Chapter Summaries

Lu Chenzhou placed fourth in the Dragon City Martial Arts Tournament after defeating Huo Tianyu and conceding to Liu Huan, then collected his rewards. Hong Fu encouraged him to focus on Tiger Form, and Lu Chenzhou began using his new Organ-Nourishing No. 1 medicine.

• Lu Chenzhou lost to Liu Huan after lasting thirty-nine moves, then the tournament results placed him fourth overall.
• The teachers awarded Lu Chenzhou a box each of Mingshen No. 1 and Organ-Nourishing No. 1, worth 150,000 yuan combined.
• Hong Fu praised Lu Chenzhou's talent for Tiger Form and offered to teach him several first-rate Tiger Form martial arts when he had mastered Tiger Venerable Fist further.
• Lu Chenzhou returned to his dormitory, drank a dose of Organ-Nourishing No. 1, and felt its effects strengthen his body and qi and blood.

Lu Chenzhou continued training, said farewell to Chen Yuan and Huo Tianyu, and watched the senior students move on to university. After Tiger Venerable Fist reached Mastery, his vitality and blood rose, bringing Dragon City University of Martial Arts and the Genius Class within reach.

• Lu Chenzhou focused on Tiger Venerable Fist while Organ-Nourishing No. 1’s effects lingered and postponed taking Mingshen No. 1.
• At the seniors’ farewell dinner, Chen Yuan spoke with Lu Chenzhou about Tiger Garden and invited him to visit Dragon-Tiger Academy, while Huo Tianyu accepted Lu Chenzhou’s apology and promised to fight him again.
• Wang Gang demonstrated how his Minor Accomplishment Great Strength Vajra Palm could withstand a sharp stone and encouraged Lu Chenzhou to keep training his body.
• The entrance exam results showed that Chen Yuan entered Dragon-Tiger Academy and twenty-four of Dragon City High School’s thirty seniors entered Dragon City University of Martial Arts; Yu Zheng told Lu Chenzhou he could qualify directly by reaching the Sixth Stage before the Winter Examination.
• Lu Chenzhou advanced Tiger Venerable Fist from Proficient to Mastery, measured his vitality and blood at 2.78, and concluded that he was on track for the Sixth Stage and a Grade-A Winter Examination evaluation.
• Lu Chenzhou went to Haotai Villa to teach, earning seven hundred per session under his updated coaching certification while keeping his old students’ fees unchanged.

Lu Chenzhou fought a parasitic Void Entity in Lin Ruojun’s home and destroyed it with sunlight, Tiger Form, and his Voidbreaker Gloves. After the police arrived, he learned that Lin Ruojun’s mother had died and her father was injured, while Officer Chen Zhen recognized the Killing Intent in Lu Chenzhou’s Tiger Form.

• Lu Chenzhou arrived for Lin Ruojun’s lesson and discovered that her mother, Lin Bin, had become a Void Entity and was attacking him.
• Lu Chenzhou used Tiger Baleful Intent, opened the curtains to expose the Void Entity to sunlight, and fought it while Lin Ruojun called the police.
• Lu Chenzhou tore the Void Entity’s heart from Lin Bin’s body and held it in the sunlight until Officer Chen Zhen arrived and destroyed it.
• Chen Zhen confirmed that Lin Bin had died and arranged medical care for Lin Ruojun’s injured father, Lin Bin, while Lin Ruojun clung to Lu Chenzhou and cried.
• After reviewing the surveillance footage, Chen Zhen praised Lu Chenzhou’s Black Tiger Fist and Tiger Venerable Fist and said he had grasped Tiger Form’s essence, Killing Intent.

After killing a parasitic Void Entity, Lu Chenzhou moved his parents into Ji Xuantong’s home for safety and improved his martial arts through renewed practice. By September, he had reached Major Accomplishment in Mountain-Crossing Body and faced a challenge from freshman Wang Caiying, a low-aptitude Dragon Form Fist practitioner.

• Lu Chenzhou learned that Chen Zhen would keep his identity private, received treatment for his injury, and arranged for Lin Bin and Lin Ruojun to stay at the Void Suppression Bureau.
• Lu Chenzhou returned home, told his parents about the Void Entity, and began teaching them Basic Fist Art; Ji Xuantong then offered them a place in his home, and Shi Ruyu drove them there.
• After his encounter with the Void Entity, Lu Chenzhou entered a state of Fortune-Touched Insight at Tiger Garden and raised Tiger Venerable Fist to Mastery (18%) through two hours of practice.
• Lu Chenzhou received a 300,000-yuan police reward, bought Organ-Nourishing Potion, and continued training until Mountain-Crossing Body reached Major Accomplishment and his Blood Vitality reached the Fifth Stage standard.
• At the Freshman Martial Meet, Wang Caiying defeated her fellow freshmen and challenged Lu Chenzhou to a spar, revealing that she practiced Dragon Form Fist.
• Lu Chenzhou accepted Wang Caiying’s challenge and stepped onto the arena as the crowd and their teachers watched.

Lu Chenzhou defeated Wang Caiying in the Freshman Martial Meet despite her elite Eighteen Black Dragon Hands, and Grandmaster Wang later explained how her pride and tactical mistakes had cost her the fight. Lu Chenzhou focused on mastering his current techniques, then Wang Gang handed him a booklet titled Iron Crotch Skill.

• Wang Caiying attacked Lu Chenzhou with the Eighteen Black Dragon Hands, but Lu Chenzhou activated Hard Qi Training and used Tiger Form techniques to pin her and win.
• Yu Zheng called the match, Wang Caiying thanked Lu Chenzhou for his guidance, and the Freshman Martial Meet ended with students praising the fierce bout.
• Wang Jidao told Wang Caiying that she had underestimated Lu Chenzhou, exposed openings, and failed to interrupt him when he activated Hard Qi Training.
• Lu Chenzhou declined to learn an elite martial art immediately, and Hong Fu advised him to protect himself while warning him against underhanded moves during friendly sparring.
• On the morning of September 6, Wang Gang brought Lu Chenzhou a booklet titled Iron Crotch Skill.

Lu Chenzhou discussed Hard Qi Training with Wang Gang, who planned to master several Iron Skills alongside his other martial arts, while Lu focused on his existing training. On October 1, the anniversary of his Martial Dao Tree’s awakening, Lu achieved major mastery in Sea-Skimming Body, greatly improving his movement.

• Wang Gang offered Lu Chenzhou an Iron Crotch Skill manual and explained that he wanted a teacher to guide them in practicing it safely.
• Wang Gang described his plan to master four Iron Skills and Vajra Palm for protection, while Lu warned him not to let extra training delay his progress.
• Chen Zhen reviewed the investigation into the Haotai Void Case, found no suspicious links among Lin Bin’s wife’s acquaintances or Doctor Chen, and drove to Beautiful Life afterward.
• On October 1, Lu Chenzhou practiced Tiger Venerable Fist and Flying Swallow Skimming the Sea, then reached major mastery in Sea-Skimming Body.

After surviving an encounter with a Void Entity, Lu Chenzhou kept a low profile at school and focused on cultivation while checking in on his parents and Lin Bin’s family. He opened the Lieque Acupoint and began training the stance work for Houxi, where progress proved slower than before.

• Lu Chenzhou called Li Xianghua and Lu Guoping, then encouraged Lin Bin and Ruojun to practice boxing and agreed to teach them later.
• Lu Chenzhou apologized to Mr. Wang for being unable to teach in person, but Mr. Wang told him to come whenever convenient.
• Lu Chenzhou reviewed Ji Xuantong’s list of tournament contenders, including Liu Quanhai, Wang He, Su Chen, and Xu Jiutian, and resolved to reach the Sixth Stage.
• On October 3rd, Lu Chenzhou opened his tenth acupoint, Lieque, and noted that it could help protect him from ordinary Void Entities.
• Lu Chenzhou told Yu Zheng that he had opened Lieque, learned the stance work for Houxi, and adjusted to the slower pace of his training.

Doctor Chen, secretly known as Helmsman Chen, discussed the threat of Void Entities and the missing Bloodhead Bodhisattva larva before Chen Zhen began following one of his patients. At Xinghe Martial University, Lu Chenzhou sparred with Wang Gang, demonstrated advanced Swallow Form footwork, and agreed to continue training with him.

• Doctor Chen assured a patient that her surgery had succeeded and induced her to envision the Worryfree Matriarch, Land of Ultimate Bliss.
• Doctor Chen pulled a mysterious woman's head from his chest and told it he was still hidden, while blaming the Bloodhead Bodhisattva larva's loss of control for recent trouble.
• Chen Zhen watched the patient leave Doctor Chen's office and followed her to ask questions.
• Lu Chenzhou used Swallow Form footwork and Tiger Form techniques to spar with Wang Gang, a sixth-stage fighter, for half an hour before conceding.
• Wang Gang offered to teach Lu Chenzhou Iron Crotch Skill after he had practiced it, helping him avoid another training expense.

Lu Chenzhou broke through to Mastery in Arhat Skill and learned that the realm was called Stone Buddha Arhat. Teacher Ji explained the later stages and urged him to reach the Sixth Stage before the exchange competition so his new defensive strength could overwhelm his opponents.

• Wang Caiying challenged Lu Chenzhou to spar again after reaching the Sixth Stage, but he refused until he reached the same stage.
• Liu Huan reached the Seventh Stage and invited his classmates to celebrate, while Lu Chenzhou stayed behind to train with Wang Gang.
• Wang Gang noticed a bluish-black sheen on Lu Chenzhou and confirmed that his Arhat Skill had reached Mastery.
• Lu Chenzhou called Teacher Ji, who named the Mastery realm Stone Buddha Arhat and described the Iron Buddha, Bronze Buddha, and Golden Buddha stages beyond it.
• Teacher Ji told Lu Chenzhou to reach the Sixth Stage before the exchange competition and said his Stone Buddha Arhat body could let him sweep aside his opponents.

Lu Chenzhou used a Mingshen potion to break through to the Sixth Stage and advanced his Swallow Return Fist to major mastery. After Yu Zheng confirmed his progress and prospects for the Winter Examination and Dragon City University of Martial Arts, Lu Chenzhou told his family and prepared for the Hundred-Hall Contest.

• Lu Chenzhou drank a Mingshen potion at Tiger Garden and practiced Tiger Venerable Fist until he broke through to the Sixth Stage.
• Lu Chenzhou received Fortune-Touched Insight while practicing Swallow Return Fist and advanced it to major mastery, improving his movement with Sea-Skimming Body.
• Lu Chenzhou measured his blood and vitality at 3.18, surpassing the Sixth Stage standard of 2.98.
• Lu Chenzhou told Yu Zheng about his Sixth Stage breakthrough and supplementary martial arts, and Yu Zheng confirmed he had secured Grade A in the Winter Examination.
• Lu Chenzhou told his master and parents about his breakthrough, while Ji Xuantong encouraged him to aim for the top three in the Hundred-Hall Contest.

Lu Chenzhou tested his sixth-rank strength by defeating Wang Caiying before the Hundred-Halls Exchange Tournament. His breakthrough stunned his classmates, while Wang Jidao urged Wang Caiying to broaden her horizons and stop fixating on Lu Chenzhou.

• Lu Chenzhou reached a blood qi reading of 3.21 and agreed to spar with Wang Caiying before the tournament.
• Lu Chenzhou combined his swallow and tiger fist techniques to overwhelm Wang Caiying and defeat her with a powerful palm strike.
• Wang Caiying recognized that Lu Chenzhou was sixth rank and vowed to challenge him again.
• News of Lu Chenzhou's breakthrough spread through Class Two, Year Two, and he celebrated by treating his classmates to a meal.
• Wang Jidao told Wang Caiying that the world held many talented people and urged her to stop treating Lu Chenzhou as her sole rival.

Lu Chenzhou prepared to represent Flying Swallow Martial Arts Hall at the Su City Hundred-Halls Exchange Tournament, supported by his teachers and classmates. At the crowded stadium, he reunited with his teammates and learned more about Dragon City University’s planned Su City branch campus before the competition began.

• Lu Chenzhou received Yu Zheng’s permission to take a day off, and Yu Zheng reminded him that Ji Xuantong had worked hard to help him transfer schools.
• Hong Fu gave Lu Chenzhou competition tactics, while Liu Huan, Huo Tianyu, Zhang Sanshun, and Liu Quanhai cheered him on at dinner.
• Ji Xuantong picked Lu Chenzhou up at Fang Mountain Campus, where he encountered Oversea Whale and kept his disciple’s name secret.
• Lu Chenzhou arrived at Su City Stadium, completed registration and drug testing, and met Du Men and Shi Ruyu in the competitors’ area.
• Ji Xuantong told Shi Ruyu that only about a dozen youth contestants were above Eighth Stage, while Ji Feiyan explained that Dragon City’s Su City branch campus would receive strong support.
• Ji Feiyan praised Lu Chenzhou’s progress and said he had repeatedly proven her wrong about him.

Lu Chenzhou dominated the martial arts tournament, advancing to the top 32 without allowing any opponent to withstand his power. The remaining competitors included Rien, Zhang Sanshun, and Wang He, a powerful Fifth Stage martial artist who could become his next major challenge.

• Ji Feiyan praised Lu Chenzhou’s progress, while Wang Chong guessed that Lu had reached the Fifth Stage.
• Lu Chenzhou defeated Ling Xiang in one move and advanced to the top 128.
• Lu Chenzhou sent a Fourth Stage opponent flying out of the ring with a single punch, advancing to the top 64.
• Lu Chenzhou frightened Zhang Lun into conceding before their match began, advancing to the top 32.
• Lu Chenzhou saw that Rien, Zhang Sanshun, and Wang He had advanced, while Wang Chong and several others had been eliminated.

Wang Jian warned Wang Kang to pay Lu Guoping’s unpaid wages after learning Lu Chenzhou was his son, but Wang Kang remained reluctant. Lu Chenzhou defeated Rien again to advance toward the top sixteen, and Rien vowed to catch up with him.

• Wang Jian told Wang Kang that Lu Chenzhou was a formidable martial artist and urged him to settle Lu Guoping’s unpaid wages before angering the Wang Family’s enemies.
• Wang Kang dismissed Wang Jian’s warning and complained that Lu Guoping had refused his offer to settle for thirty thousand.
• Lu Chenzhou drew Rien in the top-thirty-two round, while Ji Xuantong celebrated the rematch.
• Lu Chenzhou met Rien’s charge with a single punch, deflected his force, and badly injured his right arm.
• Rien conceded defeat, recognized Lu Chenzhou’s Sixth Stage strength, and vowed to catch up with him; Lu Chenzhou wished him luck becoming a Sacred Elephant.

After Lu Chenzhou defeated Rien with one punch and advanced to the top sixteen, his popularity surged and he reunited with his parents at Ji Xuantong’s mansion. He celebrated with the Flying Swallow Martial Arts Hall before returning to school, with the tournament finals awaiting the next day.

• Lu Chenzhou returned to the rest area after Rien was taken away for treatment, while Old Ji and Ji Feiyan celebrated his advance to the top sixteen.
• Rikett encouraged Rien to keep working toward defeating Lu Chenzhou, and Rien vowed to face him again someday.
• Ji Xuantong took Lu Chenzhou to meet his parents, who praised his matches as videos of him gained popularity online.
• Ji Xuantong introduced Lu Chenzhou to his wife, and the Flying Swallow Martial Arts Hall held a banquet to celebrate his success.
• Lu Chenzhou thanked Ji Xuantong, his wife, and Shi Ruyu before Ji Xuantong took him back to school and went to watch Du Men’s repechage match.

Lu Chenzhou prepared for the youth division finals after opening another acupoint and improving his senses. His growing reputation affected both his family and Su City's martial arts circles, and the chapter ended as he headed to the arena with his classmates' support.

• Lu Chenzhou returned to class, asked the class monitor for notes, and prompted his classmates to take the Winter Examination seriously.
• Wang Kang repaid Lu Guoping 68,400 yuan after Wang Jian confronted him over his conduct and warned him not to disgrace the Wang family or misuse Xihe Martial Arts Hall's name.
• Lu Chenzhou opened his eleventh acupoint, improving his hearing and night vision, and grew more confident about the next day's match.
• Ji Xuantong picked Lu Chenzhou up for the finals, while Liu Huan, their classmates, and Teacher Hong Fu cheered him on.
• At the arena, Yuan Xianbo praised Lu Chenzhou's progress to Chen Ye, who considered recommending that Great Dao Industries invest in and promote him.

Lu Chenzhou advanced through the martial arts tournament with another one-hit victory, defeating Yuan Zidan and reaching the top eight. The chapter ended with Ji Xuantong celebrating Lu’s victory over the Yuan Family disciple.

• Lu Chenzhou defeated Li Ming with a single palm strike and advanced to the top sixteen.
• Du Men, Liu Quanhai, and Zhang Sanshun lost to Fifth Stage opponents, while Rien won his match and advanced.
• Lu Chenzhou faced Yuan Zidan, who opened with the killing move Ape King Claims the Mountain.
• Lu Chenzhou used an elbow strike to break Yuan Zidan’s attack and knock him down, winning in a single blow.
• Ji Xuantong celebrated Lu Chenzhou’s victory as he advanced into the top eight.

Lu Chenzhou defeated Su Chen in the semifinals by combining Tiger Form and Swallow Form, revealing his Tiger-Swallow Twin Forms. Wang He then upset Xu Jiutian by breaking through to the Sixth Stage during their match, setting up an unexpected final opponent for Lu Chenzhou.

• Rien lost to a Fifth Stage opponent skilled in Monkey Form Fist, and Rikett encouraged him to keep cultivating.
• Lu Chenzhou defeated Qian Ming with his fifth move, ending his one-punch streak, and the two agreed to become friends.
• Ji Xuantong warned Lu Chenzhou about the strength of the top competitors, including Wang He’s Spring and Autumn Palm and Xu Jiutian’s suspected Sixth Stage.
• Lu Chenzhou defeated Su Chen with a combination of Tiger Form and Swallow Form, which he called Tiger-Swallow Twin Forms.
• Wang He overcame Xu Jiutian after breaking through Spring and Autumn Palm into the Sixth Stage during the match.

Lu Chenzhou and Wang He fought an evenly matched championship bout at the Hundred-Halls Exchange Tournament. Lu Chenzhou survived Wang He's strongest palm strike and won after his counterattack left Wang He unconscious.

• Wang He broke through to the Sixth Stage during his semifinal and entered the championship match confident that he could beat Lu Chenzhou.
• Lu Chenzhou and Wang He exchanged more than three hundred moves, with neither gaining a clear advantage.
• Wang He unleashed Spring and Autumn Palm's strongest move, Spring Thunder Shakes the Earth, and challenged Lu Chenzhou to a final exchange.
• Lu Chenzhou answered with Tiger Venerable Wisdom King Descends Upon the World and released his Tiger Baleful Intent, sending both fighters flying.
• Lu Chenzhou quickly got back up with a crimson palm print on his chest, while Wang He lay unconscious and bleeding, giving Lu Chenzhou the victory.

Lu Chenzhou won the youth division championship after defeating Wang He, then celebrated with his martial hall and accepted congratulations from fellow competitors. Great Dao Industries approved converting his luxury-car prize into cash and offered him a talent investment and training agreement.

• Medical staff treated Wang He after Lu Chenzhou knocked him unconscious, and the commentator announced Lu Chenzhou as champion.
• Lu Chenzhou returned to the lounge, where Shi Ruyu, Du Men, and Ji Xuantong congratulated him; his parents called to check on him.
• Wang He woke up, praised the fight, and his father recognized Lu Chenzhou’s strength in cultivating both inside and outside.
• Grandmaster Yuan and Chen Ye discussed promising contestants, with Chen Ye placing Lu Chenzhou at the top of Great Dao Industries’ investment priorities.
• Lu Chenzhou raised the trophy, praised Flying Swallow Martial Arts Hall, then shook hands with Wang He and agreed to spar again.
• Chen Ye confirmed the prize car could be exchanged for cash and offered Lu Chenzhou a talent investment and training agreement.