Chapter Summaries

Lu Chenzhou trained with Li Gui, reunited with Hong Fu, and met Li Gui’s new wife before preparing to travel. After his qi and blood reached 30 points, the Tiger Gall Spear revealed that the Great Void it had absorbed had mutated into a powerful changgui, which appeared in his inner landscape.

• Lu Chenzhou bought forty doses of medicine at a reduced price and learned that Great Xia had found new oases and improved the supply of rare birds and exotic beasts.
• During training, Li Gui overwhelmed Lu Chenzhou but praised his perfected Tiger Roars Across Mountains and Rivers Fist and his progress in the Tiger-Suppresses-Mountains-and-Rivers Fist.
• Hong Fu arrived to visit Li Gui, and Li Gui advised Lu Chenzhou to master the second level of the Tiger Demon Tai Sui Method before traveling.
• Li Yu arrived and was introduced as Li Gui’s wife, then gave Lu Chenzhou a gift at the family dinner.
• Lu Chenzhou opened sixteen apertures in his right foot and measured his qi and blood at 30 points.
• The Tiger Gall Spear revealed that the absorbed Great Void had mutated into a changgui, which charged into Lu Chenzhou’s inner landscape and shook the unfinished Flesh Divine Palace.

Lu Chenzhou subdued the Tiger Gall Spear’s ghost servant and tested whether his full-force attack could break a martial master’s innate true qi. He returned to Su City Longwu with a clearer sense of the gap between realms and resumed steady cultivation.

• Lu Chenzhou defeated the winged monster’s mental presence, then used a Spirit-Restoring Body Pill to recover and strengthen his mind.
• Lu Chenzhou entered the Tiger Gall Spear’s inner world, where its Winged Tiger spirit acknowledged him and the mutated Great Void became his ghost servant, which he named Yaksha Hound Ghost.
• Lu Chenzhou visited Fangshan High School, brought medicinal supplies for his former teachers, and asked Hong Fu to help test his divine spear against innate true qi.
• Lu Chenzhou’s full-force spear strike cracked Hong Fu’s true qi barrier, though Hong Fu restored it immediately.
• Hong Fu recognized that Lu Chenzhou had begun creating his own move, while Lu Chenzhou left satisfied with the test and returned to cultivating at Su City Longwu.

Lu Chenzhou studied spear techniques with Wang Xian and later comprehended the Swallow Form Imprint, advancing his Yan Form Fist Principles to the Fourth Realm. He created the perfected True Skill-level Mysterious Swallow Soaring-Heaven Fist, while Bai Jingming continued waiting for a chance to kill him.

• Bai Jingming told a trench-coated figure that Lu Chenzhou had stayed inside the school for half a year and vowed to kill him if he left within three years.
• Wang Changming praised Lu Chenzhou’s progress, advised him to train in the Tai Lake Void Realm, and asked Wang Xian to accompany him to Changbai Mountain to investigate a location on his Void Realm map.
• Wang Xian recommended three first-rate spear techniques to Lu Chenzhou and taught him the Six Harmonies Great Spear, which Lu Chenzhou quickly grasped.
• Lu Chenzhou practiced the Swallow Form, comprehended the Swallow Form Imprint, and advanced his Yan Form Fist Principles to the Fourth Realm.
• Lu Chenzhou integrated his new insight and named the perfected True Skill-level martial art Mysterious Swallow Soaring-Heaven Fist.

Lu Chenzhou learned that combining different forms became difficult once their true arts created clashing forces and vital spirits, while his master Chen Jiu prepared to leave for military service. After Lu Chenzhou celebrated his birthday, Principal Wang brought him to see Su City Longwu’s new Celestial Magnetism Pavilion, a gravity training room.

• Lu Chenzhou’s Swallow Form vital spirit clashed with his Dark Tiger vital spirit, and he asked Principal Wang how multiple forms could coexist.
• Principal Wang explained that martial artists could suppress conflicting forms with martial will or make one form dominant, and that resolving them completely required the strength and understanding of the Four Symbols Adept.
• Lu Chenzhou decided to practice ordinary techniques from other forms for comprehension rather than cultivate their true arts until his cultivation and will were stronger.
• Lu Chenzhou demonstrated his Jade Drum Resonance against Chen Jiu, who praised his body-tempering attainment and said he would leave for three to five years to join the army.
• Lu Chenzhou celebrated his birthday with friends and family, then Principal Wang showed him the new Celestial Magnetism Pavilion at Su City Longwu.

Lu Chenzhou trained in the new gravity chamber, opened his ninetieth acupoint, perfected the Tiger-Suppresses-Mountains-and-Rivers Fist, and gained its killer move, Mountain-and-River Suppression. After recovering from the strain, he reached the third viewing platform in his martial arts inner landscape.

• Principal Wang introduced Lu Chenzhou to the gravity chamber and gave him a day of free access.
• Lu Chenzhou trained at twenty times gravity, opened his ninetieth acupoint, and completed his full-body force.
• The Blood Duke and Gu Qianqian discussed their inability to track or safely assassinate Lu Chenzhou.
• Lu Chenzhou perfected the Tiger-Suppresses-Mountains-and-Rivers Fist and gained the Mountain-and-River Suppression divine seed effect.
• Lu Chenzhou tested his vitality and blood at 38 points, then used a Heaven-Restoring Righteous Qi Pill to recover from his training injuries.
• Lu Chenzhou entered his martial arts inner landscape and reached the third viewing platform.

After becoming a Martial Artist, Lu Chenzhou sought ways to fund his expensive cultivation and trained his body in the new gravity chamber. By January 10th, his Tai Sui training had produced a danger-sensing sixth sense, while his blood vitality reached 40 points, three short of the Limit Realm.

• Lu Chenzhou tested his strength, rose to 300th on the Hidden Dragon Rankings, and realized his cultivation expenses required him to find more money.
• Lu Chenzhou declined Wang Hongdao's invitation to train in the Tai Lake Void Realm because he planned to visit the Changbai Mountain Void Realm with his senior brother.
• Lu Chenzhou used the gravity chamber to train the Wisdom King Body and increased its proficiency from 56% to 57%.
• Teachers and students flocked to the gravity chamber, where Old Ji used intensive training to accelerate his aperture opening.
• On January 10th, Lu Chenzhou's Tiger Demon Tai Sui Method produced a black sword in his mind that could sense nearby hostility and killing intent.
• Lu Chenzhou measured his blood vitality at 40 points, three points short of the Limit Realm.

Lu Chenzhou traveled to Magic City with Wang Xian, learned the Pure Yang Shield from the newly promoted Grandmaster Indestructible Daoist, and watched the Great Xia First Spear Art Exchange Tournament. The chapter ended as the Sea-Covering Sacred Spear, Yang Jue, arrived above Dragon Ascension Hall.

• Lu Chenzhou told Wang Changming that he had prepared for the Changbai Mountain trip, and Wang Changming sent him and Wang Xian off the next day.
• After learning that Indestructible Daoist had become a Grandmaster, Lu Chenzhou decided to visit him in Magic City, while Wang Xian joined him to meet Yang Jue.
• Wang Xian flew Lu Chenzhou to Magic City in Divine Chariot No. 1, and they glimpsed the Azure Heaven Dragon King fighting a demon in the clouds.
• Lu Chenzhou met Wang Gang and Indestructible Daoist, then learned the basics of the Pure Yang Shield in half a day.
• Lu Chenzhou and Wang Xian watched the spear tournament at Dragon Ascension Hall, where Wang Xian pointed out Wu Jinlong and Yang Tian as potential rivals.
• Yang Jue appeared above Dragon Ascension Hall as the Sea-Covering Sacred Spear.

At the Great Xia Spear Arts Exchange Competition, Yang Jue demonstrated his Basic Spear Arts and inspired the assembled spear practitioners. Lu Chenzhou entered sudden enlightenment, advanced from the second to the third realm of spear technique, and formed the beginnings of spear intent.

• Yang Jue arrived at Dragon Ascension Hall, praised the competitors, and awarded Yang Tian first place and a personal lesson.
• Yang Jue demonstrated Basic Spear Arts and explained that spear cultivation began with tempering the heart and protecting home and country.
• Grandmaster Yu, Yang Tian, Wu Jinlong, Wang Xian, and other spear practitioners gained insights as they followed Yang Jue's demonstration.
• Lu Chenzhou remained absorbed in his spear practice after others stopped, prompting Yang Jue and the assembled experts to notice his talent.
• Yang Jue invited the practitioners to watch him train at East Sea City, then departed as Wang Xian guarded Lu Chenzhou through four hours of practice.
• Lu Chenzhou imagined himself fighting on an ancient battlefield, performed spear techniques culminating in Martial King Waving Banner, and reached the third realm with the embryonic form of spear intent.

Lu Chenzhou perfected the Six Harmonies Great Spear, fused it with his White Tiger Army-Breaking technique, and traveled with Wang Xian to the Changbai Mountain Void Realm. Guided by Sister Hong toward a hidden valley, he encountered a pack of human-wolf Voidspawn and fought them with growing strength.

• Lu Chenzhou perfected the Six Harmonies Great Spear, comprehended spear aura, and fused it with the White Tiger Army-Breaking technique as the White Tiger Army-Breaking Spear.
• Lu Chenzhou and Wang Xian entered the Changbai Mountain Void Realm and hired Sister Hong to guide them to the Nameless Valley.
• After their group set out from Star River City, Lu Chenzhou sensed Voidspawn to the north and encountered a pack of giant human-wolves.
• Lu Chenzhou fought the human-wolves, using his spear techniques and battle effects to grow stronger as he killed them, while Wang Xian and Sister Hong watched.

Lu Chenzhou and his companions fought through the Void Realm and reached a fog-covered valley containing a bone tower built from the remains of a gigantic Winged Tiger. They failed to enter the tower, and a huge antlered monster emerged outside the valley.

• Lu Chenzhou killed the Wolf King and its pack, while Wang Xian and Sister Hong admired his completed Eighteen Arhats Golden Body Art.
• Lu Chenzhou fought a horde of human sheep and improved his Pear Blossom Spear Technique before the trio fled an approaching Azure Ghost Thunder disaster.
• Sister Hong guided Lu Chenzhou and Wang Xian through the Void Realm to Nameless Valley, where they rushed past swarms of poisonous human-headed bees.
• The trio discovered a seven-story bone tower beside a colossal Winged Tiger skull, and Lu Chenzhou recognized its connection to his Tiger Gall Spear.
• Dog Ghost failed to pass through the tower's sealed doors, so Wang Xian proposed seeking their master, while a huge human-headed deer monster appeared outside the valley.

Lu Chenzhou, Wang Xian, and Hong-jie were ambushed in the valley by Xiao Yu of Eternal Heaven and her horde of demons. As Wang Xian fought the giant deer and Hong-jie intercepted powerful foes, Lu Chenzhou battled the horde and took a divine weapon, while more demons gathered around him.

• Xiao Yu arrived with a horde of demons, and Wang Xian and Hong-jie recognized the danger and tried to withdraw with Lu Chenzhou.
• The giant deer struck Hong-jie and blocked Wang Xian's spear, so Wang Xian stayed to fight Xiao Yu and the deer while Hong-jie faced the other powerful creatures.
• Hong-jie helped protect Lu Chenzhou as he and his Ghost Servant fought through the horde, and Lu Chenzhou killed a jade-faced fox demon.
• A Yellow Immortal swordsman attacked Lu Chenzhou with the divine weapon Waveheart, but Lu Chenzhou defeated it and claimed the weapon.
• More demons emerged from the forest as Lu Chenzhou prepared to continue fighting.

Wang Xian fought the Deer Lord and its fused human companion near a white bone tower, while Lu Chenzhou battled demons elsewhere in the mountains. Wang Xian was wounded as the Deer Lord’s blood flowed into the tower, and Lu Chenzhou killed a powerful two-headed fox demon.

• Wang Xian resisted Nie Xiaoyu’s seduction, destroyed the Deer Lord’s body with Shadow Kill, and carried its head toward the white bone tower.
• Nie Xiaoyu merged with the Deer Lord’s head and pierced Wang Xian’s chest with a bloody ray, but he protected his heart and continued fighting as blood flowed into the tower.
• Lu Chenzhou killed a mid-realm snake demon and several other demons before confronting a two-tailed fox demon that attacked him with black flames and seductive illusions.
• Lu Chenzhou summoned the wounded Dog Ghost to distract the fox demon, then struck her with a golden spear and unleashed Suppress Mountains Rivers.
• Lu Chenzhou killed the fox demon with his fist blade after his aura froze her in place.

Lu Chenzhou hunted demons and gathered valuable spoils while Wang Xian and Sister Hong battled the regenerating deer-headed monster. As they finally destroyed its body, a terrifying starlit beast appeared and drew the surviving demons into worship, leaving the confrontation unresolved.

• Lu Chenzhou killed the fox demon, then searched the mountains for more Void creatures while Sister Hong went to check on Wang Xian.
• In Kanto, a cult leader learned that Saintess Number Seven had died and ordered a subordinate to find a new Saintess in Great Xia for a descent in Jiangnan.
• Wang Xian used the Mountain Lord Quest Fist while Sister Hong supported him, and together they pinned the deer-headed monster against the White Bone Tower until its regeneration weakened.
• Lu Chenzhou mastered the Pear Blossom Spear Technique, filled his weapon with demon blood, and collected valuable materials and treasure from the corpses.
• Wang Xian and Sister Hong destroyed the deer-headed monster, but a giant starlit beast appeared from its bloodlight and the surviving demons prostrated themselves before it.

Wang Xian and Red Sister fought the Deer Lord’s divine incarnation, while Lu Chenzhou’s Tiger Gall Spear awakened a giant tiger skeleton that destroyed the deer at the cost of its own existence. Afterward, Lu Chenzhou and Red Sister recovered treasures from the site and prepared to return to Star River City with the badly wounded Wang Xian.

• Wang Xian struck the starlight giant deer with his Mountain Lord Quest Fist, then used the bone tower to restrain it as Red Sister joined the fight.
• The bone tower collapsed, and Lu Chenzhou sent the Tiger-Gallbladder Divine Spear into the giant tiger skeleton, awakening its final will.
• The giant tiger skeleton attacked the Deer Lord, and the two perished together in the clouds after the tiger condemned the forbidden zone beings.
• Lu Chenzhou checked on Wang Xian, and Red Sister confirmed that his wounds were not fatal, though he had lost too much blood.
• Red Sister found a Demon King skeleton, a blood lotus, and divine iron chains in the well, then removed the chains and agreed to share the spoils later.
• Lu Chenzhou and Red Sister prepared to leave for Star River City with Wang Xian.

Lu Chenzhou, Wang Xian, and Sister Hong escaped the Void Realm after surviving a deadly battle, and Lu Chenzhou exchanged their spoils for merit and money. As the martial brothers headed home, Lu Chenzhou asked Wang Xian about his relationship with Sister Hong.

• Sister Hong gave Wang Xian an Immortal-Restoring Body Pill, and he recovered enough to reveal that he had mastered the Mountain Lord Quest Fist.
• Sister Hong warned the group that the Withered Heaven Wind had arrived, and they crossed the danger zone while avoiding fights before reaching Star River City three days later.
• Lu Chenzhou, Wang Xian, and Sister Hong divided the spoils, with Wang Xian and Sister Hong taking only portions of the Star-Tear Meteoric Iron.
• Lu Chenzhou exchanged demon materials at the military office, earning 6,400 battle merit points and 47.13 million in cash, and planned to save for the Cold Silkworm Dharma Robe.
• Lu Chenzhou and Wang Xian said goodbye to Sister Hong and boarded the Divine Chariot home, where Lu Chenzhou asked Wang Xian about his relationship with her.

After returning from the Void Realm, Lu Chenzhou and Wang Xian reported their expedition to Wang Changming, who advised them on their treasures and announced he would soon leave to guard a new oasis. Lu Chenzhou arranged to have the Voidless Blood Lotus refined, traveled to the Tai Lake Void Realm, and advanced his spear techniques while hunting demons.

• Wang Changming learned about the brothers’ encounter with the Eternal Life Cult, identified their Qiongqi remains, and explained the potential of Lu Chenzhou’s spear and treasures.
• Lu Chenzhou gave Wang Xian a portion of the Star-Tear Meteoric Iron for Sister Hong, while Wang Changming recommended Hu Qingqing to refine the Voidless Blood Lotus.
• Wang Changming announced that he would soon leave to guard a newly discovered oasis and entrust the Su City Branch Campus to his disciples.
• Lu Chenzhou contracted Hu Qingqing to refine the blood lotus, then departed for the Tai Lake Void Realm to train and earn military merits.
• After more than a month of training, Lu Chenzhou killed a human-headed bird and formed the Pear Blossom Rainstorm divine seed, which he merged into White Tiger Army-Breaking.

Lu Chenzhou exchanged his battle merits for the Cold Silkworm Dharma Robe, increasing his defense and speed, then completed his spear training in the Void Realm. After defeating Wang Hongdao, he reached mastery in the Dripping Spring Spear Technique and returned to school.

• Lu Chenzhou surpassed ten thousand battle merits and exchanged them for the Cold Silkworm Dharma Robe.
• Lu Chenzhou subdued the robe’s spirit, tested its defensive and movement abilities, and found that it greatly strengthened him.
• Lu Chenzhou fought Wang Hongdao, Chen Xiaoyun, and Yao Sheng in the Void Realm and quickly defeated Yao Sheng and Chen Xiaoyun.
• Wang Hongdao unleashed Cloud Whale Divides the Sea, but Lu Chenzhou countered with Facing the Heavenly Palace and sent him flying.
• Lu Chenzhou reached mastery in the Dripping Spring Spear Technique, entered the fourth realm of spearwork, and left to return to school.

Lu Chenzhou combined his four spear techniques and the auras of the tiger and swallow into a new martial form, the Martial King True Body, and created the Martial King Spear. The chapter left him testing his four new spear moves on Stone Lake while an assassination plot against him remained in motion.

• On the journey back to Su City, Lu Chenzhou sensed killing intent near Tai Lake, and Chen Jiu helped him leave; Chen Yongjing watched from beneath the lake and considered sending Bai Jingming after him.
• Chen Jiu warned Lu Chenzhou that an organization might be plotting to assassinate him, and Lu Chenzhou told Wang Changming, who urged him to keep traveling without relying on protection.
• Lu Chenzhou recorded his insights into the four great spear techniques and reflected that the Spear Principle Realm centered on protecting himself, his loved ones, and the human world.
• At Stone Lake, Lu Chenzhou fused his spear techniques with his Tiger Form and Swallow Form auras, summoning the Martial King True Body with a tiger on the left and a flying swallow on the right.
• Lu Chenzhou demonstrated four new moves, named the art Martial King Spear, and declared it his own spear technique and path.

Lu Chenzhou completed the Martial King Spear Technique, advancing the Tiger Gall Spear into a Grandmaster-grade divine weapon, and submitted his spear manual to the Myriad Scrolls Pavilion. The review committee praised the technique, and Tyrant Spear Chu Tian noted that Lu Chenzhou's spear intent carried a hint of the Sacred Spear Yang Jue.

• Lu Chenzhou demonstrated the four forms of the Martial King Spear Technique, earning praise from Wang Xian and Wang Changming.
• Lu Chenzhou found that his spear technique had improved his weapon and spear comprehension and strengthened its exclusive effects.
• The Winged Tiger roared and expanded the world within the spear as the Tiger Gall Spear absorbed the remaining refined demon blood and advanced to Grandmaster grade.
• Lu Chenzhou submitted the Martial King Spear Technique to the Myriad Scrolls Pavilion for review and hoped it would be accepted into the collection.
• Wu Sheng, Xu Xin, and Chu Tian reviewed spear manuals, and Chu Tian judged that Lu Chenzhou's technique was technically unremarkable but carried a hint of Yang Jue's Sacred Spear intent.

Lu Chenzhou’s “Martial King Spear” was accepted into the Myriad Scrolls Pavilion, and he continued strengthening his martial arts and preparing to break the second shackle. After opening his 120th acupoint and forming Flawless Force, he decided to travel the world for the final stage of his cultivation.

• Zhou Xingkong found Lu Chenzhou’s “Martial King Spear” in the Myriad Scrolls Pavilion, borrowed it to study, and resolved to create a true martial art of his own.
• Lu Chenzhou received 800 merit points for the accepted spear manual and learned that Chen Jiu had returned to the Void Realm.
• Lu Chenzhou trained his Golden Bell Jade Drum Wisdom King Body, reviewed the requirements and dangers of breaking the second shackle, and learned from Lu Fang that he had received a scholarship for Bright Jade Balms.
• The All-Nations Organizing Committee announced that the All-Nations Top 100 Tournament would be temporarily canceled because most top fighters were occupied with the Three Calamities.
• Lu Chenzhou opened the Tai Bai Acupoint as his 120th acupoint and formed Flawless Force across his skin and around his heart and lungs.
• Lu Chenzhou left the training room at dawn and decided to travel the world during the final stage of his cultivation.