Chapter Summaries

At his first public appearance as a Hidden Dragon Dojo disciple, Xue Jing accepted Li Zhaoquan’s challenge to test hands and overwhelmed him with his strength. Li Zhaoquan retreated in pain, leaving Zhang Daqing wondering whether Xue Jing had taken drugs.

• Spectators recognized Xue Jing as the Hidden Dragon Dojo’s new personal disciple and discussed his master, Li Qi.
• Li Zhaoquan challenged Xue Jing to test hands, and Xue Jing accepted without understanding the custom’s stakes.
• Li Zhaoquan initially pressed Xue Jing with his strength, but Xue Jing activated Twin Birth Power and crushed his arm in the contest.
• Li Zhaoquan concealed his injury, excused himself, and hurried away while Xue Jing exchanged polite farewells with him.
• Zhang Daqing followed Li Zhaoquan and caught him rubbing his trembling forearm in pain.
• Li Zhaoquan admitted Xue Jing had overpowered him, and Zhang Daqing wondered if the young disciple had taken drugs.

At a banquet, Xue Jing easily bested Li Zhaoquan in a test of skill and drew the interest of Sunny City's wealthy young heirs. When Pei Youguang tried to summon him to meet his big brother and their circle, Xue Jing refused and left, making Pei Youguang realize he had offended him.

• Li Zhaoquan admitted he had provoked Xue Jing to show off, while Zhang Daqing warned him not to cause trouble with someone so capable.
• Pei Tiancheng told the young heirs that Xue Jing had won their test of hands, then suggested he was stronger because he was older.
• Pei Youguang told the wealthy young women that Xue Jing was his senior from school, and Pei Tiancheng asked him to introduce them.
• Pei Youguang found Xue Jing at the buffet and relayed that his big brother and the young heirs wanted to meet him.
• Xue Jing told Pei Youguang that anyone who wanted to befriend him should approach him directly, then walked away.
• Pei Youguang realized that having Xue Jing summoned to the group had been condescending and feared their relationship had grown colder.

Duan Kaiping killed Zhao Dequan in the elevator and sent a blood-hungry object toward the banquet hall, triggering an electromagnetic pulse that plunged the hall into darkness. After a crash at the entrance, Xue Jing sensed that an Invisible Monster was lurking nearby.

• Pei Youguang admitted that he had forgotten to invite his senior, and Ye Chenglin suggested that the group explore the suite where someone had died.
• Duan Kaiping killed Zhao Dequan in the elevator, and blood caused the black-taped object on his cart to become violent.
• Duan Kaiping pushed the object toward the banquet hall, activated a device, and fled toward the emergency stairwell.
• Xue Jing noticed his phone malfunction before the banquet hall's lights and other electronic devices went dead.
• A crash came from the banquet hall entrance, and Xue Jing stepped forward and sensed an Invisible Monster in the darkness.

A Cockroach Man attacked the guests at Rui Zhu Hotel, killing several people as Pei Tiancheng and the dojo disciples failed to stop it. Xue Jing faced the monster and blasted it into a wall with a powerful kick, leaving the fight poised to continue.

• After the hotel lost power and the guests’ phones died, Pei Youguang lit a lighter while Ye Chenglin gathered everyone to leave.
• Ying Yang vanished and screamed, and the group discovered a Cockroach Man eating his corpse in the lobby.
• The Cockroach Man killed a fleeing guest and several others, overwhelming Pei Tiancheng and the dojo disciples with its speed and strength.
• Xue Jing studied the monster’s movements and anatomy, then stepped forward to confront it.
• Xue Jing activated Twin Birth Speed and Twin Birth Power and kicked the charging Cockroach Man into the banquet hall wall.

Xue Jing discovered that Shadow Flame let him see clearly in the dark and fought the Cockroach Man in the banquet hall. He ended the battle with the Hidden Dragon Style killing move, Sealing Cloud Tail.

• Xue Jing activated Shadow Flame in his eyes and gained clear vision in the darkness, allowing him to dodge the Cockroach Man and counterattack.
• Pei Youguang relit his lighter, while Ye Chenglin urged everyone to move toward the entrance so they would not hinder Xue Jing.
• The Cockroach Man spread its wings and charged at Xue Jing, overwhelming him with a sudden sense of danger.
• Xue Jing absorbed the Cockroach Man's impact through his bones and redirected its force into a powerful strike.
• Xue Jing used the Hidden Dragon Style killing move, Sealing Cloud Tail, and smashed the Cockroach Man's head.

Xue Jing killed the Cockroach Man and warned the banquet survivors that the blackout and monster were likely part of a deliberate attack. He led everyone toward the exit, leaving the cause of the attack to be investigated.

• Xue Jing discovered the Cockroach Man's weakness and destroyed its subesophageal ganglion, killing it despite being badly wounded.
• The banquet guests celebrated their survival, while Li Zhaoquan joked that his earlier fight with Xue Jing had been a glorious near-victory.
• Ye Chenglin mourned the dead and accused the blackout and monster attack of being a planned assassination attempt.
• Xue Jing told the survivors that an electromagnetic pulse had likely disabled the equipment and that someone had deliberately released the monster.
• Xue Jing led the survivors toward the door, and they followed him for safety.

After leading the survivors safely to the hotel lobby, Xue Jing called the authorities and discovered that his fight had brought a massive surge of skill experience. He specialized Moving Strength into Hidden Dragon Jing and awakened a powerful dragon aura, leaving everyone in the lobby awestruck.

• Xue Jing led the survivors to the hotel lobby, called the police and emergency services, and let the injured and others contact their families.
• Xue Jing checked his panel and gained large amounts of experience from the fight, raising several skills and rapidly healing his wounds.
• Xue Jing found that Moving Strength could be specialized and converted it into Hidden Dragon Jing.
• Xue Jing used the Shaking Armor Skill Breathing Method and felt strength flow smoothly through his body as a dragon-like rumble emerged.
• Xue Jing's dragon aura pressed down on everyone in the lobby, and he declared that his true dragon was born within him.

After killing the Cockroach Monster, Xue Jing avoided reporters and returned to the Hidden Dragon Dojo, where Li Qi recognized that he had grasped the Hidden Dragon Style’s true essence and obtained the key to Limit Break.

• Xue Jing told a police officer that he had defeated the monster alone, and the officer said it was likely connected to the Intersection Zone.
• Xue Jing left the ambulance before the nurses could take him to the hospital, avoiding the reporter because he did not want his family to worry.
• Ying Yang’s father arrived at the hotel and learned that his son was dead.
• Zhu Shan Ying treated Xue Jing’s wounds at the dojo while Li Qi said surviving the fight had helped him comprehend a major Killing Move.
• Xue Jing told Li Qi that he had grasped the essence of the Hidden Dragon Style, and Li Qi sensed the dragon force within him and declared that he had obtained the key to Limit Break.

Li Qi explained to Xue Jing and Zhu Shan Ying how breaking limits transformed the body through consciousness, and told Xue Jing he had already made an important first step. After tracing Maomao’s movements from his apartment, Xue Jing stumbled into Ning Fengwan’s meeting with Mr. An and Yun Qin, who wanted to take her to Yuan City to meet the Dragon Cult’s main branch.

• Li Qi explained that breaking limits, or Leaping Dragon Gate, used powerful consciousness to alter the body and warned that the process could cause genetic collapse.
• Li Qi told Xue Jing that he had already let his consciousness enter his flesh, while Zhu Shan Ying asked why Li Qi had grown old after breaking limits and heard that his consciousness could no longer maintain his body.
• Xue Jing found Maomao missing and used his visualization skill to reconstruct her movements, following her paw prints from the balcony onto an outdoor air-conditioning unit.
• Mr. An told Ning Fengwan that the Dragon Cult had one thousand branches and that the branch in Yuan City had received Anantashesha’s oracle, making it the main cult of the generation.
• Mr. An urged Ning Fengwan to go to Yuan City, but Xue Jing dropped into the alley beside them and asked if he had arrived at the wrong time.

After Xue Jing intervened in Mr. An’s attempt to take Ning Fengwan to the Dragon Cult’s main sect, he trained and learned that donations from the children he had saved had made him twenty-two million richer. The chapter ended with Chen Fu Guang showing him a news article identifying him as the seventeen-year-old who killed the monster at Rui Zhu Hotel.

• Xue Jing arrived in the alley as Mr. An urged Ning Fengwan to leave for the Dragon Cult’s main sect, and Ning Fengwan refused to go.
• Mr. An warned that Kangde Company might target Xue Jing if Ning Fengwan stayed with him, but then left with Yun Qin after Ning Fengwan rejected his offer.
• Xue Jing returned home with Ning Fengwan and resolved to grow stronger rather than worry about Kangde Security Company.
• Xue Jing practiced the Blood Refinement movements of the Shaking Armor Skill and used Hidden Dragon Jing to perform the Shaking Starfire strike.
• Chen Fu Guang told Xue Jing that the parents of the children he saved had donated twenty-two million to Hidden Dragon Dojo as a reward.
• Chen Fu Guang showed Xue Jing a Qing City Morning News article about a seventeen-year-old student killing an inhuman monster barehanded.

After news reports named Xue Jing as the student who killed a monster, calls from his family, teacher, and friend confirmed his identity, and a dojo commission arrived seeking him as a sparring partner. Meanwhile, Jiao Hongyuan learned that Number Nine was growing rapidly and planned to use it to target Qing Fu Middle School and boost support for a bill.

• Xue Jing admitted to his sister Xue Wan that he was the martial arts prodigy in the news, then confirmed it to Teacher Du Shiwei and remembered his promise to compete in the School Sports Meet.
• Xue Jing watched an interview in which Li Zhaoquan claimed their monster-fighting performance had been about even.
• Zhu Shan Ying told Xue Jing that someone had requested him specifically as a high-paid sparring partner.
• Jiao Hongyuan learned that Number Nine had eaten Number Seven and ordered Duan Kaiping to use Number Nine as the standard specimen for future feeding and production.
• Jiao Hongyuan proposed letting Number Nine appear at Qing Fu Middle School to increase support for the bill.

Xue Jing accepted a well-paid sparring commission, sparred with Zhu Shan Ying, and learned that the White Raven Task Force intended to contact him about an investigation. After a day of training, he headed to Mu Feng Street in the North District to meet the client.

• Zhu Shan Ying offered Xue Jing five hundred thousand to spar with a curious martial artist, and he accepted the commission.
• Zhu Shan Ying teased Xue Jing with her wealth, but he rejected the idea of getting together for money and gained Charm Technique experience.
• Xue Jing charged Zhu Shan Ying for their sparring match, then defeated her with an over-the-shoulder throw.
• Void Blade told Wu Youqing that the White Raven Task Force would contact Xue Jing about a case, and Wu Youqing warned her not to use corrupt methods against him.
• Wu Youqing watched footage of Xue Jing using Black Flame and decided that White Raven's contact with him might be worthwhile.
• Xue Jing practiced the Hibernating Dragon Art, received the client's call, and took a taxi to Mu Feng Street in the North District.

Xue Jing traveled to North District to meet a mysterious man arranged through the Pei brothers, who revealed himself as Shan Xiao of White Crow. Shan Xiao immediately challenged Xue Jing to a fight, and Xue Jing countered his opening punch by sending him flying with Sealing Cloud Tail.

• Xue Jing spotted an apparent cockroach-like shape among the unfinished buildings, but realized it was a plastic bag hanging from rebar.
• Xue Jing arrived at the Pei brothers’ villa, where Pei Tiancheng explained that a powerful man from an unidentified official organization wanted to meet him.
• Pei Tiancheng and Pei Youguang took Xue Jing to the North District back mountain, where Shan Xiao waited and spoke to his captain about testing Xue Jing’s limits for possible recruitment into White Crow.
• Shan Xiao introduced himself to Xue Jing and attacked him immediately, calling a fight the best way to make friends.
• Xue Jing absorbed Shan Xiao’s punch and struck back with Sealing Cloud Tail, blasting Shan Xiao more than twenty meters away.

Xue Jing defeated Shan Xiao, a tough fighter with an Alien Plant Body, and refused the secret organization’s offer to recruit him. The organization’s captain arrived flying with a Dragon Wing Device, leaving Xue Jing facing a demonstration of technology he had rejected.

• Pei Tiancheng warned Pei Youguang to preserve his connection with Xue Jing, whom he believed could become a Dragon Gate Grandmaster and perhaps earn a title.
• Shan Xiao revealed his B1 Protective Dermal Layer and attacked Xue Jing with sonic claps, but Xue Jing resisted the dizziness and knocked him unconscious with Supple Strength.
• A woman contacted Shan Xiao through a hidden device and said she would arrive shortly, while Xue Jing demanded to know who they were and what they wanted.
• Shan Xiao admitted that he belonged to an official organization seeking to recruit Xue Jing, but Xue Jing refused, choosing to develop his baseline human body through martial arts.
• Shan Xiao pointed out the approaching captain, who flew toward them in a black tactical suit using South Heaven Heavy Industries’ anti-gravity Dragon Wing Device.

Xue Jing learned that the Cockroach Monster he killed had been created by a smuggled Celestial Host Worm Mother, and Void Blade recruited him as an external White Raven member by offering commissions and access to God Relics. After leaving the task force, Xue Jing reported a possible sighting of another cockroach-like creature and received a message from Wu Youqing asking him to meet at the library.

• Shan Xiao explained that the Dragon Wing Device used a dragon species' Core Organ to grant flight, and Void Blade arrived to introduce the White Raven Task Force.
• Void Blade showed Xue Jing the Cockroach Monster's Core Organ and explained that it had likely been produced by a Celestial Host Worm Mother brought into Sunny City by smugglers.
• Void Blade invited Xue Jing to join White Raven, but he declined full membership and accepted external status after she offered him chances to touch the Agency's God Relics.
• After Xue Jing left with the Pei brothers, Void Blade told Shan Xiao that the Wu Family's eldest daughter attached unusual importance to Xue Jing and that White Raven should secure his cooperation.
• Xue Jing messaged Void Blade about a possible cockroach-like creature near unfinished buildings in the South District, then went home instead of visiting the Pei brothers.
• Wu Youqing messaged Xue Jing and asked him to meet her at the library.

Xue Jing learned that White Crow’s dangerous work was part of the powerful Sixth Agency, then mastered the Hidden Dragon Style’s Whirlwind Thunder move. After forgetting the school sports meet, he hurried to join it when his teacher called.

• Xue Jing met Wu Youqing, who warned him that White Crow had a high death rate and explained the Sixth Agency’s extraordinary authority and origins.
• Xue Jing practiced Whirlwind Thunder at Hidden Dragon Dojo, and Li Qi cautioned him that pushing the move too far could destroy his muscles.
• Li Qi explained the Daoist School’s Yellow Crone Skill and its method of nourishing the organs before leaving Xue Jing to practice.
• Xue Jing left the dojo for home and realized he had forgotten the school sports meet when Du Shiwei called to ask where he was.
• Xue Jing told Du Shiwei he was on his way and hailed a taxi.

Jiao Hongyuan arranged to use Number Nine at Qing Fu Middle School to distract the White Crows while his group moved the Celestial Host Worm Mother. Xue Jing raced to the school in time to win the hundred-meter dash, but the sports meet was interrupted when a Cockroach Monster appeared and attacked a student.

• Jiao Hongyuan learned that Su Bi Jing had transferred the test subjects and confirmed that Kai Ping had taken Number Nine to Qing Fu Middle School to draw the White Crows away.
• Li Ge called Xue Jing, who was stuck in traffic, and Xue Jing left the taxi and crossed rooftops and obstacles to reach the school.
• Xue Jing arrived just before the hundred-meter dash, borrowed Li Ge's clothes, and won the race by a huge margin.
• Lin Shi Yu glimpsed a dark shadow near the teaching building and asked to go to the infirmary.
• A Cockroach Monster appeared at the teaching building, eating a human body, and the students fled in panic as Xue Jing recognized it.

Xue Jing fought a powerful Cockroach Monster at Qing Fu Middle School, using tactics and martial arts to hold it off after his strongest opening punch barely damaged it. As White Crow’s team arrived, he awakened the Hidden Dragon Style killing move Turning Golden Scales.

• Xue Jing sent Li Ge to call the police and confronted the Cockroach Monster while students and teachers fled.
• Xue Jing struck the Cockroach Monster with Whirlwind Thunder, but it survived with only a fist-shaped dent in its chest.
• The Cockroach Monster killed the injured Duan Kaiping and wounded Xue Jing with its antennae, prompting Xue Jing to plan to stall until White Crow arrived.
• Xue Jing blinded the Cockroach Monster with a fire extinguisher, struck it with a water pipe and Whirlwind Thunder, then evaded its rapid attacks by tracking it with the Contemplation Method.
• Void Blade, Shan Xiao, and two teammates arrived by helicopter and jumped down toward Qing Fu Middle School.
• As the Cockroach Monster charged, Xue Jing awakened Hidden Dragon Style Killing Move Turning Golden Scales.

Xue Jing and the White Crow squad defeated the Cockroach Monster, but it molted into a larger form and killed Weeping Feather. As the newborn monster tried to escape, Xue Jing threw Void Blade’s knife and brought it down.

• Xue Jing survived the Cockroach Monster’s thrust with Turning Golden Scales, and Void Blade’s squad arrived to take over the fight.
• Shan Xiao staggered the monster, and Void Blade severed its limbs at their joints while the squad planned to keep it alive for investigation.
• Xue Jing told Void Blade and Shan Xiao that Duan Kaiping’s presence at Qing Fu Middle School might connect him to the monster.
• The bandaged Cockroach Monster molted into a larger, fully restored form and tore Weeping Feather in half before taking flight.
• Xue Jing borrowed a knife from Void Blade and used Whirlwind Thunder, Twin Birth Power, and Twin Birth Speed to pierce the monster’s chest and knock it from the sky.

After killing the Cockroach Monster, Xue Jing learned that the South District’s unfinished buildings faced a dangerous overlap with the other world and returned to Hidden Dragon Dojo for treatment. His Golden Scale Skin impressed Li Qi, who said it could counter Golden Wind White Rainbow Sword, while treatment with Zhu Shan Ying and Meng Qing Jiao ended in an embarrassing misunderstanding.

• Xue Jing left with Void Blade’s team after killing the Cockroach Monster, and he checked the experience gains from the battle aboard the helicopter.
• Void Blade explained that the South District’s contamination rate exceeded 10%, warned that a Weak Overlap could occur, and described how overlaps could develop into Intersection Zones.
• At Hidden Dragon Dojo, Li Qi examined Xue Jing’s Golden Scale Skin and explained that it could withstand attacks from Golden Wind White Rainbow Sword users of comparable cultivation.
• Xue Jing asked Li Qi about Golden Wind Dojo, and Li Qi recounted beating Jiao Hongyuan and other disciples when they were younger.
• Zhu Shan Ying and Meng Qing Jiao treated Xue Jing’s injuries, but their close proximity left him flustered and ended with both women noticing his embarrassment.