Chapter Summaries

Chen Chuan passed his skills assessment with the highest evaluation and learned that the academy was tightening penalties for students who failed. As the Central City Arena Tournament approached, Ni Qianqian asked him to help patrol Yinglu District while the Handling Bureau pursued Wei Wusheng.

• Chen Chuan received the highest evaluation on his skills assessment, and Teacher Zheng encouraged him to keep attending the Bureau-recommended classes.
• Chen Chuan browsed Arena Tournament footage, including fights featuring Cao Rui, and discussed the academy's stricter assessment policies with Tan Zhi.
• Chen Chuan warned Tan Zhi that Wei Wusheng was killing Fighters from the cruise ship, and Tan Zhi said he and the others were keeping out of sight.
• Ni Qianqian told Chen Chuan that the Handling Bureau was investigating Wei Wusheng's expelled Junior Brother and asked Chen Chuan to assist with patrol duty in Yinglu District.

Chen Chuan joined Senior Sun Rao on a Handling Bureau duty shift in Yinglu District, where they watched two Fighters connected to Wei Wusheng’s case. After Zhe Rong led her martial hall’s disciples away for an exchange, a message from the bureau arrived as Chen Chuan and Sun Rao followed them.

• Chen Chuan met Sun Rao in the patrol vehicle and agreed to follow his lead during the operation.
• Sun Rao explained that Tong Daguang and Zhe Rong were refusing Bureau protection and supervision, and showed Chen Chuan their case files.
• Chen Chuan showed Sun Rao his Thunderclap, while Sun Rao brought out his Poison Letter rifle and discussed stopping Wei Wusheng.
• The patrol vehicle reached Yinglu District and surveyed its roads and Zhe Rong’s Tuo Li Martial Hall.
• Zhe Rong led her disciples out of the martial hall, so Sun Rao ordered the patrol to follow their vehicles.
• A message from the bureau appeared on Chen Chuan and Sun Rao’s World Tokens as they followed the group.

Sun Rao and Chen Chuan were diverted from their investigation to watch two reckless corporate children and respond to a Fighter suffering from Functional Disorder. After Sun Rao subdued the Fighter, they learned the man’s life had collapsed after he protected stolen goods and discovered that one of the thieves he killed was his son; another urgent call sent them to Elephant House Tavern.

• Sun Rao used a Resonator to make the corporate siblings’ World Token lead them in circles until they returned to their hotel, then left to answer a report of a Fighter with Functional Disorder.
• The siblings noticed the patrol vehicle had left and eagerly drove off again to visit a place the girl had found.
• Sun Rao and Chen Chuan arrived at a port warehouse, where a Security Captain who had killed his supervisor and wounded teammates was hiding.
• Sun Rao dealt with the Security Captain, then learned the man had stopped a theft plot and discovered that one of the thieves he killed was his son.
• Chen Chuan saw that the Security Captain had graduated from a local Wu Yi Academy and had earned citizen status after twenty years of work.
• A new communication arrived, and Sun Rao ordered the vehicle to rush to Elephant House Tavern.

Sun Rao and Chen Chuan rushed to the Elephant House Tavern after learning that a wealthy brother and sister were there, but a gang battle and a field interference zone kept them from reaching the pair. They discovered the bureau had used their apparent lack of support to lure Wei Wusheng into an ambush, but he escaped, killed Zhe Rong, and might still target Chen Chuan.

• Sun Rao and Chen Chuan approached the Elephant House Tavern during a fierce clash between the Swordfish Gang and the Elephant Gang, but the interference zone prevented them from locating the brother and sister inside.
• Chen Chuan realized Tong Daguang might be vulnerable while the gangs were fighting, so Sun Rao checked his location and rushed toward Rope Street.
• Sun Rao and Chen Chuan found a gruesome scene at Rope Street, where Team Leader Li explained that the bureau had set an apparent trap for Wei Wusheng and that their Resonator had been watched, leaking information.
• Team Leader Li said Wei Wusheng had escaped an ambush involving two Three Limits Fighters, and then received word that Zhe Rong had been killed.
• Chen Chuan learned that Wei Wusheng had killed Tong Daguang and twenty-six others before escaping the bureau's encirclement, then turned back to kill Zhe Rong.
• Chen Chuan wondered whether Wei Wusheng, who had also marked him as a target, would come after him next.

Chen Chuan patrolled with Sun Rao after Wei Wusheng killed two targets and escaped the Handling Bureau’s trap, then considered who might be helping the fugitive and how he selected his victims. The next morning, Chen Chuan reported changes in his senses to Cao Guiqi and made contact with the Zhu Jue Yin Cage, which withered after blooming in a radiant display.

• Sun Rao told Chen Chuan that the Swordfish Gang and Elephant Gang clash had ended, and the patrol convoy reached Zhe Rong’s murder scene, where Team Leader Li confirmed Wei Wusheng had killed her.
• Chen Chuan and Sun Rao finished their patrol, ate dinner under the Handling Bureau’s surveillance, and Chen Chuan returned safely to the Mystic Palace Building.
• Chen Chuan read discussions about Wei Wusheng online, suspected the Ferris Wheel Company might obstruct the bureau, and theorized that Wei Wusheng killed targets in order of their future potential.
• Chen Chuan visited Cao Guiqi the next morning and described his unusual changes; when he focused on the Zhu Jue Yin Cage, it bloomed with silver radiance before withering.

Cao Guiqi explained the available ways for Chen Chuan to break through the Third Limit and recommended an Old Era method tailored to the individual. Chen Chuan chose it and planned to use Red Dust as a sparring partner to help prepare for his breakthrough.

• Cao Guiqi described Resonance Nest guidance, specialized medication, and Wuyi Academy’s Red Dust service, warning Chen Chuan about their risks and the information they would reveal.
• Cao Guiqi taught Chen Chuan the Old Era method of coordinating breath, body, mind, and specific drugs, and said Chen Chuan had an eighty-one percent chance of success.
• Chen Chuan chose Cao Guiqi’s recommended method, and Cao Guiqi explained its details and gave him the medicines and tools.
• Uncle Ding reminded Cao Guiqi that the medicines had belonged to his deceased mother, but Cao Guiqi said they should be used rather than kept as a painful memento.
• On his way back to the Mystic Palace Building, Chen Chuan decided that martial arts and freedom were what stirred him and resolved to find a powerful opponent.
• Chen Chuan considered arranging sparring practice with Red Dust through Wuyi Academy after his evaluation score rose enough to qualify.

Chen Chuan used Cao Guiqi’s Breathing Method, scented herbs, medicine, and the Snow Monarch Blade to cultivate through the night, strengthening his body and deepening his bond with the blade. After booking a Sea Realm Field visit, he received Wu Bei’s recovered call records, which suggested Zhao Qian’s unknown female contact might be the person Chen Chuan was looking for.

• Chen Chuan studied Cao Guiqi’s Breathing Method, prepared the scented herbs and medicine, and discovered that the Snow Monarch Blade reacted to the herbs.
• Chen Chuan practiced the method through the night, gently developing his mutated tissue and improving his senses while the Snow Monarch Blade also benefited.
• Chen Chuan booked a two o’clock afternoon visit to the Sea Realm Field and contacted Wu Bei after noticing his voice message.
• Wu Bei sent Chen Chuan Zhao Qian’s recovered call records and revealed that the unknown female contact’s biological signal belonged to someone no older than fifteen.
• Chen Chuan considered whether the young woman might be the person they were seeking and decided to speak with Lu Fang before proceeding.

Chen Chuan learned that Lu Fang suspected Zhao Qian’s associate might be his younger sister, and urged him to grow stronger if he wanted to investigate further. After focusing on his preparations for the Third Limit, Chen Chuan began using Red Dust’s sparring service to refine his body and spirit through battle.

• Chen Chuan told Lu Fang that new information suggested Zhao Qian’s associate might be Lu Fang’s younger sister, and Lu Fang decided he would continue investigating as a Fighter.
• Chen Chuan returned to training, spent the day at the Sea Realm Field, then took his medicine and practiced the Breathing Method overnight.
• Chen Chuan paid for a private three-hour sparring session with Red Dust to help advance toward the Third Limit.
• Chen Chuan released his Mutated Tissue and fought Red Dust, whose flawless techniques kept him under intense pressure.
• After the session ended, Chen Chuan sensed his Mutated Tissue’s vitality and his control over his body increasing, but knew he needed to continue sparring to reach the barrier.

Chen Chuan arranged time to focus on cultivation while the Bureau continued searching for Wei Wusheng, and An Cheng and Sun Rao were called to another district incident. In late June, Lao Qi told Chen Chuan about a hotel where people vanished and were forgotten, and Chen Chuan agreed to investigate.

• Chen Chuan deleted the record of his sparring with Red Dust while keeping information to restore their progress later.
• Chen Chuan asked Ni Qianqian for time to cultivate, and she agreed to postpone his Bureau assignments and decline an exchange competition invitation.
• Ni Qianqian told Chen Chuan that the Bureau had made progress investigating Wei Wusheng's Junior Brother but had not caught Wei Wusheng.
• An Cheng and Sun Rao discussed their work and training over lunch before a World Token alert sent them to handle an incident.
• In late June, Lao Qi told Chen Chuan that a hotel had caused hundreds of people to vanish, and that visitors had recently stopped coming back out.
• Chen Chuan agreed to investigate the hotel in Hongsheng District.

Chen Chuan entered a hotel in Hongsheng District where people had been disappearing, hoping to resolve the growing anomaly. After searching the hotel’s empty, unnaturally preserved floors, he descended toward the basement, while the Moss Gang prepared to keep people from leaving the area.

• Chen Chuan learned that Lao Qi’s colleague had disappeared inside the hotel and drove to investigate, carrying the Snow Monarch Blade.
• A child warned Chen Chuan not to enter the hotel, but he crossed the threshold and found the lobby’s food and belongings preserved as if the incident had just occurred.
• Chen Chuan found that the phasing effect prevented him from using the World Token, so he searched the hotel on foot instead of taking the elevator.
• The Moss Gang arrived to guard the street, following orders to prevent anyone who entered the hotel from coming back out.
• The Moss Gang tried to take Chen Chuan’s modified vehicle but could not open its specialized lock.
• Chen Chuan searched the hotel through the roof, felt watched, and descended toward the first basement level.

Chen Chuan entered the hotel basement and destroyed the Strange Tree that had been consuming the guests, recovering its Lost Object and restoring his World Token. As he left, he dealt with gangsters trying to tow his car and drove toward a blocked road.

• Chen Chuan forced open the basement door and found a huge Strange Tree covered with human limbs and surrounded by the remains of missing guests.
• Chen Chuan cut through the Strange Tree’s branches, exposed its core, and slashed the brain-like object until the creature crumbled into ash.
• Chen Chuan found a wooden-jade heart beneath the ash, contacted the City Patrol Team, and left the hotel after the World Token recovered.
• Chen Chuan found gangsters trying to tow his car and knocked them down with tiny stone fragments.
• Chen Chuan nodded to the watching little boy, got into his car, and drove toward the blocked road.

After escaping the Moss Gang’s ambush, Chen Chuan realized that eliminating supernatural phenomena could help him break through the third limit. The City Patrol stopped the gang’s pursuit, while a mysterious man told the boy who had warned Chen Chuan that he would stay a few more days and might teach him.

• Chen Chuan rammed through the Moss Gang’s barricade and drove away, sensing that clearing the anomaly had advanced his progress toward the third limit.
• Wu Bei helped Chen Chuan evade the Moss Gang’s information attacks and trapped several of their resonators with Domain Field signals beyond Hongsheng District’s boundary points.
• Chen Chuan reported the pursuing gang members to the City Patrol Team, but their leader ignored orders to stop and kept chasing him.
• The City Patrol Team ambushed the gang’s cars and shot down the pursuing members, including their leader.
• The boy brought Nutrient Paste to the mysterious man, who said the nearby anomaly was gone and offered to stay a few days so the boy could try to learn from him.

Chen Chuan investigated abnormality reports while training toward breaking through the Third Limit, and learned that a bounty had been placed on Wei Wusheng. Wei Wusheng was finally found by the Pei Brothers, while the boy he had been training was left behind with a recommendation to seek Yu Hongming.

• Chen Chuan reported that the Strange Tree abnormality had been dealt with, accepted the commission, and stored the Lost Object away.
• Chen Chuan reviewed Lao Qi’s abnormality reports, chose a target, and spent the next days investigating strange tales, cultivating, and sparring with Red Dust.
• Chen Chuan noticed the incubator egg still had not hatched and focused on training before the semester break and his push toward breaking through the Third Limit.
• Tan Zhi told Chen Chuan that an underground bounty had drawn Bounty Hunters, including the Pei Brothers, to search for Wei Wusheng.
• Wei Wusheng trained the little boy on a rooftop and told him to find Yu Hongming at the Heaven’s Wrath Gang if he wanted to keep learning.
• The Pei Brothers found Wei Wusheng, who took up his hammer and told the boy to get away if he wanted to live.

After Wei Wusheng killed the Pei Brothers, Chen Chuan watched the uproar spread across the platform and witnessed a Bird Lizard hatch. As he neared the Third Limit, he sensed something was still wrong and called Uncle Ding to speak with Senior Brother Cao.

• Wei Wusheng gave the boy a World Token after killing the Pei Brothers, and the boy photographed him with their heads and corpses.
• Chen Chuan received the photograph from Tan Zhi and recognized Wei Wusheng and the Pei Brothers.
• A Bird Lizard hatched from Chen Chuan's egg, and Zou Handan explained that it was a failed combat-breeding species and offered care supplies.
• The platform erupted in debate over Wei Wusheng's victory, and Han Lao Mao publicly vowed to kill him.
• Chen Chuan continued training, visited Lielang Valley for another Snake Shedding service, and stopped before the next one while approaching the Third Limit.
• After moving with unexpected speed, Chen Chuan sensed he was close to the Third Limit but felt something was wrong, so he called Uncle Ding to ask for Senior Brother Cao.

Chen Chuan learned from Cao Guiqi that his spirit, not his body, was holding back his breakthrough to the Third Limit, and he resolved to settle the matter weighing on him: Wei Wusheng. He headed to the Arena Venue with Tan Zhi and other students, while arranging for Wu Bei to quietly track anyone investigating his whereabouts.

• Chen Chuan visited Cao Guiqi, who explained that Chen Chuan needed to resolve lingering attachments before his mind and body could unite for the Third Limit.
• After leaving Mo Tie Mountain, Chen Chuan reviewed the bureau's records and realized Wei Wusheng might have been near the hotel urban legend when Chen Chuan dealt with it.
• Chen Chuan returned to the Mystic Palace Building, cared for Zhao Ming, and arranged to attend the Arena Competitions with Tan Zhi, who said the venue was a secure place to guard against Wei Wusheng.
• The next morning, Chen Chuan told Wu Bei not to hide his whereabouts and to quietly track anyone investigating him, then joined Tan Zhi and the other students on the academy vehicle.
• The vehicle reached the crowded Arena Venue, where City Patrol Team and security forces guided it toward the parking lot.

Wei Wusheng climbed Green Peak Mountain to confront Du Geng at Mo God Temple, where Du Geng used the temple’s aberrant insects to trap him. Wei Wusheng killed Du Geng and the temple’s other priests, then set out to face the person blocking the final release of Heart's Desire.

• Du Geng prepared for Wei Wusheng’s arrival by taking Mo God Temple’s special medicine and drinking Mo Water.
• Wei Wusheng was caught in the insects’ cutting threads, lost an arm, and was wounded as he climbed toward the temple.
• Du Geng approached Wei Wusheng with a metal spike, but Wei Wusheng stopped the attack, crushed him, and explained how he had altered his domain field to escape the threads.
• Wei Wusheng reattached his arm, healed his injuries, entered the temple, and killed the priests who emerged to fight him.
• Wei Wusheng said he had regained control over Xiong Jianyi’s mutated tissue and was ready to confront the person obstructing Heart's Desire’s final release.

Wei Wusheng killed Du Geng while the hidden group directing him searched for new targets and sent him Chen Chuan’s location. At the Arena Competition, Chen Chuan learned of Du Geng’s death and Left Saber’s claim that he had found Wei Wusheng, leaving the Handling Bureau poised to respond.

• The hidden group watched Wei Wusheng fight, agreed to support his growth, and sent him the location of Left Saber in Shen Wei District.
• Wei Wusheng asked the hidden group for Chen Chuan’s whereabouts, and they found that Chen Chuan was attending the Arena Competition and sent him the venue information.
• A resonator at the Central City Handling Bureau detected a suspicious signal from Green Peak, and the captain ordered nearby officers to investigate.
• Chen Chuan watched Cao Rui enter a dangerous match at the Arena Competition before learning that Wei Wusheng had killed Du Geng at Mo God Temple.
• Discussion-platform users speculated that Wei Wusheng would target Dong Ze next, while Left Saber posted that he had found Wei Wusheng.
• Chen Chuan decided that he could accept the Handling Bureau or someone else dealing with Wei Wusheng, and waited to see what happened.

After leaving the arena, Chen Chuan learned that a highly advanced team had tracked his movements and prepared for an unknown confrontation. Wei Wusheng secretly killed Left Saber and set out for his next target, while Chen Chuan armed himself and left his dormitory.

• Yu Hongming accepted Guan Chengqi as a disciple and assigned Tian Er to teach him, then said Wei Wusheng still faced a crucial hurdle.
• Chen Chuan returned to the Mystic Palace Building and learned from Wu Bei that someone using advanced technology had traced his route.
• Chen Chuan suspected the surveillance came from Wei Wusheng's team and told Wu Bei to keep watching without alerting them.
• The Handling Bureau searched for Left Saber and concluded he might have left Central City, unaware that Wei Wusheng was hiding inside the city with Left Saber's head.
• Wei Wusheng prepared to pursue his next target while his team arranged to shield his Domain Field signals and plan his escape.
• Chen Chuan finished his morning preparations, took up the Snow Monarch Blade, and left his dormitory.

Chen Chuan learned that Wei Wusheng had apparently killed Left Saber, prompting the Handling Bureau to tighten security, while he traveled with other students to watch Huo Yucheng fight Yu Shen. Their convoy was attacked on the way, and Chen Chuan left the bus to confront the towering man who had blocked the intersection.

• Chen Chuan sat near the front of the bus and watched footage of Huo Yucheng and Yu Shen as the students debated who would win their match.
• Chen Chuan saw a photograph on the Edge Channel showing Wei Wusheng standing unharmed beside the corpse of Left Saber, and the Handling Bureau dispatched teams to search outside Central City.
• Ni Qianqian warned Chen Chuan that Bureau personnel resented him for attending the matches and urged him to return to the academy, but he continued toward the Arena Venue.
• A figure hurled several cars into the convoy's path, causing a chain collision and cutting off the students' World Token connections.
• Chen Chuan took the Snow Monarch Blade, stepped off the bus, and walked toward the giant man standing atop an overturned truck.

Wei Wusheng and Chen Chuan met in the blocked street near the Arena Competition venue and began a fierce rematch. Their battle escalated toward the bus carrying the Wuyi Academy students, leaving the fight unresolved.

• A boy shot at Wei Wusheng, who threw the boy's car at the guard; the guard died blocking it, and Wei Wusheng killed the siblings.
• Wei Wusheng and Chen Chuan confronted each other, promising to finish their interrupted fight as onlookers found their World Tokens blocked.
• Chen Chuan launched a powerful blade strike, and Wei Wusheng blocked it with his hammer, cracking the road beneath him.
• Chen Chuan pressed his attack while Wei Wusheng began moving and countering, sending destructive blows through the street.
• The fighters' clashes tore through vehicles and street fixtures, and the expanding destruction approached the Wuyi Academy students' bus.