Chapter Summaries

Chen Chuan inspected his new residence, reported Meng Shu’s information to Director Wu, and received a lead on Xu Xian Wen’s underwater hideout. Meanwhile, Huan Jie chose Chen Chuan as the Ferris Wheel Company team’s first target and ordered them to gather extensive intelligence before acting.

• Chen Chuan inspected his assigned villa, training room, stores, staff, and complimentary Ever-Victorious General before heading to the Handling Bureau.
• Chen Chuan gave Director Wu the information from Meng Shu, prompting Wu to arrange an arrest operation.
• Director Qiu examined Chen Chuan, explained that his next promotion would come later, and gave him information about an underwater cavern linked to Xu Xian Wen.
• Chen Chuan returned to Wuyi Academy, messaged Tan Zhi about Zhao Ming, and called his family.
• Huan Jie reviewed three targets with her team and selected Chen Chuan, directing the analysis team to compile detailed intelligence on him.

Chen Chuan revisited memories of his mother practicing boxing and learned about the philosophy behind her teacher’s instruction. He then visited Flask Bar to find Mr. Kangaroo, and Old Zhan drove him toward the Lower District.

• Chen Chuan dreamed of his mother practicing Righteous Unrestrained Hands and followed her boxing sequence after waking.
• Chen Chuan watched his mother’s teacher correct her technique and reflected on the Fighter philosophy of leaving no gaps.
• Chen Chuan used his World Token to find Flask Bar, where he hoped to meet Mr. Kangaroo and learn about Teacher Yu’s Implant Body repairs.
• Old Zhan recognized Chen Chuan as the visitor Lu Ke had mentioned and agreed to take him to Mr. Kangaroo.
• Old Zhan drove Chen Chuan to a guarded tunnel entrance and continued toward the Lower District.

Chen Chuan traveled with Old Zhan through the abandoned Lower District, learning about its dangerous factions and Lutong Logistics' conflict with the Moss Gang. He reached Lutong Logistics' base and reunited with Lu Ke, who welcomed him aboard his vehicle.

• Chen Chuan and Old Zhan drove through the Lower District, where overgrown Sun Vines lit ruined tunnels and Chen Chuan noticed his Second Self fading in areas affected by the invasion.
• Old Zhan gave Chen Chuan an old World Token and diverted their vehicle to avoid a convoy from Poison Ant Express, a Moss Gang-backed business competing with Lutong Logistics.
• They passed through a crowded marketplace and arrived at Lutong Logistics' orderly base, where Old Zhan introduced Chen Chuan as Mr. Yu's student and Lu Ke's fellow disciple.
• Old Zhan told the bearded man that Chen Chuan was a powerful Fighter who might help Lutong Logistics with its trouble, while the white-haired young man doubted he could match Sister Nan.
• Xiao Dan guided Chen Chuan to a modified RV, where Lu Ke recognized him, greeted him excitedly, and ushered him inside after Chen Chuan noticed his new scars.

Chen Chuan reunited with Lu Ke and Teacher Yu, offered to help Yu Gang obtain a better implant leg, and learned that Poison Ant Express was attacking their logistics team. The chapter ended as Senior Apprentice Sister returned with a convoy of Two-Wheeled Vehicles.

• Lu Ke welcomed Chen Chuan into the convoy's RV and told him that the team had lost its former base after a conflict with another logistics team.
• Chen Chuan offered to lend Yu Gang money for an implant leg that could better support his abilities.
• Chen Chuan and Lu Ke visited Yu Gang while he taught children fighting techniques, and Chen Chuan discussed his work with the Handling Bureau.
• A squad responsible for District 703 returned with badly damaged vehicles and injured people after an attack by Poison Ant Express.
• Lu Ke explained that the team had repeatedly yielded territory, while Yu Gang warned that continuing to retreat would invite further attacks.
• Senior Apprentice Sister arrived at the convoy with a group of Two-Wheeled Vehicles.

Lan Xinnan’s convoy faced a growing threat, and she struggled to protect her team without surrendering to Lao Bian’s escalating demands. After deciding she could no longer rely on him, she asked Chen Chuan to help as a Third Limit Fighter.

• Lan Xinnan arrived at the convoy and discussed a dispute with her team, while Chen Chuan learned about her past with Yu Gang.
• Lan Xinnan told her team that Lao Bian would prevent an opposing Third Limit Fighter from attacking, but demanded an additional twenty percent in money and supplies.
• Sister Yun suggested asking Chen Chuan for help, but Lan Xinnan initially rejected the idea because she did not want to involve him or rely on him indefinitely.
• Lao Bian demanded another twenty percent, and Lan Xinnan suspected he was testing whether the team planned to replace him.
• Lan Xinnan decided Lao Bian had crossed the team’s bottom line and asked Chen Chuan for help, offering compensation and accepting that he might refuse.
• Chen Chuan agreed to hear the details of the team’s difficulties.

Lan Xinnan explained Lutong Logistics’ troubles to Chen Chuan, who agreed to help her deal with Poison Ant Express and asked for information on its Fighter and Lao Bian. After Lan Xinnan told her team that Chen Chuan would act, she ended her arrangement with Lao Bian, who reacted angrily and refused to accept being cast aside.

• Lan Xinnan explained Lutong Logistics’ collapse, Poison Ant Express’s attacks, and Lao Bian’s demands to Chen Chuan.
• Chen Chuan agreed to help Lutong Logistics and asked Lan Xinnan to gather information on Poison Ant Express’s Third Limit Fighter and Lao Bian.
• Lan Xinnan told her team that Chen Chuan would help, and the leaders debated whether he could defeat Poison Ant Express’s Fighter.
• Lan Xinnan contacted Lao Bian and told him Lutong Logistics would handle its own problems without his help.
• Lao Bian ended the call and sneered that he would not let Lan Xinnan push him aside easily.

Lao Bian learned of Chen Chuan’s strength and refused to confront him, instead telling Poison Ant Express that Lutong Logistics had found another Third Limit Fighter. After reviewing the opposing fighters’ records, Chen Chuan arranged a challenge match with Poison Ant Express, which agreed to fight the next morning.

• Lao Bian watched recordings of Chen Chuan defeating Wei Wusheng and emerging from the water with Xu Xian Wen’s head, then decided not to fight Chen Chuan himself.
• Lao Bian told Poison Ant Express that Lutong Logistics had found another Third Limit Fighter and withheld the information he had gathered about Chen Chuan.
• Chen Chuan reviewed information on Gai Er and Lao Bian, noting Gai Er’s criminal history and the lack of recent records of Lao Bian fighting.
• Chen Chuan asked Lan Xinnan to arrange a challenge match with Poison Ant Express’s fighter and said he would go to their base if they tried to stall.
• Poison Ant Express accepted the challenge, and both sides scheduled the match for the following morning.

Lutong Logistics and Poison Ant Express gathered at the border tunnel for Chen Chuan and Gai Er’s arranged duel. After arriving late and threatening Chen Chuan, Gai Er launched a sudden attack with his Three-Section Staff.

• Lan Xinnan brought Lutong Logistics’ convoy to the duel site and had her people prepare defenses while Poison Ant Express set up barricades.
• Lao Cao recognized former Lutong Logistics members across the field, and Little Ding dismissed his concern for them.
• Chen Chuan waited calmly in a camper while Lan Xinnan checked the surroundings and Poison Ant Express delayed Gai Er’s arrival.
• Gai Er arrived with Moss Gang leaders, and Chen Chuan left the camper to meet him in the open space between the two groups.
• Chen Chuan sensed Gai Er’s concealed Domain Field and read his aggressive, self-serving nature, making Gai Er uneasy.
• Gai Er dropped his Three-Section Staff, then kicked its end section up and sent the weapon shooting straight toward Chen Chuan.

Chen Chuan killed Gai Er in a brutal fight, forcing Poison Ant Express to agree to withdraw from Lutong Logistics' territory. Afterward, an unknown caller warned Chen Chuan to stay out of the Lower District's affairs and offered him a reward to withdraw.

• Gai Er attacked Chen Chuan with his Three-Section Staff, but Chen Chuan stood firm and seized him after the strike failed to harm him.
• Chen Chuan slammed Gai Er into the ground, then stomped his skull to pieces as the onlookers watched in shock.
• Lan Xinnan warned Poison Ant Express to withdraw from its occupied territory within two days, and its representatives agreed to honor the deal.
• Chen Chuan returned to the RV and reflected that he had killed Gai Er quickly to prevent him from fleeing and causing trouble for Lutong Logistics.
• An unknown caller warned Chen Chuan that the Lower District's affairs were too dangerous to interfere in and offered him a reward if he withdrew.

Chen Chuan investigated the threats surrounding Lutong Logistics and arranged help with tracing signals and contacting the Upper District. He gave the promised payment back to Lan Xinnan to fund Teacher Yu’s Implant Bodies and offered to find a better supply channel.

• Chen Chuan asked Lan Xinnan to arrange for Resonators to trace a signal, while a Poison Ant Express member secretly recorded the fight and sold the footage.
• Lao Bian faced taunts from other Third Limit Fighters after Gai Er’s death and warned his disciple that Poison Ant Express and the Moss Gang would keep the conflict going.
• Resonator Mr. Chi explained that the signal could be relayed through intermediaries and described the risks of establishing contact with the Upper District.
• Lan Xinnan gave Chen Chuan a gold card containing two hundred thousand, but he returned it so she could buy Implant Bodies for Teacher Yu.
• Lan Xinnan told Chen Chuan about her doctor and medical pod, and Chen Chuan offered to find a direct Implant Body supply channel.

Huan Jie’s team studied Chen Chuan’s latest fight and considered ways to counter his hard-body techniques and one-on-one combat. At the Lutong Logistics camp, Chen Chuan arranged an Implant Body for Yu Gang through Convergence Boundary and heard Tang Zhang propose a business partnership with Lutong Logistics.

• Huan Jie showed her team footage of Chen Chuan defeating Gai Er, and they identified his hard-body defense, force-dispersal, and Seizing Force.
• The team discussed countermeasures and suggested inviting Jiang Huowang to help confront Chen Chuan.
• Chen Chuan contacted the Handling Bureau and Convergence Boundary, then arranged for the company to bring Implant Body products for Yu Gang.
• Tang Zhang explained that the products had no Implant Body Key and offered to provide doctors or equipment to Lutong Logistics.
• Tang Zhang privately asked Chen Chuan’s opinion about Convergence Boundary developing its business in the Lower District through a partnership with Lutong Logistics.

Chen Chuan helped Lutong Logistics secure Fusion Boundary Corporation’s support and watched Yu Gang recover after successful Implant Body surgery. Before leaving the Lower District, he recruited Lao Bian to protect the team by giving him Third Limit Cultivation Medicine.

• Chen Chuan accepted Lutong Logistics’ partnership with Fusion Boundary Corporation and warned Tang Zhang and Lan Xinnan that the team would face competition in force.
• Lan Xinnan told Chen Chuan that Yu Gang’s surgery was scheduled, while Poison Ant Express withdrew and Fusion Boundary Corporation stationed security and a Resonator team in the Lower District.
• Yu Gang emerged from surgery with all four limbs restored, and the doctor explained his recovery and training plan.
• Lan Xinnan apologized for replacing all of Yu Gang’s Implant Bodies, and Yu Gang reassured her and invited her to train with him.
• Chen Chuan left the camp as its people lit their vehicles to see him off, then met Lao Bian and asked him to look after Lutong Logistics in exchange for Third Limit Cultivation Medicine.

Chen Chuan agreed to join the world ring defense plan and signed the participation agreement. Liang Guanghai then offered him an additional task to watch for while carrying out his defense duties.

• After returning to the Upper District, Chen Chuan sensed he was being watched and asked Wu Bei to investigate the location.
• Chen Chuan reported suspicious findings to the Handling Bureau, then trained with Red Dust and studied combat recordings while on leave.
• Chen Chuan reviewed the defense plan and contacted the Defense Department to accept the assignment.
• At the Handling Bureau, Chen Chuan read and signed the defense agreement, which offered increased pay and other benefits to participants.
• Liang Guanghai arrived and told Chen Chuan that the department had a nonmandatory task for him to watch for during his defense duties.

Chen Chuan received a covert assignment to observe Chen Bitong near the World Ring, then investigated Xu Xian Wen’s hideout at Lu Lan Lake. He found hidden Secret Serpent Sect texts whose combat-arts book appeared to contain techniques beyond the first three limits.

• Liang Guanghai told Chen Chuan that a breach in the Ring Curtain had let entities cross over and assigned him to observe Chen Bitong while working near his area.
• Liang Guanghai gave Chen Chuan a specially made World Token, and a woman confirmed that Chen Chuan was free of intrusion or infection.
• Wu Bei reported that two suspicious people had watched a building Chen Chuan had mentioned, but their movements had been masked and he could not track them.
• Chen Chuan drove to Lu Lan Lake, entered an underwater cave identified as Xu Xian Wen’s hideout, and searched its rooms.
• Chen Chuan discovered three Secret Serpent Sect texts hidden behind a wardrobe and found that the combat-arts book had many pages remaining after its descriptions of the first three limits.

Chen Chuan recovered a blood-written map hinting at the Fourth Limit, while Huan Jie investigated him and prepared a plan to confront him. He later visited Lu Fang’s Fighting Hall and offered to spar with him.

• Chen Chuan recognized that the blood-written ravings depicted a possible map linked to the Saint Cave and Secret Land, then packed it away and left Lu Lan Lake.
• Huan Jie ordered her team to stop directly monitoring Chen Chuan and gathered information about his history and fighting abilities.
• Huan Jie learned that Chen Chuan practiced the Zhou Yuan Force Method and ordered tactical simulations, which showed that her team had poor odds of defeating him.
• Huan Jie instructed her people to find Jiang Huowang at Tidewatching Pavilion on Hui Island and bring him to her within three days.
• Chen Chuan visited Lu Fang’s Fighting Hall, discussed its business and students with him, and invited him to spar.

Chen Chuan visited the Fighting Hall, sparred with Lu Fang, and gave Lu Fang and Senior Yu detailed combat guidance. After leaving, he learned that Shi Yi was living independently and that Lu Fang still intended to search for his missing junior apprentice’s younger sister.

• Senior Yu saw Chen Chuan’s modified Garde Car outside the Fighting Hall, entered, and recognized Chen Chuan as the Third Limit Fighter who had defeated Wei Wusheng.
• Chen Chuan sparred with Lu Fang, repeatedly overcoming him while keeping his strength near the Second Limit, and Lu Fang gained new combat insights.
• Chen Chuan identified imbalances in Lu Fang’s Mutated Tissue and breathing, then gave guidance to Lu Fang, Senior Yu, and Senior Apprentice Guo.
• Senior Yu and Senior Apprentice Guo treated Chen Chuan to a meal at an upscale hotel, grateful for his instruction.
• Lu Fang told Chen Chuan that Shi Yi, formerly Number Thirteen, was supporting herself as a Resonator and that Zhao Qian’s other loyal servant had died after refusing food and water.
• Lu Fang said he would investigate his missing junior apprentice’s younger sister once he was strong enough, and Chen Chuan drove away from Central City.

Chen Chuan reviewed defense materials and learned more about Chen Bitong before preparing to protect Meng Shu at a company announcement. Meanwhile, Huan Jie planned an attack on Chen Chuan during the escort and recruited additional support.

• Chen Chuan entered the Circumscreen Defense Platform, reviewed the defense rules, and learned that Chen Bitong had a powerful background and was nearing the Fighter level.
• Chen Chuan continued training during his vacation and received a message from Yan Yi about Meng Shu becoming the company’s leader on November 19.
• Huan Jie’s team found that adding Jiang Huowang could improve their odds, but she planned for the possibility that he might not cooperate.
• Huan Jie chose to attack Chen Chuan while he escorted Meng Shu, setting a ten-minute limit for the operation before her team had to withdraw.
• Huan Jie told an associate the attack would take place the day after tomorrow and asked them to distract the Handling Bureau; she also planned to hire two more people.

Chen Chuan learned that people were investigating him and prepared with the Handling Bureau and Meng Shu for a possible ambush during the company takeover. On November 19, attackers struck the convoy on the Cross-Sea Skybridge, targeting Chen Chuan and Meng Shu’s vehicles.

• Luo Kaiyuan told Chen Chuan that Wei Dong had won the academy’s recommendation slot and warned that someone was asking about Chen Chuan.
• Director Wu warned Chen Chuan about possible sabotage and sent him a safer route map for the trip to Fusion Boundary Corporation.
• Chen Chuan told Meng Shu that they might be ambushed and proposed using the attack to eliminate the threat, with Aunt Yu protecting her.
• Chen Chuan took special medicine while staying at the Meng Clan Estate, then set out with Meng Shu’s convoy on November 19.
• Attackers wearing Gliding Wings approached the convoy on the Cross-Sea Skybridge, scattered Tire Puncture Spikes, and identified Chen Chuan’s and Meng Shu’s vehicles as targets.
• Huan Jie ordered the attackers to strike both vehicles and nearby ones, and the team dropped onto the convoy and threw Smoke Bombs and grenades.

Chen Chuan faced an ambush by an overseas assault team on the bridge while Meng Shu and Li Ying assessed the attackers’ chances of victory. After defeating Jiang Huowang with a single crushing blow, Chen Chuan remained standing despite a Third Limit gunman’s shot.

• The assault team descended on the bridge and attacked the convoy as Huan Jie asked where Jiang Huowang was.
• Chen Chuan left his car, identified Huan Jie as a likely leader, and faced Jiang Huowang’s charge while other Third Limit Fighters and a gunman closed in.
• Chen Chuan broke Jiang Huowang’s arm and threw him aside, while attackers fired Net Guns to trap him and the convoy.
• Meng Shu refused an offer to evacuate and asked Li Ying whether they could wipe out the attackers without deploying her physical body; Li Ying estimated Chen Chuan had a ninety-eight percent chance of victory.
• Jiang Huowang charged again, but Chen Chuan slammed him onto the bridge and smashed his head with a punch.
• A Third Limit gunman fired at Chen Chuan, but the bullet fell deformed from his head as he stood unharmed.

Chen Chuan overwhelmed Huan Jie’s assault team, killing or incapacitating its members despite their coordinated attacks and stimulant drugs. Huan Jie ordered the remaining fighters to fight on, then charged Chen Chuan as he moved to intercept her.

• After Chen Chuan killed Jiang Huowang, Huan Jie ordered the assault team to follow its Third Plan and attack.
• Chen Chuan used his speed to incapacitate two attackers, while Huan Jie tried to rescue the gunman; the gunman’s head then split open despite her intervention.
• Huan Jie called the Fourth Plan, and the remaining three fighters took stimulant drugs that overtaxed their bodies.
• Chen Chuan used his field to assess the fighters, then knocked out Old Four with a two-stage kick.
• Huan Jie ordered gunfire to hinder Chen Chuan and charged at him, but he crossed her path and swung the sheathed Snow Monarch Blade down.