Chapter Summaries

Lu Chenzhou quit his costly boxing lessons and practiced Black Tiger Fist at home, hoping to overcome his poor bone aptitude through hard work. After an exhausting workout, he saw a mysterious seed grow and reveal a display of his martial skills.

• Lu Chenzhou refused to renew his lessons at Fit Fighting Gym and went home to tell his mother, Li Xianghua, that he had stopped training there.
• Li Xianghua worried that Lu Chenzhou would struggle to pursue martial arts because he had low-grade bone aptitude and lacked the resources for formal training.
• Lu Chenzhou studied the Black Tiger Fist instructional video and practiced the forms in his bedroom, recording himself to check his technique.
• After several more sets left him exhausted and dizzy, Lu Chenzhou ate a Snickers bar and saw a mysterious seed sprout before his eyes.
• Lu Chenzhou saw a display listing Basic Fist Art at Minor Achievement (100%) and Black Tiger Fist at Beginner (1%), then checked that the date was October 1st, 2220.

Lu Chenzhou discovered that his Martial Dao Tree rewarded practice with visible skill progress, and he advanced Basic Fist Art to Major Accomplishment. As his parents weighed the cost of martial arts instruction, he continued training at school and was joined by a young woman.

• Lu Chenzhou learned that the Martial Dao Tree tracked martial skill and cultivation progress through practice, and decided to keep its existence secret while aiming to become an Entry Stage Martial Warrior.
• Li Xianghua urged Lu Guoping to pay for Chenzhou's martial arts training, and Lu Guoping agreed to ask Flying Swallow Martial Hall about its fees.
• Lu Chenzhou arrived early at Wanhua High School to review Basic Fist Art before the instructor's class.
• Lu Chenzhou's Basic Fist Art advanced from Minor Accomplishment at 100% to Major Accomplishment at 1%, and he noticed that its leaf had grown on the Martial Dao Tree.
• A young woman in athletic clothes approached Lu Chenzhou on the track and remarked that she had not arrived earlier than him.

Shi Ruyu taught Lu Chenzhou after he reached Major Accomplishment in Basic Fist Art, explaining its origins and practical combat principles. She left him with advice on martial presence and invited him to keep practicing.

• Shi Ruyu found Lu Chenzhou alone at class and praised his dedication to martial arts despite his low-grade bones.
• Lu Chenzhou demonstrated his Basic Fist Art, and Shi Ruyu recognized that he had advanced to Major Accomplishment.
• Shi Ruyu told Lu Chenzhou that reaching perfection before eighteen could give him a chance at special admissions assessments for ordinary Wudas.
• Shi Ruyu taught Lu Chenzhou about Basic Fist Art’s origins, the Six Scripts, and the Eight Natures while demonstrating their use in combat.
• Shi Ruyu corrected Lu Chenzhou’s flustered expression and taught him to embody a martial artist’s spirit, bearing, and style.

Lu Chenzhou trained under Shi Ruyu for her final lesson at Wanhua High School and learned more about martial arts and breathing. Though he thought Flying Swallow Martial Hall was too expensive, his parents gave him a pass for thirty classes, leaving him newly determined to become a Martial Artist.

• Shi Ruyu sparred with Lu Chenzhou, demonstrated techniques including Tremor, Lift, Intercept, and Hook, and taught him Innate Breath.
• Students watched Lu Chenzhou train with Shi Ruyu, and she later told him her contract had ended and recommended he study at Flying Swallow Martial Hall under Ji Xuantong.
• Lu Chenzhou saw his Basic Fist Art progress from Major Accomplishment (1%) to Major Accomplishment (2%) on the Martial Dao Tree and decided he needed to find a way to earn money for training.
• Lu Chenzhou planned to practice Black Tiger Fist and test his blood vitality at the Martial Arts Youth Palace the next day.
• Li Xianghua gave Lu Chenzhou a Flying Swallow Martial Hall card with thirty core student classes, explaining that his father had obtained it.

Lu Chenzhou trained toward becoming a Martial Artist while balancing school, and he set himself the goal of entering the All-Nations Martial Arts Tournament at Yellow Mountain in ten years. After his teacher urged him to prioritize academics, Lu Chenzhou refused to give up boxing and returned to class with his resolve intact.

• Lu Chenzhou told Li Xianghua that he might have made a breakthrough and planned to test his Blood Vitality the next day, while she worried about her and Lu Guoping's declining health.
• Lu Chenzhou practiced Black Tiger Fist at home, raising its Proficiency from 1% to 4%, then watched Azure Heaven Dragon King Li Ang's tournament victory video and resolved to compete in the next All-Nations Martial Arts Tournament.
• Lu Chenzhou practiced Basic Fist Art at school after Shi Ruyu and the new boxing teacher failed to appear, then attended class with focus.
• Math teacher called Lu Chenzhou to his office and urged him to devote more energy to studying so he could enter Imperial Capital University of Arts.
• Lu Chenzhou thanked Math teacher but insisted he would keep boxing while working to place in the top twenty and strive for the top ten academically.

Lu Chenzhou agreed to join Qin Zheng and Li Linling at the Flying Swallow Martial Hall, where he hoped to test his blood-qi and practice. On the way, he saw a powerful officer investigating a suspected Void Calamity, while Lu Fang resolved to deal with the threat before it could keep him from his daughter’s birthday.

• Qin Zheng invited Lu Chenzhou to the Flying Swallow Martial Hall to test his blood-qi and practice, and Li Linling agreed to join them.
• Lu Chenzhou asked his mother to take his father for a physical and blood-qi checkup, then traveled with Qin Zheng and Li Linling to the hall.
• The group passed an alley sealed off by armed officers and sensed the formidable presence of the officer investigating there.
• Lu Fang examined a victim blasted through a wall and ordered the scene secured until the Void Bureau arrived.
• Lu Fang received a call from his daughter and vowed to eliminate whatever was responsible before it delayed him from her birthday.

Lu Chenzhou joined Flying Swallow Martial Hall, reached First Stage in his Blood Vitality test, and began training under its instructors. After Shi Ruyu led a public class and sparred with him, he left with his Black Tiger Fist improving.

• Qin Zheng brought Lu Chenzhou to Flying Swallow Martial Hall, where he ate, changed into a uniform, and learned about the hall’s facilities and classes.
• Lu Chenzhou tested at Blood Vitality 1.33 and reached First Stage, earning congratulations from Qin Zheng and Li Linling.
• Ji Xuantong introduced Shi Ruyu as the new public-class instructor and described her as an amateur Seventh Stage expert.
• Shi Ruyu led the students through Basic Fist Art and answered questions before Lu Chenzhou asked her for help with Black Tiger Fist.
• Lu Chenzhou stayed late to practice and spar with Shi Ruyu, who urged him to work hard and get into a Wuda.
• After Shi Ruyu left, Lu Chenzhou saw that his Black Tiger Fist had improved from Initiation 4% to 6%.

Lu Chenzhou began cultivating with a martial arts supplement after reaching the Entry Stage, while his parents worried about his safety and health. A month and a half later, his Basic Fist Art had reached Major Accomplishment (50%), and a white flower bud appeared beside its leaf on the Martial Dao Tree.

• After learning that a Void Entity had caused a homicide, Li Xianghua welcomed Lu Chenzhou home and urged the family to avoid going out after dark; he told her he had reached the Entry Stage with Blood Vitality of 1.33.
• Lu Guoping gave Lu Chenzhou a box of Qi-Nourishing No. 1 and promised to renew his martial hall classes, while Lu Chenzhou urged his father to get his Blood Vitality checked.
• Lu Chenzhou took a vial of the supplement at dawn and practiced Basic Fist Art and Black Tiger Fist for an hour, improving both techniques on the Martial Dao Tree.
• Over the next month and a half, Lu Chenzhou practiced regularly, used up the supplements, and followed Shi Ruyu's advice to save his martial hall classes until his Basic Fist Art reached perfection.
• After a training session, Lu Chenzhou saw that Basic Fist Art had reached Major Accomplishment (50%) and noticed a white flower bud growing beside its leaf on the Martial Dao Tree.

Lu Chenzhou learned that perfected martial arts could conceive Divine Seeds and became more determined to enter Wuda to protect his family. At the Flying Swallow Martial Arts Hall, Shi Ruyu noticed his rapid improvement and began a sparring demonstration with him.

• Lu Chenzhou discovered that his perfected Basic Fist Art was conceiving a Divine Seed within the Martial Dao Tree.
• At dinner, Lu Guoping and Li Xianghua discussed the Void Calamity and Lu Chenzhou's future, strengthening his resolve to get into Wuda.
• Lu Chenzhou read Qin Zheng and Li Linling's messages about training and university exams.
• Ji Xuantong praised Lu Chenzhou's perseverance and asked Shi Ruyu to give him more guidance.
• Shi Ruyu observed Lu Chenzhou's improved boxing and asked for a sparring partner, and Lu Chenzhou volunteered to begin the demonstration.

Lu Chenzhou impressed Shi Ruyu and Ji Xuantong with his sparring, then used his martial arts to stop a subway fight and protect a pregnant passenger. The incident went viral in Su City, and his mother learned about it from short videos.

• Lu Chenzhou sparred with Shi Ruyu, who praised his fundamentals and explained that he needed more practical training.
• Shi Ruyu sent Lu Chenzhou Basic Fist Art materials from Ji Xuantong and told him to keep them from the other trainees.
• On a crowded subway, Lu Chenzhou helped a pregnant mother and her child after two martial artists started fighting.
• Lu Chenzhou dodged the tattooed man's punch, threw him to the ground, and restrained him until transit officers arrived.
• Passengers praised Lu Chenzhou, and his mother later asked whether he had stood up for justice after seeing the incident trend in Su City.

Lu Chenzhou’s reputation grew after he stopped a thug, while his studies and martial arts continued to improve. After perfecting Basic Fist Art, he awakened a Divine Seed called Fistheart Without Regret.

• Li Xianghua showed Lu Chenzhou the viral video of him subduing a tattooed man, and his family and Martial Arts Society praised him.
• At Wanhua High School, teachers and classmates discussed Lu Chenzhou’s good deed, and Shi Ruyu praised his first real fight and training progress.
• By January 1st, 2221, Lu Chenzhou had placed in the school’s top fifteen and raised his Blood Vitality to 1.43.
• Lu Guoping decided to keep paying for Lu Chenzhou’s martial arts training as both his academic and martial arts results improved.
• After a week of intensive practice, Lu Chenzhou perfected Basic Fist Art and awakened the Divine Seed Fistheart Without Regret in his Zhongchong Acupoint.

After gaining the Fistheart No Regrets Divine Seed, Lu Chenzhou advanced faster in Black Tiger Fist and set his sights on Pingjiang Martial University's special admissions examination. Meanwhile, authorities contained a dangerous new Void Entity, and Lu Chenzhou began his first private lesson with Ji Xuantong.

• The Divine Seed strengthened Lu Chenzhou's body and comprehension, letting him improve his Black Tiger Fist progress after one round of practice.
• Lu Chenzhou recognized that Basic Fist Art had reached its limit and planned to reach the Third Stage and Minor Accomplishment in Black Tiger Fist for Pingjiang Martial University's examination.
• Li Xianghua heard that the Void Calamity in the 11.3 case had been eliminated, while Lu Fang and Old Liu discussed the dangerous, newly discovered claw recovered from it.
• Lu Chenzhou went to Flying Swallow Martial Hall for his first core member lesson with Ji Xuantong.
• Ji Xuantong welcomed Lu Chenzhou into his martial arts room and began the two-thousand-cost private lesson.

Ji Xuantong recognized Lu Chenzhou’s rapid progress and taught him the Dragon-Tiger Heaven Stance, the foundational method for training the body’s acupoints. After Lu Chenzhou demonstrated a stance and revealed that his Basic Fist Art had reached perfection, Ji Xuantong grew more convinced that he might be an exceptional prospect.

• Ji Xuantong asked Lu Chenzhou about his cultivation and supplement use, then decided to watch his progress before considering him as a true disciple.
• Ji Xuantong gave Lu Chenzhou the 720-page Dragon-Tiger Heaven Stance and explained its role in opening the body’s acupoints and advancing toward becoming a Martial Artist.
• Ji Xuantong demonstrated Bone-Tendon Resonance and described his own decades of training and the difficulty of opening apertures.
• Ji Xuantong taught Lu Chenzhou a stance for the Zhongchong Acupoint, and Lu Chenzhou quickly practiced it under Fistheart Without Regret’s blessing.
• Ji Xuantong learned that Lu Chenzhou’s Basic Fist Art had reached perfection and suspected he had found a remarkable talent.

Lu Chenzhou learned the Zhongchong Acupoint stance exercise from Ji Xuantong, who urged him to practice the Heaven Stance every day and then gave him extra guidance on the Black Tiger Fist. The chapter ended with Lu Chenzhou leaving class more proficient and determined to use his talent to advance toward Pingjiang Martial University.

• Lu Chenzhou asked Ji Xuantong if he could learn one acupoint stance exercise per class, and Ji explained that acupoints had to be opened in sequence and warned him against rushing.
• Ji Xuantong taught Lu Chenzhou the Zhongchong Acupoint stance exercise, and the Martial Dao Tree recorded his Dragon-Tiger Heaven Stance at one percent.
• Ji Xuantong explained that opening acupoints took steady, lifelong practice, and Lu Chenzhou solemnly acknowledged him as his Master.
• After Lu Chenzhou practiced the Black Tiger Fist, Ji Xuantong praised his skill and gave him additional instruction beyond the paid class time.
• Lu Chenzhou left after two hours and saw that his Black Tiger Fist proficiency had risen from 51% to 58%.

Lu Chenzhou learned from Qin Zheng that a Void Calamity might still threaten Su City, then discovered he had reached the Second Stage and agreed to spar with Qin Zheng. The chapter ended as they introduced their fist styles before the gym’s onlookers.

• Qin Zheng told Lu Chenzhou that a Central Void Suppression task force had come to Su City, suggesting a Void Realm convergence point remained unresolved.
• Lu Chenzhou measured his Blood Vitality at 1.46, reaching the Second Stage standard, and continued practicing Black Tiger Fist.
• Qin Zheng learned Lu Chenzhou had also reached the Second Stage and vowed to train harder.
• Qin Zheng challenged Lu Chenzhou to spar, and they announced their respective styles, Swallow Return Fist and Black Tiger Fist, before the watching trainees.

Lu Chenzhou defeated Qin Zheng in a spar, then tested himself against the stronger Du Men in a fierce match that ended with Lu conceding. Shi Ruyu arrived and praised both fighters.

• Lu Chenzhou used the Black Tiger Fist to defeat Qin Zheng after disrupting his rhythm, then encouraged him to train harder.
• Du Men, a Third Stage trainee who also practiced the Swallow Return Fist, challenged Lu Chenzhou, and Lu accepted.
• Lu Chenzhou and Du Men exchanged techniques, with Lu blending Basic Fist Art into his Black Tiger Fist to counter Du Men’s greater Blood Vitality.
• After ten minutes of evenly matched fighting, Lu Chenzhou conceded because Du Men had the advantage in stamina and Blood Vitality.
• Shi Ruyu arrived and praised both Lu Chenzhou and Du Men for their performance.

After Lu Chenzhou impressed the Flying Swallow Martial Hall with his rapid progress, he made new friends and heard Old Zhang’s plans for a martial arts social platform. Shi Ruyu warned him about the difficulty of advancing in martial cultivation and urged him to pursue Pingjiang Martial University, while Lu Chenzhou kept his Martial Dao Tree talent secret.

• Shi Ruyu praised Lu Chenzhou for reaching the Second Stage in three months after watching him spar with Du Men, and the other students were surprised by his progress.
• Lu Chenzhou sparred with students, met Chen Bin, Lin Xue, and Old Zhang, and began integrating into the Flying Swallow Martial Hall’s community.
• Old Zhang treated the students to dinner, proposed creating a martial arts platform for people with inferior innate bones, and encouraged them to keep striving.
• Shi Ruyu told Lu Chenzhou that Old Zhang was trustworthy, advised him to focus on strength and pass Pingjiang Martial University's special admissions examination, and shared her own struggles with cultivation.
• Shi Ruyu suggested Lu Chenzhou’s progress might be sudden enlightenment or a sign of a Martial Bone Dao Fetus, while Lu Chenzhou privately attributed it to awakening the Martial Dao Tree.

Lu Chenzhou celebrated reaching the Second Stage and told his mother he planned to take Pingjiang Martial University's special admissions exam. He continued training the Dragon-Tiger Heaven Stance, making progress toward opening his first aperture before going to bed.

• Shi Ruyu praised Lu Chenzhou's Tiger Form Fist and advised him to ask Ji Xuantong for guidance on Black Tiger Fist.
• Lu Chenzhou returned home and told Li Xianghua that he had reached the Second Stage with blood vitality of 1.46.
• Li Xianghua joyfully called Lu Guoping to share Lu Chenzhou's advancement and his plans to pursue Pingjiang Martial University.
• Lu Chenzhou practiced the Dragon-Tiger Heaven Stance for an hour despite the pain and raised his first aperture progress from two to four percent.
• Qin Zheng and Li Linling discussed Lu Chenzhou's rapid progress in their martial arts club chat, while Lu Chenzhou said he was going to sleep before an early training session.

Lu Chenzhou grew stronger through training and family support as he prepared to apply to Pingjiang Martial University. After opening the Zhongchong Acupoint, he learned why acupoints mattered to martial arts cultivation and set out to condense the Shangyang Acupoint.

• Lu Guoping and Li Xianghua decided to support Lu Chenzhou's training, and Lu Guoping gave him two boxes of Qi-Nourishing No. 1.
• Lu Chenzhou sparred Du Men evenly, and Du Men warned that Pingjiang Martial University might add a practical combat test for its special admissions.
• Lu Chenzhou's Black Tiger Fist reached mastery, his Blood Vitality rose to 1.53, and he opened the Zhongchong Acupoint.
• Ji Xuantong explained that opened acupoints could improve health and Blood Vitality and were essential for circulating Innate Force and advancing martial arts.
• While his parents traveled, Lu Chenzhou learned that his uncle had bought him more martial arts supplements and thanked him.
• Lu Chenzhou continued practicing the Dragon-Tiger Heaven Stance, intending to condense the Shangyang Acupoint.

Lu Chenzhou learned that a Level Five Void Realm Convergence Point had appeared in Tai Lake, drawing powerful martial artists including Li Xiuying, a Martial Dao Heavenly King. As Su City braced for the danger, Lu Chenzhou kept training, and Shi Ruyu prepared to teach the martial hall a new technique.

• Lu Chenzhou saw his math ranking rise to fourteenth and received praise from his teacher and encouragement from his parents.
• A video showed Li Xiuying’s Heavenly King Domain forming over Tai Lake, and the Void Bureau announced a Level Five Void Realm Convergence Point there.
• Lu Chenzhou’s classmates and martial arts groups discussed the crisis, while Shi Ruyu invited him to practice and said she would teach the trainees something new.
• Lu Chenzhou went to Flying Swallow Martial Hall and practiced his fists as the trainees discussed the Heavenly King’s arrival.
• Shi Ruyu arrived for the public class and announced that she would teach Flying Swallow Martial Hall’s secret martial art, the Sea-Skimming Body.