Chapter Summaries

Team Leader Lu persuaded the rescued Fighters to travel with him, while the First Visiting Delegation handled the political fallout from Chen Chuan’s operation and prepared for negotiations. Two days later, Chen Chuan and Rosad arrived at the arena for their private duel, whose outcome remained unknown.

• Team Leader Lu promised the rescued Fighters support and resources, and they agreed to trust him and continue with his group.
• Jiang Hongzhi’s delegation discussed Chen Chuan’s report, defended his conduct, and arranged to inform the homeland about the escaped Old Emperor and request cultivation resources for Chen Chuan.
• Jiang Hongzhi ordered continued screening of the delegation’s senior members and received Federation liaisons seeking talks.
• Chen Chuan and Rosad’s duel was scheduled privately because their powerful field forces would disrupt any broadcast.
• On the way to the arena, Gui Zihan predicted Chen Chuan would win unless Rosad had made a breakthrough, while Head Xie worried that Rosad’s death could damage negotiations.
• Chen Chuan’s convoy reached the heavily guarded arena, but the duel’s result was not yet shown.

Chen Chuan and Rosad began their public duel in V Asia Central City, with political and national tensions surrounding the match. Chen Chuan's opening attack overwhelmed Rosad's guard and sent him flying.

• Head Xie and Chen Chuan arrived at the arena, where Federation officials, reporters, and representatives from Eastern Continent and Tawatiniya had gathered.
• The Eastern Continent and Tawatiniya representatives took seats far apart as Tawatiniyan fighters expressed confidence in Rosad.
• Chen Chuan and Rosad met at the arena's center, and Chen Chuan set aside the Snow Monarch Blade before the fight began.
• Rosad summoned his Spirit Manifestation and spiritual fire as Chen Chuan charged at him with platinum-gold flames.
• Rosad used his instincts and Corner-Standing Block to meet Chen Chuan's punch, but the impact shattered his arms and hurled him backward.

Chen Chuan overwhelmingly defeated Rosad in the arena, even as Rosad used a Lost Object to try to break through. After Rosad kept fighting despite his injuries, Krosal intervened, and Chen Chuan challenged him over interfering in the duel.

• Chen Chuan destroyed Rosad's Spirit Manifestation and repeatedly overpowered him, while Rosad used a Lost Object to boost his strength and heal his wounds.
• Chen Chuan slammed Rosad into the ground until the Lost Object's light shattered and Rosad collapsed, confirming Chen Chuan's decisive victory.
• Rosad rose despite his catastrophic injuries and faced Chen Chuan again, intending to make his end a warning to the Tavatiniya people.
• Chen Chuan prepared to finish the fight, but he blocked a sharp ray from Krosal, who told him to stop because Rosad had already lost.
• Chen Chuan asked Krosal whether he meant to interfere in their fair duel.

After Krosal interfered in Chen Chuan’s battle with Rosad, Chen Chuan challenged the Throne Fighter to a duel under the International Fighter Council’s witness. Krosal accepted and granted Chen Chuan an hour to recover, while Chen Chuan prepared to test his strength against a Profound Cave Observation Fighter and sensed that the Snow Monarch Blade had awakened.

• Chen Chuan declined to request arbitration over Krosal’s interference and instead challenged him to a witnessed duel.
• Krosal accepted the challenge, agreed to fight immediately after giving Chen Chuan one hour to rest, and ordered the venue to provide recovery medicine.
• Rosad admitted that Krosal had given him the Lost Object, and Chen Chuan told him to focus on recovering.
• Head Xie refused to interfere, saying Chen Chuan understood his opponent and had his own reasons for issuing the challenge.
• Chen Chuan returned to the lounge and reflected on how Profound Cave Observation Fighters’ separated limbs grew stronger as a battle progressed.
• The Snow Monarch Blade awakened while Chen Chuan rested, and he sensed something unusual in it.

Chen Chuan faced Krosal in their arranged duel, drawing on his growing strength to withstand the Throne Fighter’s opening attacks. The battle remained unresolved as Krosal unleashed a powerful beam at Chen Chuan’s face.

• Jiang Hongzhi backed Chen Chuan’s decision and told him the Visiting Delegation supported him, while Tu Haisheng rejected the Federation’s request to quietly suppress the dispute.
• The Federation Executive Government assessed the duel’s possible consequences and prepared contingency plans for the Governor.
• Chen Chuan emerged from the arena after fighting Rosad and met Krosal on the field, where both men prepared to duel.
• Krosal attacked with immense speed and force, but Chen Chuan dodged his punch, blocked another, and countered with a kick.
• Krosal blocked Chen Chuan’s sweeping kick, then fired a bright beam from his fingertips toward Chen Chuan’s face.

Chen Chuan and Krosal fought an escalating aerial battle as Krosal’s Mutated Tissue adapted and strengthened under pressure. Chen Chuan wounded him with the Snow Monarch Blade and removed a hidden trace of blood aura, then prepared to unleash his Purple Qi and push the fight further.

• Chen Chuan countered Krosal’s concentrated attack with a kick that sent him flying, but Krosal’s wounds closed as his strength increased.
• Krosal used a force-conversion feint to attack Chen Chuan, but Chen Chuan turned his blade aside in time and drove him back with a series of slashes.
• Krosal broke through Chen Chuan’s blade assault with a punch, so Chen Chuan unleashed his Mutated Tissue power and stopped Krosal’s charge with his hand.
• Chen Chuan increased his speed and power, then cut a deep gash down Krosal’s body with the Snow Monarch Blade.
• Chen Chuan wiped away the blood aura Krosal had left on the blade, then stirred the Purple Qi within his body to escalate the battle.

Chen Chuan pushed his purple qi and fighting techniques beyond Krosal’s limits, breaking through his defenses and defeating him. After shattering Krosal’s body with a decisive clash, Chen Chuan left him kneeling and severed his head.

• Chen Chuan and Krosal unleashed their full strength and fought at close range in the air.
• Chen Chuan used the Great Bright Light Style and Great Azure Void Style to weaken Krosal and restrict his movement.
• Chen Chuan pressed Krosal with repeated slashes until Krosal’s strength faltered, then stabbed him in the chest and hurled him to the ground.
• Chen Chuan struck Krosal’s crossed arms with a concentrated blow, shattering his body as the arena’s protective field broke apart.
• Chen Chuan raised the Snow Monarch Blade and cut off Krosal’s head in front of the horrified spectators.

Chen Chuan defeated and killed the portion of Krosal that fought him in a duel lasting less than five minutes, shocking the arena and the Fighter Council. He left with the Da Shun Delegation as officials prepared to report the battle and spread the footage.

• Chen Chuan destroyed Krosal's headless body with a radiant blow after Purity Spirit Light and Spiritual Fire disrupted its regeneration.
• Ryan checked the time and realized Chen Chuan had ended the battle in less than five minutes, while the Fighter Council recognized the duel as a possible historical event.
• Rosad watched the Tavatiniya representatives react in despair, then sighed and walked away.
• Chen Chuan retrieved the Snow Monarch Blade, joined Head Xie and the Da Shun Delegation, and left the arena.
• The Fighter Council predicted that Chen Chuan's influence rating would rise, while Head Xie confirmed the battle report had been sent and the footage captured.

After defeating Rosad and Krosal, Chen Chuan reflected on the limits of his combat methods while officials on both sides managed the political fallout. With the West Coast mission nearly complete, Head Xie planned for the delegation to leave for the East Coast in two days.

• Chen Chuan reviewed his battles and identified mastering a killing strike and integrating spiritual aspects into high-level combat as goals.
• Cassian and Olin discussed the telegram about Krosal’s defeat and prepared for possible diplomatic trouble.
• Krosal burned two telegrams, headed to the Executive Hall, and ordered his staff to suppress news of his defeat on the East Coast.
• Jiang Hongzhi congratulated Chen Chuan, praised his role in the victory, and arranged for the Second Visiting Delegation to join the first.
• Head Xie told Chen Chuan the West Coast mission was nearly complete and proposed departing for the East Coast in two days, which Chen Chuan accepted.

After Chen Chuan’s victory over Krosal drew worldwide attention, Rosad saw him off and offered an apology, cultivation resources, and his ceremonial sword. Chen Chuan traveled toward the Federation’s capital and received the Fighter Council’s assessment of his combat power.

• News of Chen Chuan’s battle with Krosal spread among the world’s leaders, who worried that his power was not bound by existing agreements.
• Rosad arrived at the station, thanked and apologized to Chen Chuan, and gave him cultivation resources and the ceremonial sword from their duel.
• Rosad returned to his car feeling relieved after letting go of the burdens of his past and his missed chance to break through.
• Chen Chuan boarded the train with the delegation and examined the high-quality cultivation resources Rosad had given him.
• Gao Ming brought Chen Chuan the Fighter Council’s report on his combat power, and Chen Chuan opened it to read his assessment.

Chen Chuan accepted the Fighter Council’s assessment without providing more information, while Puppet rejected recruitment offers from Chengshui Entrusted Company and the Federation’s Action Department. The chapter ended as the Action Department’s agent attacked Puppet after he refused to sign.

• Chen Chuan and Gao Ming discussed Chen Chuan’s influence rating and recalled a kite they had lost as children.
• Supervisor Xu offered Puppet a contract requiring physical examinations and samples of his Mutated Tissue and blood, but Puppet showed no interest.
• Supervisor Xu proposed a joint commission, and Puppet’s group received its details before leaving.
• Puppet considered how to obtain better nutrients after his Mutated Tissue’s growth began to stagnate.
• A muscular external member of the Federal Confidential Operations Division demanded that Puppet sign a recruitment agreement, and Puppet refused to move.
• The agent extended sharp nails and lashed out at Puppet.

The Puppet killed a man from the Confidential Operations Division, then used the fight and a massive dose of nutrients to spur his Mutated Tissue to grow. Knowing he could no longer stay in Central City, he left for the Convergence Zone, while the bald woman and the mercenary group set out to find him.

• The Puppet defeated and killed the big man, crushed the Mutated Implant that burst from his back, and consumed a fresh supply of High-Energy Nutrients to fuel his Mutated Tissue.
• The Puppet decided to leave Central City and seek entry to the Convergence Zone through a sect, then sent the Mercenary Group an encrypted message and departed alone.
• The bald woman identified the crushed organism as a laboratory-made Mutated Implant and warned the group that the Confidential Operations Division would pursue the Puppet.
• The bald woman explained that the company and government wanted control over the Puppet through tissue samples and biological experiments, then left to find him.
• A team member declared he would follow the Puppet, and the remaining mercenaries grinned and went after him together.

Xiang Boqing refused Mr. Gao’s request to stop Chen Chuan from meeting his elder brother, while the Visiting Delegation arrived in Lunovila Central City. There, Chen Chuan examined a mermaid statue containing the remains of a hunted mermaid before gunfire struck a talking dove and armed footsteps closed in around him.

• Xiang Boqing confirmed Chen Chuan’s victory over his dispatched body and told Mr. Gao he could neither attack Chen Chuan nor prevent him from meeting Mr. Gao’s elder brother.
• After five days of travel, Chen Chuan and the Visiting Delegation arrived in Lunovila Central City.
• Chen Chuan studied a mermaid fountain and sensed that the mermaid’s remains were inside the statue.
• A white Yingzhou Great Dove mocked the city’s history, took flight, and was shot down.
• Chen Chuan saw blood spread across the statue’s hair and children as synchronized footsteps approached from both sides.

Chen Chuan’s delegation narrowly avoided a firefight at the station when Federation forces mistook their encounter with Derek Valchi for involvement with a wanted fugitive. After the delegation continued on to meet Tu Haisheng, they learned more about Valchi and were warned that powerful interests would soon pressure Chen Chuan to accept new restrictions.

• Federation arrest personnel surrounded Chen Chuan and his guards after spotting Derek Valchi, but a middle-aged officer called off the standoff and apologized.
• Chen Chuan refused to discuss Valchi and left the station with his delegation, where Head Xie joined him and said he had filed a complaint.
• Tu Haisheng arrived with an armed Great Shun unit, apologized for the incident, and took Chen Chuan and Head Xie to a meeting in his armored car.
• Tu Haisheng identified Valchi as a dangerous Federation fugitive and explained that a ritual agreement had restrained him for a year, though its force could weaken over time.
• Tu Haisheng warned Chen Chuan that countries and corporations would send lawyers to urge him to voluntarily accept restrictions after his defeat of Krosal.

Chen Chuan arrived at Red Rock Manor with the Visiting Delegation, received a fresh supply of Cultivation Medicine, and considered a request for sensitive data about his External Implant Body. He began training to prepare for potential conflicts with powerful visitors and Origin Company.

• Tu Haisheng warned Chen Chuan against accepting benefits in exchange for being bound by an agreement, and Chen Chuan said he would follow his principles.
• Tu Haisheng explained that Resistance Organization members were being arrested and that some might be trying to uncover the Visiting Delegation's negotiations.
• Chen Chuan and Head Xie reached Red Rock Manor, where the delegation's staff completed the handover and withdrew.
• Chen Chuan found the promised Cultivation Medicine in his quarters and decided to use the plentiful supply to cultivate more intensively.
• Qin Qingque delivered a letter asking Chen Chuan to share data about his External Implant Body, and he recognized that the request could expose sensitive details.
• Chen Chuan relayed Tu Haisheng's information to Gao Ming, then began training techniques for killing an opponent quickly and weaving his Spirit Manifestation into combat.

Chen Chuan explored ways to develop techniques that could overcome powerful Fighters, practicing precise control over Spiritual Impact while considering Purple Qi, explosive force, the Snow Monarch Blade, and Lost Objects. After cultivating through the night, he visited the Non-Body Faction Dojo in the Federation capital, where its master Nobu Goro awaited him and hinted at important matters.

• Chen Chuan practiced releasing and withdrawing Spiritual Impact, aiming to control its power without weakening its attack.
• Chen Chuan considered using Purple Qi to transmit force through an opponent's defenses, pairing the Snow Monarch Blade with explosive force, or finding a suitable Lost Object.
• Chen Chuan increased his medicine intake and cultivated through the night before checking his World Token the next morning.
• Chen Chuan accepted an invitation from Nobu Goro, master of the Non-Body Faction Dojo, and Head Xie arranged for management professionals to accompany him.
• Chen Chuan arrived at the capital dojo and wondered whether its valuable location was connected to the trouble Nobu Goro had mentioned.

Chen Chuan took control of the Non-Body Faction Dojo and learned it faced pressure from disgruntled coaches and rival Migas Fighting Hall. After arranging a negotiation, he met Nobu Goro’s son, Nobu Yūsuke, whom Nobu Goro hoped Chen Chuan would support.

• Nobu Goro told Chen Chuan that several coaches were demanding raises and threatening to leave, and Chen Chuan instructed him to keep capable coaches but let troublemakers go.
• Chen Chuan entered the dojo’s underground chamber, gave Agu a Mutated Tissue Key, and became the dojo’s highest-authority holder.
• Nobu Goro explained that Migas Fighting Hall had repeatedly challenged the dojo and publicized its defeats, and Chen Chuan agreed to invite its owner, Mr. Wen Lier, to negotiate.
• Nobu Goro invited Chen Chuan to eat and introduced his sixteen-year-old son, Nobu Yūsuke, a Second Limit Fighter who practiced the Non-Body Faction.
• After Chen Chuan left, Nobu Goro told Nobu Yūsuke that Chen Chuan had a good impression of him and urged him to seek the Longevity Observation Fighter’s guidance and support.

Chen Chuan learned that the Strategic Affairs Department was likely behind efforts to seize the Non-Body Faction Fighting Hall, and Head Xie urged him to protect it. At a meeting with Wen Lier, Chen Chuan arranged a contest between Nobu Yūsuke and Migas Fighting Hall disciple Clayton to settle the dispute, but the match had not yet begun.

• Chen Chuan received Covert Department intelligence suggesting the Strategic Affairs Department had engineered the dispute over the Non-Body Faction Fighting Hall.
• Head Xie told Chen Chuan to protect the Fighting Hall and argued that the department sought to take it for its own interests rather than national security.
• Wen Lier met Chen Chuan and Nobu Goro at the dojo and proposed settling the rival halls’ conflict through a contest.
• Chen Chuan offered a match between Nobu Yūsuke and an opponent of the same age, with each hall accepting the other side’s terms if it lost.
• Wen Lier accepted the proposal and introduced Clayton as Migas Fighting Hall’s representative.

Nobu Yūsuke lost the first round to Clayton, but Chen Chuan taught him a Non-Body Faction technique that changed his breathing, force, and rhythm. Yūsuke won the second round by disrupting Clayton’s predictions, and Wen Lier conceded the match.

• Clayton defeated Nobu Yūsuke in the first round with a strike that broke several of Yūsuke’s ribs.
• Nobu Yūsuke asked Chen Chuan for guidance, and Chen Chuan taught him to change his breathing and movement rhythm to become like another person.
• Yūsuke returned for the second round with renewed confidence and struck Clayton’s face after Clayton’s prediction went wrong.
• Wen Lier recognized the Non-Body as God technique behind Clayton’s mistake and conceded the remaining rounds.

Wen Lier conceded defeat, and Chen Chuan strengthened the Non-Body Faction while warning Nobu Goro that the conflict would continue. The Strategic Affairs Department planned its next move, but Chen Chuan encountered a mysterious black figure on his way home.

• Wen Lier admitted that Migas Fighting Hall would stop its actions and publicly apologize, then left and reported that he would not continue cooperating with the Strategic Affairs Department.
• Chen Chuan instructed the Non-Body Faction disciples, advised Nobu Goro to strike back against other Fighting Halls, and left personnel decisions in his hands.
• Nobu Goro gave Nobu Yūsuke a secret Wansheng Finance card and told him to seek Chen Chuan's protection if anything happened to him.
• Officials at the Strategic Affairs Department chose Infantry Fighting Hall to replace Wen Lier and discussed a second plan involving public pressure and property confiscation.
• Chen Chuan sensed a black figure with golden pupils blocking his car, and the figure transformed into black birds and fire as Chen Chuan struck down with a platinum-flamed fist.