Chapter Summaries

Chen Chuan arrived in Shannan Province and reunited with his uncle Han Kuang and aunt Yu Jie, whose family welcomed him for the New Year. Han Kuang explained that Chen Chuan was a National-Level Fighter capable of matching an entire garrison, leaving Yu Jie astonished.

• Han Kuang greeted Chen Chuan at the station, introduced Chief of Staff Bai, and rode with his nephew to the Han family villa.
• Han Kuang and Chen Chuan talked about their relatives as military personnel saluted their car along the controlled roads.
• Yu Jie learned of Chen Chuan’s status from Nian Qian and hurried home with her family to meet him.
• Chen Chuan greeted the Han sisters and Yu Jie, and the family shared a New Year meal.
• Han Kuang told Yu Jie that a National-Level Fighter could stand against an entire army and said Chen Chuan had fulfilled the path his mother had not been able to walk.

Han Cheng visited his cousins Chen Chuan and Nian Qian, described his illicit business and its links to military arms trafficking, then asked Chen Chuan to help free detained couriers. After Chen Chuan said they would already be released, Han Cheng confirmed they had been let go and wondered who his cousin really was.

• Han Cheng returned to the villa, learned where Chen Chuan and Nian Qian were staying, and avoided telling Han Kuang he was home.
• Han Cheng introduced himself to Chen Chuan and Nian Qian and explained that he sold prohibited drugs through the Black Market.
• Han Cheng described military-linked arms sales to the Resistance Organization and named Lianwei Heavy Drive as a major transport company.
• Han Cheng asked Chen Chuan to arrange Jibei Province identities for couriers detained that morning, but Chen Chuan said they should already be released.
• Han Cheng called his team and learned the couriers had been released an hour earlier and delivered their goods, leaving him to wonder about Chen Chuan's influence.

Han Kuang warned Han Cheng about the danger of the garrison’s shady dealings, while Chen Chuan investigated Shannan Province and received pressure to leave. Chen Chuan asked White Aunt to stay after she urged him to depart, leaving their encounter unresolved.

• Han Kuang showed Han Cheng that Chen Chuan was a Fighter and warned him to cut ties with anyone involved in the garrison’s shady business.
• Chen Chuan read about Shannan Province’s Resistance Organization, burned a note from Chang Shuyu, and began his cultivation.
• Chen Chuan trained near the garrison for three days before meeting White Aunt, Shannan Province’s municipal security adviser, by the lake.
• White Aunt urged Chen Chuan to leave Shannan Province soon and offered him incense and a parting gift.
• Chen Chuan asked White Aunt to stay so he could explain his own wishes.

Chen Chuan fought White Aunt beside the lake after an explosion sounded from the armory, overwhelming her with his relentless attacks and leaving her severely injured. The battle drew the attention of the Garrison Family Area, where Han Kuang and Nian Qian recognized Chen Chuan and realized that something major had happened.

• White Aunt confronted Chen Chuan about whether someone had sent him, and they began fighting after the armory exploded in the distance.
• Chen Chuan evaded White Aunt’s sword attacks, struck her with Second Stage Force, destroyed her left arm, and charred half her face.
• White Aunt used her sword to create an opening and retreated across the lake, but Chen Chuan seized and suppressed the weapon.
• The battle’s shock waves shook nearby buildings and shattered windows, prompting residents to take shelter and investigate.
• Han Kuang sent Han Cheng to lead their family and Yu Wan’s family into the basement, then went out with Nian Qian and saw Chen Chuan facing White Aunt.
• Chen Chuan told White Aunt that she was too weak and had disappointed him.

Chen Chuan defeated White Aunt after she unleashed the power she had merged with from beings on the other side. He left her badly injured on the lakeshore and waited for the operation against her faction to conclude.

• White Aunt attacked Chen Chuan with luminous tentacles and mental-power illusions, but he shattered her attacks and struck her into the lake.
• White Aunt revealed her divine aspect as two enormous figures of light and attacked Chen Chuan from above and below.
• Chen Chuan blocked the pincer attack with hardened body force and destroyed both figures with the Great Bright Light Style, leaving White Aunt barely alive.
• Chen Chuan questioned White Aunt about her reliance on power from the other side, and she warned that he could not defeat them.
• Chen Chuan left White Aunt on the shore, took the sword from the ruined pavilion, and saw Combat Airships approaching as he awaited the operation's outcome.

After defeating White Aunt, Chen Chuan reassured his uncle Han Kuang that the operation would soon be resolved and that his family was safe. Council Member Chang’s student Jiang Kui arrived with compensation and instructions to secure White Aunt, while Chang remained at the Convergence Zone.

• The anxious garrison families questioned Han Kuang about Chen Chuan, but Han said he knew nothing and then went to check on his nephew.
• Chen Chuan told Han Kuang he was unharmed, assured him that the family would be safe, and hinted that the battle was connected to an operation against the local garrison.
• Han Kuang returned to the family area, while Chen Chuan waited at the training grounds and considered Advisor Bai’s role in the government’s operation.
• Jiang Kui arrived by airship, told Chen Chuan that the operation had been handled, and delivered a heavy briefcase from Council Member Chang as compensation.
• Two of Jiang Kui’s companions inserted a spiritually glowing needle into White Aunt’s brow to secure her, and Jiang Kui departed to report Chen Chuan’s regards to Chang.

Chen Chuan returned to the Han Family villa after defeating Advisor Bai, and the military launched a sweep that arrested corrupt garrison officials and their allies. After using a rare Bo Gong Fish heart to advance his breathing practice, he learned that the purge would cost Commander Zhao his post, though Zhao had recommended Han Kuang to the incoming commander.

• Jiang Kui and his companion inspected the badly injured Advisor Bai and discussed Chen Chuan’s role in rebuilding the Jibei Province Branch.
• Chen Chuan returned to the Han Family villa as residents watched, then military airships and armored vehicles arrived and soldiers secured routes and raided senior officers’ villas.
• Chen Chuan found a Bo Gong Fish heart in the briefcase from Fellow Daoist Chang and used it with the Lost Object Incense Burner to practice the Heaven and Earth Furnace Breathing Method through the night.
• Yu Jie told Han Kuang that the Ming Family Household and the Fan Family’s sons had been arrested, and Han Kuang learned that Chief of Staff Bai and Deputy Commander Liu had also been detained.
• Commander Zhao told Han Kuang that he had received transfer orders and praised Chen Chuan for helping remove corruption, then said he had recommended Han Kuang to the incoming commander.

After Chen Chuan helped the authorities dismantle the Shannan Province garrison’s corrupt networks, he prepared to return to Jibei Province Central City with his youngest aunt’s family. The chapter ended with them aboard the airship, discussing their new life and plans to explore the city.

• The Defense Department report explained how Chen Chuan’s arrival gave Chang Shuyu the chance to launch an operation against the garrison’s entrenched abuses, leading to White Aunt’s arrest and widespread dismissals.
• Chen Chuan received the report and learned that the Shannan Province Government Affairs Hall planned to give him an additional gift of thanks for his role.
• On the twenty-seventh, Chen Chuan and his youngest aunt’s family said goodbye to Han Kuang’s family and boarded the airship for Jibei Province.
• Han Kuang warned Chen Chuan not to follow Advisor Bai’s path, and Chen Chuan promised he would not.
• Aboard the airship, Chen Chuan arranged a City Patrol office position for Nian Fuli and discussed schooling for his younger cousins.
• Nian Qian told Chen Chuan she planned to stay longer with her parents and asked him to show her around Jibei Province Central City.

Lianwei Heavy Drive's directors discussed how Chen Chuan's actions threatened their plans in Jibei Province and considered a covert move against him. Chen Chuan returned to Central City with his aunt's family, where he watched the approaching vortex and said he would face the Great Collision himself.

• Director Xing warned Lianwei Heavy Drive's directors that Chen Chuan had blocked their expansion into Jibei Province and proposed keeping him in the Convergence Zone.
• Mr. Wang told Director Xing that Chen Chuan and Chang Shuyu shared the Purity Faction, and Director Xing agreed to advance the Active Consciousness Entity plan while limiting the company's role to technical support.
• On January 29, Chen Chuan's Airship returned to Jibei Province Central City and landed at his home in Golden Maple Garden.
• Chen Chuan welcomed Nian Fuli and his family into the villa, where the children explored and the adults settled into their rooms.
• Nian Qian asked Chen Chuan what the Great Collision would be like, and Chen Chuan said he would see it with his own eyes when it came.

After returning to Central City, Chen Chuan settled his family, resumed his official duties, and gathered resources for cultivation. He considered the future of the children and the difference between becoming a Fighter and relying on Implant Bodies, then received notice that an arrangement had been set for the next day.

• Chen Chuan told Yu Wan that Central Cities could not yet communicate with one another, then briefly called Senior Brother Cao to report his return.
• Chen Chuan collected Qi Huishi’s lost box and found High-Energy Nutrients and Mutated Tissue that could strengthen a Fighter’s mental power.
• Chen Chuan learned that more nutrients would arrive and focused on completing the techniques needed to reach Longevity Observation.
• Chen Chuan held a meeting at the Security Department and learned that Yuan An Company had begun extracting the Lost Object, with completion expected in more than a hundred days.
• Nian Fuli and Yu Wan decided that Nian Mo and Nian Lu would study at home for their first year in Central City, and Chen Chuan explained how resources, talent, and perseverance affected the children’s prospects as Fighters.
• Chen Chuan discussed the limits of Implant Bodies compared with fighting arts, then answered a World Token message confirming an arrangement for the next day.

Chen Chuan watched his senior apprentice Lu Fang fight Yong Dahu in a match arranged by the Edge Channel. Lu Fang won by trusting Yong Dahu to hold back, and after the fight his severe injuries healed as he broke through to a higher level.

• Chen Chuan learned that Lu Fang would fight Yong Dahu and invited Nian Qian to watch the match with him.
• Lu Fang and Yong Dahu exchanged attacks at the Edge Channel venue while Chen Chuan explained that the fight had moved beyond probing.
• Lu Fang took a heavy blow, then found an opening to strike Yong Dahu's throat but stopped before delivering a lethal attack.
• Yong Dahu recognized Lu Fang's restraint and conceded the match, while Lu Fang's senior apprentices helped him away with severe injuries.
• Lu Fang's broken bones began healing as he walked outside, and he announced that he had broken through.

After nearly two months of intensive training, Chen Chuan decided to enter the Convergence Zone to hunt for supplies and pursue new progress. He departed by Airship, planning to visit Principal Yao at the garrison before choosing his hunting grounds.

• Lu Fang became a Third Limit Fighter, thanked Chen Chuan for his help, and celebrated with Senior Yu and Senior Apprentice Guo.
• Chen Chuan received a telegram of thanks from headquarters and began intensive training after securing ingredients and nutrients.
• From early February to late March, Chen Chuan mastered two more forms each of the Great Azure Void Style and the Great Bright Light Style, while his Second Self reached the third limit.
• Chen Chuan applied to the Government Affairs Hall and the Fighter Council to enter the Convergence Zone, and both applications were approved.
• Chen Chuan saw Nian Qian off, then traveled with Zhao Ming through an underground passage into the Convergence Zone.
• Chen Chuan boarded an Airship and instructed the officer to take him to the garrison so he could visit Principal Yao.

Chen Chuan arrived in the Jibei Province Convergence Zone and learned that the True Form Tree was likely hidden in an indigenous town. After reaching Deep Valley City under a military cover identity, he began his search as a convoy carrying captive children left the city.

• Mr. Chi told Mr. He's contact that Chen Chuan had entered the Convergence Zone and promised to gather intelligence on him.
• Principal Yao welcomed Chen Chuan at the garrison fortress, explained how the army was taking over the Old Imperial Household's abandoned assets, and gave him a file identifying a likely location for the True Form Tree.
• Principal Yao warned Chen Chuan that Wei Guochang and his people had entered the unexplored region and never returned, then gave him a personal gift.
• Chen Chuan traveled to Deep Valley City after spending time in a nearby city to avoid drawing attention to his destination.
• A convoy of hostile mercenaries left Deep Valley City with a group of captive children, while an old man ordered his men to protect the children rather than the mercenaries.
• Chen Chuan entered Deep Valley City disguised as a garrison major and crossed from the Mooring Tower toward the city’s high-rises.

Chen Chuan enlisted Bao Mi and the Red Bone Mercenary Group to take him discreetly to a town where the True Form Tree might be hiding. The team prepared for the journey, and Chen Chuan joined their convoy the next morning.

• Chen Chuan contacted the Red Bone Mercenary Group and met its captain, Bao Mi, at High City Hotel.
• Bao Mi agreed to arrange Chen Chuan's covert trip to the town, where an informant had reported a possible sighting of the True Form Tree.
• Bao Mi gathered his team and called in Gray Wolf and Lazy Bear, while Mo Li prepared the group's equipment.
• Chen Chuan trained overnight at the hotel and received Bao Mi's message the following morning.
• Chen Chuan collected his suitcase, left the hotel, and walked toward the Red Bone Mercenary Group's armed convoy.

Chen Chuan traveled with Bao Mi’s mercenary convoy to a fortified town, where Red Dust had located the True Form Tree beneath the high ground. After entering the town, Chen Chuan told Bao Mi to prepare for a fight and raised his glowing fist over the spot where the tree lay.

• Chen Chuan joined Bao Mi’s convoy, learned they were transporting prisoners, and traveled with the mercenaries through the Convergence Zone.
• The convoy reached a fortified town defended by Black Beetles and passed a stricter-than-usual checkpoint after Bao Mi spoke with the officer.
• Chen Chuan saw a public Domain Field match in which a creature killed a Fighter, then told Bao Mi to prepare for a fight instead of seeking their informant.
• Following Red Dust’s guidance to the True Form Tree beneath the high ground, Chen Chuan stopped at the indicated spot and began gathering light around his fist.

Chen Chuan found the True Form Tree beneath the town and discovered that it kept its victims’ brains alive to make them relive their lives as nourishment. After resisting the tree’s attacks, he reached its core and drove the Snow Monarch Blade into it.

• Chen Chuan blasted open the square, exposing the True Form Tree beneath the ground, while the town’s guards opened fire on him.
• Chen Chuan asked Red Dust about the brains attached to the tree and learned that their consciousnesses endlessly relived their lives to nourish it.
• Chen Chuan identified the tree as a malicious, self-willed demon and resolved to destroy it.
• Chen Chuan subdued the nearby people and insects, then advanced through the tree’s branches under the pressure of his Domain Field.
• Chen Chuan reached the tree’s head-shaped core and drove the Snow Monarch Blade into it despite the voices coming from the victims’ brains.

Chen Chuan destroyed the True Form Tree and uncovered the sacrifices that had sustained it, then left the town and revealed his identity to Bao Mi’s mercenary team. The convoy returned to Deep Valley City, where Chen Chuan’s reputation as the Fighter who killed Wei Guochang had astonished everyone.

• Chen Chuan drained the brain-like core with the Snow Monarch Blade, caught a crimson Lost Object, and watched the True Form Tree collapse as the trapped mist-like remnants floated free.
• Chen Chuan found the bones of more than a hundred people beneath the tree and emerged into a hall filled with unconscious worshippers and sacrificial victims.
• A Third Limit Fighter who approached Chen Chuan was killed when his Mutated Tissue grew uncontrollably and consumed his body.
• Chen Chuan left the town’s residents and guards to the Defense Department, then joined Bao Mi and the mercenary team in their vehicles.
• Chen Chuan told Bao Mi that he had killed Wei Guochang, and the convoy returned to Deep Valley City before nightfall.

Chen Chuan returned to Deep Valley City, inspected his new Lost Object, and prepared to leave for a dangerous unknown region. Meanwhile, Mr. Chi learned of Chen Chuan’s intervention and began considering how to use the information and plan for his next move.

• Chen Chuan paid Bao Mi for his team’s work, praised the operation, and returned to the High City Hotel with Zhao Ming.
• Chen Chuan found invitations from Deep Valley City’s powerful factions and recognized them as attempts to probe his intentions, but he ignored them.
• Chen Chuan identified the fruit-shaped Lost Object as a Level Four item that promoted Mutated Tissue growth, then hung it around Zhao Ming’s neck to help him grow safely.
• Chen Chuan observed the Snow Monarch Blade strengthening and reviewed records about a dangerous region where Wei Guochang and Gai Shuhe had both retreated.
• Mr. Chi learned about Chen Chuan’s intervention against the True Form Tree plan, considered how the information might help him, and prepared to send his intelligence to his superiors.

Chen Chuan traveled into the unexplored Convergence Zone, settled briefly at an abandoned fortress, and began hunting powerful creatures for nutritious food. After discovering a Rust Iron Honeycomb, he decided to stay and train while eating its honey.

• Chen Chuan arrived by airship at a remote fortress, found its occupants missing, and prepared the building for an overnight stay.
• Chen Chuan entered the wilderness at daybreak and killed a Moss Great Lizard, eating the most nutritious part before leaving its remains for other creatures.
• Chen Chuan hunted several creatures and gathered enough high-energy ingredients to replenish himself and support his training.
• Zhao Ming spotted a Rust Iron Honeycomb, and Chen Chuan approached it, drove off the bees with his Bio-Field, and tasted the honey.
• Chen Chuan set down his belongings and began training beside the hive, deciding to stay there for the night.

Chen Chuan cultivated through the night in the Convergence Zone, then continued exploring and found rare, nutritious resources. He absorbed a vast supply of ant eggs and set out to search for more valuable materials.

• Chen Chuan practiced the Great Bright Light Style through the night, replenishing his energy with Iron Rust Honey while Zhao Ming slept inside his Bio-Field.
• At dawn, Chen Chuan packed some honey, left the rest in the hive, and continued deeper into the region with Zhao Ming.
• Chen Chuan found and killed a Zheng Goat, ate the Mutated Tissue from its forehead, and took its horns as valuable materials.
• Chen Chuan discovered mounds filled with nutritious ant eggs and used his Bio-Field to turn them into mist and absorb them.