.
• Wang Yu resumed training at the gym and gained more proficiency from practicing the Body Tempering Methods while eating treasure-material meat.
• In 773 of the Blue Star Calendar, Zhao Yong led armed men toward the nearly exhausted Purple Coal Vein, intending to seize its ore and kill Wang Yu.
• Wang Yu and Meng Lao Er discussed the mine’s final weeks and Meng Lao Er’s coming child before hearing a disturbance outside.
• He Tie and the other Shadowless Fist Gym disciples fought the masked attackers, while Zhao Yong’s powerful fist technique injured two disciples.

Wang Yu arrived at the mining grounds and overwhelmed Zhao Yong, who had defeated the Shadowless Fist Gym disciples and seized Liu Yemei. Wang Yu revealed the power of his completed Shadowless Fist and Body Tempering Sixth Level cultivation as he continued attacking Zhao Yong.

• Zhao Yong's group overwhelmed He Tie, Zhang Yi, and the other Shadowless Fist Gym disciples, while Zhao Yong easily knocked down Li Niushan.
• Liu Yemei and Liu Mei returned from patrol, but Zhao Yong defeated Liu Yemei and grabbed her, threatening to take her as his concubine.
• Wang Yu rushed in, smashed Zhao Yong's head into the ground, and struck him again before Zhao Yong could recover.
• Wang Yu fought Zhao Yong's Ghost Fiend Sect Fist with the Zu Family Wind Chasing Foot, then unleashed a rapid barrage that left Zhao Yong unable to defend himself.
• Wang Yu's Shadowless Fist had reached its sixth level as Shadowless Ghost Hand, and his cultivation had risen to Body Tempering Sixth Level.

Wang Yu defeated Zhao Yong and his men after they attacked the mine, and interrogation revealed Zhao Yong had acted alone in a theft scheme. Sun Chengshan turned the gang over to the authorities and prepared to break through amid the threat from the Secret Deer Gang, while Luo Gang learned of the arrests and raged at Zhao Yong.

• Wang Yu crippled Zhao Yong and his twenty or thirty lackeys, and Liu Yemei thanked him for rescuing her.
• Sun Chengshan recognized Zhao Yong as a member of the Secret Deer Gang and learned that the gang’s Island Town 732 branch was led by Body Tempering Sixth Level martial artist Luo Gang.
• Wang Yu’s interrogation revealed that Zhao Yong had planned the Purple Coal Ore theft for his own profit, so Sun Chengshan decided to hand the men over to the Garrison Commander.
• Sun Chengshan ordered Song Hezheng to suspend the office and commissions while he prepared for a breakthrough and possible retaliation.
• The Garrison Commander detained Zhao Yong’s group, and Zheng Anbang led raids that sealed Secret Deer Gang businesses and arrested members.
• Luo Gang received word of the crackdown and smashed a stone table, vowing to kill Zhao Yong.

Luo Gang suspended the Secret Deer Gang’s operations after Zhao Yong’s death and its conflict with the Garrison Commander, while Sun Chengshan rose to prominence after reaching the Body Tempering Sixth Level. After the Purple Coal Vein was exhausted, Wang Yu asked how to obtain a Blood Burning Method, and Sun Chengshan explained that powerful factions controlled most paths to advancement.

• Yang Hua warned Luo Gang that Zhao Yong’s death had angered the Garrison Commander, and Luo Gang ordered the gang to contact headquarters and suspend operations.
• The Security Bureau summoned the Secret Deer Gang’s leader, after which the gang kept a low profile.
• Sun Chengshan advanced to the Body Tempering Sixth Level, drawing congratulations and a stream of new students to Shadowless Fist Gym.
• The Purple Coal Vein was mined out, and Wang Yu received his final share of fifty thousand Crystal Coins.
• Wang Yu asked Sun Chengshan how they could learn a Blood Burning Method, and Sun Chengshan explained that such methods were largely controlled by military families, government departments, and other powerful factions.