Chapter Summaries

Chen Chuan reunited with old acquaintances in Yangzhi, then set out by ship for the outer seas to train and reach the Rift on Feiguang Island. He arrived at Rowang Island and arranged passage onward, waiting for the Magistrate to find him a boat.

• Chen Chuan told Wei Changan and the others that Central City had returned to normal, and they decided to prepare to travel there in a few days.
• Chen Chuan studied a map, booked a ferry, and left for the outer seas with Zhao Ming after saying goodbye to his younger aunt's family.
• Chen Chuan trained during the voyage and enjoyed the ship's amenities before arriving at Rowang Island eight days later.
• Chen Chuan learned that there was no regular passage to Feiguang Island and asked the port town's Magistrate to find someone who could take him there.
• Chen Chuan explored Rowang Island while he waited, and the Magistrate later told him he had found a suitable person for the trip.

Chen Chuan traveled from Rowang Island to Feiguang Island to meet Taru, using Mister Zhuan’s token to gain access to Danliu Hall. After reaching the old hall and waiting for Taru to finish teaching, he was left ready to speak with her.

• Chen Chuan left Rowang Island by sailboat, and the boat was rocked by a sudden disturbance beneath the sea.
• The boatman brought Chen Chuan to Feiguang Island, where Chen Chuan paid him and continued inland with Zhao Ming.
• Chen Chuan followed the white-pebble path and signs through the woods until a young man stopped him at a private boundary.
• Chen Chuan said Mister Zhuan had sent him and showed the old man the Pig-Nose Dragon, earning an invitation to Danliu Hall.
• Chen Chuan waited while Taru taught her students, and Taru approached him after the lesson ended.

Chen Chuan proved his strength to Taru and earned permission to enter Danliu Hall’s Rift. At the cliffside entrance, Taru warned him that the Rift had grown unstable and revealed that Anyao Pavilion posed a greater concern than the fighters searching the surrounding waters.

• Taru explained why Danliu Hall required Chen Chuan to prove he was strong enough before entering the Rift.
• Chen Chuan blocked Taru’s attacks, recognized how her unusual force targeted mutated tissue, and defeated her without difficulty.
• Taru acknowledged Chen Chuan’s superior fighting skills and led him toward the Rift after he declined to rest.
• Taru warned Chen Chuan that the Rift had been unstable since the end of the year before last and that fighters had been searching the surrounding waters.
• Taru explained that Danliu Hall and Anyao Pavilion descended from different disciples of Grandmaster Hongfa and coveted each other’s teachings.
• Taru revealed that Anyao Pavilion’s Sword Sect had killed Danliu Hall’s last Fist Saint in a battle more than a century earlier.

Taru explained the Danliu Hall Rift’s history and warned Chen Chuan that the Anyao Pavilion might try to seize it, while Chen Chuan agreed to train there despite the risks. Meanwhile, the Linax Federation’s Torrent Action Squad discovered the possible Rift and planned to capture Taru during the coming storm season.

• Taru told Chen Chuan that the Anyao Pavilion might exploit the collapse of the Ferris Wheel Company to investigate or seize the Danliu Hall Rift.
• Chen Chuan thanked Taru and agreed to face any interference alongside her as a fellow Purity Faction member.
• Taru led Chen Chuan into the sea to show him the Rift, which lay more than four hundred meters underwater.
• The Torrent Action Squad landed near Feiguang Island and identified the area as a likely site of a stable Rift.
• Utiko declared that his squad would capture Taru to learn the Rift’s location and planned to strike during the July storms after conducting reconnaissance.

Chen Chuan entered the stable rift beneath Feiguang Island and learned that a Danliu Faction predecessor’s body kept it sealed from the other side. After preparing for the night, he returned to cultivate near the opening, where the essence accelerated his progress but made his second self turn insubstantial.

• Chen Chuan followed Taru through the rift and learned that they were inside the body of a Danliu Faction predecessor who shielded the entrance.
• Taru opened the tendrils briefly to show Chen Chuan the rift’s essence and warned him not to cross to the other side.
• Chen Chuan left with Taru, settled into a guest room on Feiguang Island, and bought supplies for his cultivation.
• After sunset, Chen Chuan returned to the rift with Zhao Ming, entered alone, and sat near the opening with the Snow Monarch Blade beside him.
• Chen Chuan practiced the Spirit Illumination Reflection Method and found that the essence sped up his cultivation without medicines, though his second self began turning insubstantial.

Chen Chuan cultivated on Feiguang Island for ten days, improving his mental power while the Lotus Seat helped purge corruption. As a storm arrived, the Torrent Squad launched a night raid, and Taru fled after realizing she could not defeat them alone.

• Chen Chuan cultivated in the Rift at night and meditated at the Lotus Seat by day, steadily strengthening his mental power.
• Gan Bo and Taru admired Chen Chuan's discipline as the island prepared for the annual mid-July sea winds.
• The Torrent Squad learned the island's defenses and planned to seize the ferry landing, docks, and Fighting Hall during the storm.
• On July fifteenth, Utiko led the six Third Limit Fighters underwater to Feiguang Island and armed them with crossbows and throwing weapons.
• Taru sensed the squad's ambush, deflected their attacks with her staff, and ran from the encirclement because she knew she could not win alone.

Taru escaped the Turbulence team through a prepared route and led them to the rift, where she sought help from Chen Chuan. Chen Chuan killed three attackers in an instant, and Utiko rallied the survivors to fight him.

• Taru used a staff, branches, and a zip line to evade Utiko and the Turbulence team, then dove into the sea and swam toward the rift.
• Utiko and his teammates followed Taru through the rift and discovered Chen Chuan waiting there.
• Taru apologized for interrupting Chen Chuan's training, and he told her she had done the right thing.
• When the Turbulence team attacked Chen Chuan with a throwing knife, he vanished from sight and killed three of them with devastating blows.
• Utiko warned the remaining teammates that they could not let the rift's location become known and urged them to fight Chen Chuan together.

Chen Chuan defeated Utiko and his teammates, then discovered they had come from the Linax Federation on an unauthorized mission to investigate the Rift. After confirming the village was safe, he returned to find the corpses missing.

• Utiko and his two teammates took potential-enhancing drugs and attacked Chen Chuan, who killed the two teammates with ease.
• Utiko surrendered and offered to help, but he tried to attack Taru and died when Chen Chuan's String Void Force tore apart his body and exploded his head.
• Chen Chuan examined documents from Utiko and concluded that the group had come from the Linax Federation on a private mission to investigate the Rift.
• Chen Chuan told Taru to keep the deaths and the group's identities secret, and she agreed to leave the cleanup to Gan Bo.
• Chen Chuan and Taru returned to the cliff terrace, found the village unharmed and the group's equipment by the shore, then Chen Chuan went back to the Rift and found the six corpses gone.

Chen Chuan witnessed a phantom demonstrate a Danliu Hall technique in Phantom Space, then developed a new understanding of his heart force. The chapter ended when Gan Bo received a black-covered letter that visibly alarmed him.

• Chen Chuan saw a phantom demonstrate a Danliu Hall force technique, then noticed a shadow from the other side trying to squeeze through the entrance.
• Chen Chuan returned to the cliff, fed Zhao Ming, and told Taru and Gan Bo about the phantom and its technique.
• Chen Chuan reflected on how to shape his heart force around his fighting style and awakened a force that expressed his conviction.
• Gan Bo treated a youth and instructed a student before a messenger arrived and handed him a black-covered letter.
• Gan Bo's expression changed when he saw the letter.

Taru and Gan Bo learned that the Anyao Pavilion was coming to Danliu Hall, likely seeking the Rift, and Chen Chuan promised to stand with them. The Anyao Pavilion's delegation arrived on Rowang Island, where Gan Bo discovered that its senior disciple, Ye Jianhong, was the frail, bewildered young man among them.

• Gan Bo brought Taru a letter announcing that the Anyao Pavilion intended to send disciples to spar with Danliu Hall.
• Gan Bo warned Taru that the Anyao Pavilion might possess an object capable of sensing the Rift, and they went to discuss the threat with Chen Chuan.
• Chen Chuan agreed to support Danliu Hall and asked to face Ye Jianhong if he challenged Taru.
• Seven days later, Anyao Pavilion Fighters arrived on Rowang Island, and their companions carefully restrained the bewildered Ye Jianhong from wandering off.
• After receiving the Anyao Pavilion's second letter, Gan Bo went to the dock to welcome the delegation and learned that Ye Jianhong was their senior disciple.

Anyao Pavilion arrived at Danliu Hall seeking its Rift, and Taru directed them to find it beneath the sea cliff. Ye Jianhong revealed his true strength inside the Rift, where Chen Chuan waited to face him.

• Gan Bo brought Shi Yuan Ba and the Anyao Pavilion disciples to meet Taru, who rejected their offer to restore Danliu Hall and said they could claim what they wanted by strength.
• Taru led Anyao Pavilion to the sea cliff and told them the object they sought lay below.
• Shi Yuan Ba blew a jade whistle, and the seawater rippled over the Rift; Ye Jianhong recognized the signal and ordered him to keep blowing.
• Ye Jianhong leaped into the sea, followed by Shi Yuan Ba and the other Anyao Pavilion disciples, and swam through the Rift into a green-lit space.
• Chen Chuan waited inside the Rift, and Ye Jianhong’s frail body transformed into a muscular fighter before he introduced himself.

Chen Chuan confronted Ye Jianhong in the rift and tested his developing Heart Force against the Anyao Pavilion disciple’s blade techniques. Chen Chuan broke Ye Jianhong’s long blade, leaving the two facing off at a distance.

• Chen Chuan identified himself to Ye Jianhong, and Ye Jianhong’s mental-power attack knocked the Anyao Pavilion disciples unconscious while Chen Chuan stood firm.
• Ye Jianhong drew his long blade and unleashed a rapid series of slashes, which Chen Chuan blocked barehanded using emulated Horizontal Training Heart Force.
• Ye Jianhong concentrated his mental power into a strike that carried Heart Force, and Chen Chuan countered with a punch and a grappling attack.
• Ye Jianhong used the Turning Yang Stance and a short-blade counterattack, but Chen Chuan deflected both blades and pressed forward with a Wrestling Embrace Force.
• Ye Jianhong used his long blade as a shield, but Chen Chuan’s force snapped it; Ye Jianhong retreated as Chen Chuan remarked that he had forgotten to bring a good blade.

Chen Chuan and Ye Jianhong fought inside the creature as Ye Jianhong’s spiritual power drove him to unleash Moonlight Illumination and Great Yaori. Chen Chuan comprehended a new Heart Force during their clashes and stopped a disciple controlled by Ye Jianhong, while Shi Yuan Ba and another disciple resisted the secret art.

• Ye Jianhong released red mist and grew faster and stronger, prompting Shi Yuan Ba to recognize Moonlight Illumination.
• Chen Chuan activated the Furnace Breathing Method and exchanged fierce attacks with Ye Jianhong, tempering his Heart Force against each collision.
• Chen Chuan unleashed a new Heart Force that shattered a Third Limit disciple who attacked him from the side.
• Ye Jianhong used Great Yaori to influence Shi Yuan Ba and the other disciples, driving one of them to charge Chen Chuan.
• Chen Chuan pressed a finger to the charging disciple’s brow, made him stagger back, and the disciple soon collapsed after explosions sounded inside his body.

Chen Chuan fought Ye Jianhong as the attached spirit drove him to sacrifice his disciples to reveal Danliu Hall’s Secret Tradition. Ye Jianhong pushed his body past its limits, and the chapter ended with their final punches colliding and Ye Jianhong exploding into blood and flesh.

• Chen Chuan used Supple Force against Ye Jianhong while Shi Yuan Ba and another disciple charged him and were knocked down.
• Ye Jianhong used his disciples’ deaths to summon a phantom demonstrating the missing technique, then improved his Mutated Tissue and fused Danliu Hall and Anyao Pavilion forces.
• Ye Jianhong attacked Chen Chuan with greater speed and strength, but Chen Chuan released his Mutated Tissue and countered at close range.
• Chen Chuan kept Ye Jianhong trapped in an exhausting fight, forcing him to increase his power until his body began rupturing.
• Ye Jianhong unleashed a final, life-consuming punch, and Chen Chuan met it with his own; Ye Jianhong’s body exploded while Chen Chuan remained standing.

Chen Chuan returned from the Rift after defeating Anyao Pavilion’s fighters and discovered that their lingering techniques could help Taru improve her understanding of Danliu Hall’s path. After Taru studied the phantoms, she asked Chen Chuan to spar while joined with one of the predecessors’ lingering images, and the bout began.

• Chen Chuan used Spirit Sense on his own, assessed the fallen Anyao Pavilion fighters, and took Ye Jianhong’s short blade before leaving the Rift.
• Chen Chuan told Gan Bo that Anyao Pavilion had been dealt with, then brought Taru into the Rift to inspect the remaining weapons and phantoms.
• Taru recognized several Anyao Pavilion techniques, including Mirroring the Void, and spent hours studying the phantom demonstrations.
• Taru explained that Anyao Pavilion’s methods could complement Danliu Hall’s force but could not be combined into a single path, and Chen Chuan agreed that Grandmaster Hongfa’s branches likely reflected the limits of what one disciple could inherit.
• Taru asked Chen Chuan to spar while a predecessor’s lingering image merged with her, and Chen Chuan picked up a long blade before she attacked with her staff.

Chen Chuan sparred with Taru and helped her identify weaknesses in her newly combined Danliu Hall and Anyao Pavilion techniques. After several days of training and teaching on the island, he learned that the Far Ocean Development Group had summoned Taru to discuss the Fighting Hall’s continued existence.

• Taru used a long staff and then split it into two short staffs, displaying linked forces from Danliu Hall and Anyao Pavilion during her spar with Chen Chuan.
• Chen Chuan found an opening in Taru’s attacks, disarmed her, and ended the match by seizing her wrist and pointing his Broken Blade at her neck.
• Taru thanked Chen Chuan, and both gained insights into their techniques; Chen Chuan considered how to combine his force with weapons.
• Chen Chuan returned to his cultivation routine, occasionally teaching Danliu Hall’s disciples as several more days passed and the island’s strong winds stopped.
• Chen Chuan asked Gan Bo where Taru had been, and Gan Bo said the Far Ocean Development Group had invited her to discuss the Fighting Hall’s continued existence.

Taru returned from Rowang Island with new requirements and development plans from the Far Ocean Development Group, while Chen Chuan finished cultivating and prepared to leave Feiguang Island. After receiving gifts from Danliu Hall, he departed for Rowang Island, where he learned that the search for the supposedly worthless ring had been called off.

• Taru told Gan Bo and Chen Chuan that the companies wanted Danliu Hall to register, report Third Limit Fighters, train students, and accept support for island development.
• Chen Chuan completed his cultivation on August twentieth, assessed his improved mental power, and left the Rift with Zhao Ming.
• Gan Bo and Taru gave Chen Chuan Enlightenment Fruit, a Cultivation Suit, and a Lost Object in gratitude for his help.
• Chen Chuan said farewell to Danliu Hall and took a ferry from Feiguang Island to Rowang Island.
• Chen Chuan learned that the Far Ocean Development Group had dismissed the ring searchers by claiming the ring and reward were fake.

Chen Chuan explored Nicha Mountain on Rowang Island, where Far Ocean Development Group manager Zheng Hai approached him and outlined the company’s plans. As Chen Chuan sailed home, Zheng Hai destroyed anomalous records and sent a coded transmission, while Ji Xinmin learned that someone wanted him to contact Chen Chuan again.

• Chen Chuan visited Nicha Mountain before boarding a liner home and met Zheng Hai, who described plans to expand communications and services across Rowang Island.
• Zheng Hai gave Chen Chuan a business card and postcards, then arranged for records from Feiguang Island, the Linax Federation, and the Ferris Wheel Company to be gathered.
• Zheng Hai ordered the records destroyed in a fire and transmitted a secret message stating that the anomalous records had been destroyed.
• Chen Chuan read reports aboard the liner about the Union’s demands against the Jibei Province Government Affairs Hall and considered the growing political conflict.
• Ji Xinmin received instructions to make contact with Chen Chuan again when he returned to Central City.

After returning to Central City, Chen Chuan sensed disturbances from the damaged World Ring and discovered that the spine-like object aboard the liner seemed to contain a waking creature. A Gray Shell Affairs Office officer tried to contact him, then arranged a roadblock when Chen Chuan refused to speak with him.

• Chen Chuan probed the spine-like object with his spiritual perception and sensed a huge creature stirring, so he withdrew to avoid affecting the people aboard the liner.
• On August 28, the liner docked in Jiyang District, where Chen Chuan sensed chaotic domain fields and contamination from the damaged World Ring before putting on his World Token.
• An Shield identified the caller as Ji Xinmin of the Gray Shell Affairs Office, but Chen Chuan ignored his calls and left the port with his security convoy.
• Ji Xinmin followed Chen Chuan's convoy and arranged for several cars to block the road ahead.
• When Yu Xiao asked whether they should change course, Chen Chuan ordered the convoy to ram through the roadblock.

Chen Chuan’s convoy was intercepted by Ji Xinmin and two other Third Limit Fighters, who used a recording to launch a mental attack. Chen Chuan subdued them, reported the assault, and continued toward Central City, where he learned that former classmates Geng Zheng, Tai Dongwei, and Deng Fu worked for a shady client.

• An armored vehicle broke through the cars blocking the road, while Ji Xinmin and his companions raced ahead to block Chen Chuan’s convoy.
• Chen Chuan stopped the convoy and rejected Ji Xinmin’s demand to meet the influential person who had sent them.
• Ji Xinmin’s companion played a recording that interfered with Chen Chuan’s domain field, but Chen Chuan resisted and knocked Ji Xinmin unconscious.
• Chen Chuan defeated Ji Xinmin’s two companions, reported the attack to An Shield, and ordered Yu Xiao to restrain the three men and bring them along.
• Chen Chuan resumed his call with Wu Han, who said Lao Qi had arranged accommodations and told him that Geng Zheng, Tai Dongwei, and Deng Fu worked for a shady client.
• Chen Chuan asked Wu Han to send him the three former classmates’ contact details.