Chapter Summaries

Lu Chenzhou reached the Seventh Stage, unlocked the Hidden Dragon Rankings, and prepared for the Genius Class’s dangerous field training by buying a protective suit. By March 31, he had perfected Sea-Skimming Body, and its seed entered his Shaochong Acupoint.

• Iron-Faced Tiger praised Lu Chenzhou’s rapid improvement, and Li Gui confirmed that his Tiger Venerable Fist had reached major mastery.
• Lu Chenzhou unlocked the Hidden Dragon Rankings at the cost of one Great Merit, placed 3000th, and set a goal of reaching the top five hundred before turning eighteen.
• Qingtian Cang revealed that he was the Genius Class’s homeroom teacher and warned Lu Chenzhou to prepare for dangerous freshman field training.
• Lu Chenzhou borrowed money from Lu Guoping and Qin Zheng, then spent five million on a Void-Repelling Protective Suit and tested its defenses.
• On March 31, Lu Chenzhou perfected Sea-Skimming Body, and the Martial Dao Tree’s fruit produced a seed that entered his Shaochong Acupoint.

Lu Chenzhou perfected Sea-Skimming Body, tested his ability to skim across the lake, and continued advancing his martial arts and acupoint training. As his practical combat training approached, he learned that the Su City Police would begin training the Genius Class to prepare them for cooperation against rising crime and Void Entity threats.

• Lu Chenzhou tested Sea-Skimming Body by skimming across Stone Lake, but Wu Zun caught him for disrupting his fishing spot.
• Lu Chenzhou planned to perfect Swallow Return Fist and Tiger Venerable Fist before practical training, then create his own Tiger-Swallow Double Form Fist.
• During Heaven Stance class, Lu Chenzhou opened his fourteenth acupoint, the Shaofu Acupoint, and Wu Zun explained that the next acupoint could help him sense nearby Void Entities.
• Lu Chenzhou focused his training on his existing techniques as his vitality and blood reached 3.9, nearing the Eighth Stage standard of 4.30.
• On April 10th, the Su City Police arrived to train the Genius Class for future cooperation as crime and judicial assistance missions increased.

The Genius Class began a month of police-led shooting and Gunfighting Technique training to prepare for a practical operation against cultists with dangerous sinister arts. After training ended, Lu Chenzhou was proficient with firearms but learned that neither shooting nor Gunfighting Technique could be recorded by the Martial Dao Tree, and he received a call from Chen Ye of Great Dao Industries.

• Chen Zhen introduced armed police officer Little Liu, who explained that the class would prepare for a case involving cultists and sinister arts, with a three-million-yuan reward.
• Little Liu demonstrated shooting and Gunfighting Technique, and Wang Hongdao beat him in strength but hit fewer targets before leaving to focus on cultivation.
• The Genius Class began daily firearm training, and Lu Chenzhou hit four of ten targets but found that shooting did not appear on the Martial Dao Tree.
• A month later, Little Liu completed the training, and Lu Chenzhou found that Gunfighting Technique could not be recorded by the Martial Dao Tree either.
• After finishing his cultivation, Lu Chenzhou received a call from Chen Ye of Great Dao Industries.

Lu Chenzhou signed an upgraded S-rank talent contract with Great Dao Industries and prepared for upcoming martial arts tournaments. After reaching Perfection in Swallow Return Fist, he awakened the Divine Seed Swallows Return Before the Hall and discovered that swallows were naturally drawn to him.

• Chen Ye offered Lu Chenzhou an S-rank contract with a higher development fee and invited him to compete in the Jiangnan District Martial Arts Hall Talents Tournament in August.
• Lu Chenzhou consulted Ji Xuantong, signed the revised contract, and agreed to compete in the Pingjiang District tournament for its two-hundred-thousand prize.
• Lu Chenzhou told Wu Zun he had opened the Daling Acupoint, learned about the Yangxi Acupoint, and tested his blood vitality at 4.02 as his Hidden Dragon ranking rose to 2700.
• Lu Chenzhou perfected Swallow Return Fist and awakened the first-rank Divine Seed Swallows Return Before the Hall within his Lesser Shang Acupoint.
• Lu Chenzhou practiced by Stone Lake, where swallows circled him and one landed on his palm without fear.

Lu Chenzhou comprehended Transforming Force through sparring with Shi Ruyu, mastered the Tiger Venerable Fist, and reached the Eighth Stage standard. Meanwhile, Rien prepared to leave Great Xia to train under Elephant King Belrand after the exchange tournament.

• Lu Chenzhou defeated Wang Gang in sparring, and Wang Gang promised to teach him Iron Crotch Skill once he reached proficiency.
• Rikett told Rien he would go abroad after the Pingjiang District exchange tournament to study under Elephant King Belrand, and Rien looked forward to fighting Lu Chenzhou once more.
• Shi Ruyu sparred with Lu Chenzhou before dawn, helping him comprehend the Yin-Yang Umbrella Spiral Force and master Transforming Force.
• Lu Chenzhou completed the Tiger Venerable Fist and gained the Second Order Divine Seed Lord of the Mountains and Forests, which could slightly damage evil entities with a roar.
• Lu Chenzhou measured a qi and blood value of 4.41, reaching the Eighth Stage standard.

Lu Chenzhou returned to Dragon City High School after his rapid rise on the Hidden Dragon Rankings, where his teachers praised his progress and he reunited with his classmates. He defeated Liu Huan in a spar and revealed that he had already reached the eighth level.

• Lu Chenzhou planned to focus on the Tiger Soul Divine Striking Fist, Hard Qi Training, and the Heaven Stance as he prepared for the Jiangnan Young Talents Exchange Tournament.
• Xiao He noticed Lu Chenzhou had jumped to rank 1722 on the Hidden Dragon Rankings, and the review committee learned that Principal Wang had awarded him three thousand points for his rapid breakthrough to the eighth level.
• Wang Changming asked Wu Zun and Li Gui to keep observing Lu Chenzhou and protect the genius class during its practical training.
• Lu Chenzhou returned to Dragon City High School, greeted his classmates and teachers, and visited Black Tiger before meeting Liu Huan for a spar.
• Lu Chenzhou used transformative force and tiger aura to overwhelm Liu Huan, then revealed he had reached the eighth level after Liu Huan conceded defeat.

Lu Chenzhou won the Pingjiang Martial Arts Academy Exchange Tournament, reaffirmed his loyalty to Ji Xuantong, and prepared for an upcoming practical combat operation. To break through his Arhat Skill before the operation, he hired Chen Jiu for body-conditioning lessons, and Chen Jiu agreed to charge him less.

• Lu Chenzhou defeated Rien in the tournament final and won first place, while Shi Ruyu also took first place in her matches.
• Rien promised to challenge Lu Chenzhou again, and Ji Xuantong gave his Dao-Seeking 6 to Lu Chenzhou and Shi Ruyu before asking whether they might change true disciple masters; both disciples chose to stay with him.
• Lu Chenzhou received his 200,000-yuan prize and learned that the Genius Class's practical combat training would begin on June 9 at Stone Lake Police Bureau.
• Lu Chenzhou visited Chen Jiu to seek help breaking through Arhat Skill, and Chen Jiu agreed to provide daily body-conditioning lessons for ten merit points.

Lu Chenzhou trained in Hard Qi Training under Chen Jiu, broke through to Great Mastery, and strengthened his defenses ahead of his first practical combat session. As the Genius Class prepared to assist the police, Doctor Chen created a Bloodhead Bodhisattva to attack Su City's young martial artists.

• Chen Jiu conditioned Lu Chenzhou through painful training sessions, and Lu Chenzhou endured them while advancing his Arhat Skill.
• Lu Chenzhou bought Purple Jade Balm, recovered overnight, and reached Arhat Skill Great Mastery within a week of training with Chen Jiu.
• Doctor Chen completed a Bloodhead Bodhisattva and implanted it in an unconscious female martial artist, intending to use it against Su City's geniuses.
• Lu Chenzhou tested his new Copper Membrane, measured a blood and qi value of 4.54, and gained confidence in his defenses before practical training.
• Li Gui explained the Genius Class's practical combat rules and rewards, then Teacher Wu Zun and Li Gui sent the students to the police.

Xu Huaqiang’s Holy Lord Church held a manifestation ceremony at Stormwood Forest, but a police raid and the Genius Class disrupted it. Lu Chenzhou killed the newly empowered Wang Linkai, while a mysterious woman escaped through the moat.

• Xu Huaqiang transformed blood into a green snake that bestowed divine power on Xiao Wang, named him the Thirteenth Divine General, and sent drugged believers to fight as he fled through a hidden canal exit.
• Chen Zhen and Qian Ming confronted Xu Huaqiang by the canal as police and Genius Class members raided Stormwood Forest.
• Lu Chenzhou defeated a martial-artist believer while Chen Xiaoyun fought a green-clad Void Entity with her whip.
• Xiao Wang attacked Lu Chenzhou, but Lu Chenzhou and Chen Xiaoyun wounded him, and Lu Chenzhou killed him with a blade and gunfire.
• A naked woman escaped Stormwood Forest into the moat, where a blood-colored great-bird shadow appeared beneath the water.

Doctor Chen’s cult operation in Stormwood Forest was crushed by police and Genius Class fighters, but his Blood-Feather Female Demon ambushed Lu Chenzhou during the fighting. After Lu Chenzhou defeated a dangerous Void Entity and stopped the demon from escaping, he launched a counterattack as the chapter ended.

• Doctor Chen planned to use Blood Bodhisattva to kill a Genius Class student while the police weakened his church’s rivals.
• Wang Hongdao, Yao Sheng, Zhou Xingkong, and Xiao He fought cultists and joined Chen Zhen and Qian Ming in battling the gaunt incense master, who transformed and attacked Chen Zhen.
• Lu Chenzhou and Chen Xiaoyun subdued ordinary cultists, then worked with Panther Woman and Old Tian to fight the Second and Fourth Divine Generals and capture cultists.
• Lu Chenzhou used Tiger Roar to reveal hidden Void Entities and helped the police locate and destroy the entities, then fought a green-clad Void Entity until it collapsed.
• The Blood-Feather Female Demon ambushed Lu Chenzhou, but Old Tian, Chen Xiaoyun, and Panther Woman stopped her escape; Lu Chenzhou knocked her into a stone bridge and prepared to strike again.

Lu Chenzhou, Panther Woman, and their allies fought a blood-feathered cultist who transformed into an Evil Peacock, then defeated and captured the Beauty Head Void Entity within her. Li Gui and Wu Zun secretly took the entity to Dragon City rather than hand it over to Stone Lake, while the police declared the operation complete.

• Li Gui and Wu Zun suspected that a cult had learned about the practical training through a leak in the Stone Lake police force.
• Lu Chenzhou lured the blood-feathered woman into the artificial rocks and wounded her, while Chen Xiaoyun tried to restrain her with a whip.
• Panther Woman joined Lu Chenzhou in the cave, and together they badly injured the woman until the Beauty Head consumed her organs and transformed her into an Evil Peacock.
• Lu Chenzhou and Panther Woman struck the Evil Peacock's heart, forcing the Beauty Head out, and Lu Chenzhou subdued it with Tiger Roar and the Voidbreaker Glove.
• Li Gui and Wu Zun took the Beauty Head to Dragon City in secret, while Stone Lake police arrived and confirmed that the operation had succeeded.

After the Genius Class helped the police defeat the cultists, Lu Chenzhou reviewed his growing combat abilities and considered buying a stronger weapon. Meanwhile, Doctor Chen discovered the failed assassination and consulted the Heartjoy Church’s plan to eliminate promising martial arts students.

• Lu Chenzhou and the Genius Class returned with the police, who praised their work and began arranging interrogations of the captured cultists.
• Back at Wuda, Old Tian told the students they had performed well and that their practical training evaluations and bounty shares would be announced within a week.
• Lu Chenzhou reviewed his combat strengths, planned to develop a stronger combination of tiger, bird, defensive, and sonic techniques, and found a mid-grade fist blade listed as out of stock.
• Doctor Chen sensed the Blood Bodhisattva’s failure and realized the Heartjoy Church’s intelligence on Lu Chenzhou was outdated.
• Doctor Chen examined the Heartjoy Church’s Martial Arts Sapling Elimination Plan, which listed Lu Chenzhou and other promising students as targets.

Doctor Chen recruited Zhang Fei into the Heartjoy Church after their failed operation left the old martial artist fearing exposure and death. Lu Chenzhou improved his Tiger Soul Divine Striking Fist and received a Special Grade evaluation, a large reward, and additional Hidden Dragon points.

• Doctor Chen told Zhang Fei that he could no longer leave the Heartjoy Church and persuaded him to go overseas in exchange for the promise of a life-extending divine artifact.
• Qin You suspected Zhang Fei had been implicated after he failed to answer repeated calls and ordered Chen Zhen to find him.
• Lu Chenzhou practiced the Tiger Soul Divine Striking Fist at Stone Lake, gaining 13% proficiency during a four-hour Fortune-Touched Insight state.
• Li Shoukun awarded Special Grade evaluations to Wang Hongdao, Chen Xiaoyun, and Lu Chenzhou, while the other Genius Class students received Grade A evaluations.
• Lu Chenzhou received 600,000 in reward money, 1,000 Hidden Dragon points, and 20 Great Merit, and Chen Xiaoyun invited him to spar.

Lu Chenzhou continued rising in strength as police investigated whether cosmetic surgeon Chen Yongjing and the Heartjoy Church were behind attacks connected to him. As June ended, Lu Chenzhou looked ahead to the November Hidden Dragon Martial Tournament and its separate Martial Warrior and Martial Artist divisions.

• Lu Chenzhou checked the Hidden Dragon Rankings, noted Ji Feiyan’s rise, and reflected on Flying Swallow Martial Hall’s growing success.
• Researcher Liu told Lu Fang and Li Gui that the beautiful woman’s head was a Void Entity resembling one found on Sun-Moon Island, while the police continued pursuing Zhang Fei and the Heartjoy Church.
• Chen Zhen told Lu Fang he suspected Chen Yongjing after linking his cosmetic surgery clinic to a missing woman and a previous Void Entity case, and Lu Fang agreed the pattern warranted investigation.
• Lu Chenzhou opened the Yangxi Acupoint after thirty-six days of cultivation, gaining yang energy that could help suppress Void Entities, and Wu Zun began teaching him to open the Yangchi Acupoint.
• At the end of June, Lu Chenzhou planned to spend Great Merit points on training and considered the November Hidden Dragon Martial Tournament and the gulf between Martial Warriors and Martial Artists.

Lu Chenzhou began learning the Iron Crotch Skill from Chen Jiu, while Lu Fang led a police force to raid Beautiful Life Cosmetic and Plastic Surgery Hospital. The chapter left Lu Fang confronting Doctor Chen Yongjing after his unnatural movements revealed evidence of possible involvement with the Three Hazards.

• Lu Chenzhou decided to learn the Iron Crotch Skill and paid Chen Jiu ten Great Merit points for lessons.
• Chen Jiu taught Lu Chenzhou the Hard Crotch Skill, and Lu Chenzhou got started after six lessons.
• Lu Chenzhou asked to renew his lessons so he could become proficient before practicing the skill on his own.
• Lu Fang surrounded Beautiful Life Cosmetic and Plastic Surgery Hospital with armed officers and entered to investigate suspected organ trafficking.
• Lu Fang confronted Doctor Chen Yongjing, who evaded the Ghost-Headed Evil Tiger's attack with unnatural speed, giving Lu Fang evidence to arrest him.

Lu Fang fought Heartjoy Church helmsman Chen Yongjing, who escaped after losing both arms, and ordered a citywide search and surveillance of Three-Cannon Hammer’s relatives. Meanwhile, Lu Chenzhou advanced his Iron Crotch Skill and learned that Chen Yongjing was also behind the blood-feathered woman and the Haotai Villa Void Entity case.

• Chen Yongjing’s intangibility let him evade Lu Fang’s attacks, but Lu Fang’s emerging spiritual aura disrupted his power and forced him to flee.
• Lu Fang pursued Chen Yongjing through a wall, while other Martial Artists blocked his escape and Chen Yongjing used a sea of blood to drive them back.
• Lu Fang’s Ghost Tiger tore through the blood and bit Chen Yongjing’s divine body, but Chen Yongjing severed both arms and escaped through a vortex.
• Lu Fang ordered headquarters to search Su City and placed Three-Cannon Hammer’s direct relatives under restrictions, warning the Martial Artists against betraying their country for longevity.
• Lu Chenzhou reached proficiency in Iron Crotch Skill and called Chen Zhen to ask about the blood-feathered woman.
• Chen Zhen told Lu Chenzhou that Chen Yongjing, a star doctor at Beautiful Life Hospital in Su Central, was both the blood-feathered woman and the mastermind behind the Haotai Villa case.

After surviving Chen Yongjing’s assassination attempts, Lu Chenzhou learned that the cult was retreating from Su City while Chen Yongjing recovered in hiding and marked him as a threat. Ten days later, Lu continued cultivating and gained insight into blending his own aura with a tiger’s bearing.

• Chen Zhen told Lu Chenzhou that Zhang Fei had escaped and Chen Yongjing remained at large after using an evil art to flee.
• Chen Yongjing, hiding in an ancient coffin beneath the Yangtze River, spoke with a Heartjoy Church Branch Master and recommended raising Lu Chenzhou’s threat rating.
• The cult ordered a temporary withdrawal from Su City, while Chen Yongjing sealed his divine power and entered hibernation to recover.
• Liu Huan won Dragon City High School’s Class Three martial arts tournament, but his Summer Examination Grade B prevented him from skipping grades.
• Lu Chenzhou opened his seventeenth aperture, measured his vitality at 4.76, and listened to Well Dragon King Wu Sheng lecture on learning a creature’s bearing.
• After the lecture, Lu Chenzhou felt that his fist principles had stabilized and that he could blend the tiger’s bearing with himself.

Lu Chenzhou attended classes and reunited with Ji Feiyan, then sparred with her at the Flying Swallow Martial Arts Hall. He wore her down and defeated her, while Ji Xuantong recognized how formidable Lu Chenzhou had become.

• Lu Chenzhou asked Grandmaster Wu to assess his insight into matching an opponent’s momentum, and Grandmaster Wu praised his growing grasp of boxing principles.
• During Heaven Stance class, Wu Zun noted Lu Chenzhou’s rapid progress and considered that he might earn a Special-Grade Martial Talent rating.
• Ji Feiyan reunited with Shi Ruyu and Lu Chenzhou at the Flying Swallow Martial Arts Hall and challenged Lu Chenzhou to spar.
• Ji Feiyan used the Eighteen Swallow Cries to press Lu Chenzhou, but he defended steadily and conserved his stamina until she began to tire.
• Lu Chenzhou combined Tiger and Swallow forms, seized Ji Feiyan, and threw her to the floor, prompting her to admit defeat.

Lu Chenzhou defeated Ji Feiyan and Shi Ruyu in sparring, then received 100 Great Merit from Ji Xuantong as he and his Senior Sisters prepared to begin at Su City Longwu. As the new branch campus opened, Lu Chenzhou trained toward the Jiangnan Talents Tournament and gave a speech that revealed his rise to Huang Hao.

• Lu Chenzhou defeated Ji Feiyan and Shi Ruyu in sparring before Ji Xuantong ended the matches for dinner.
• Ji Xuantong gave Lu Chenzhou, Ji Feiyan, and Shi Ruyu 100 Great Merit each and urged the three disciples to support one another at Dragon City University of Martial Arts.
• At the branch campus, Ji Feiyan set her sights on the top twenty, and the three disciples agreed to spar together every day.
• Du Men was admitted to Pingjiang Martial University and shared the news with the martial arts school group.
• On August 8, Lu Chenzhou trained Tiger Soul Divine Striking Fist and Hard Qi Training, then went to deliver a welcome speech at the branch campus ceremony.
• Huang Hao recognized Lu Chenzhou as the inspirational student and realized how far he had progressed since they last met.

Lu Chenzhou competed at Dragon Ascension Hall, where his Hard Qi Training and Tiger-Swallow Twin Forms carried him through two fierce matches against ninth-rank fighters. He defeated Ye Chen and Lin Zirong to win the tournament championship, then celebrated by telling Ji Xuantong that he had won.

• Lu Chenzhou left for Magic City with Ji Xuantong, Ji Feiyan, and Shi Ruyu, and Ji Feiyan gathered information on the tournament's strongest competitors.
• Lu Chenzhou advanced through the early rounds and defeated Xiang Pingzhi, then beat another opponent to reach the semifinals.
• Lu Chenzhou overcame Ye Chen's Wing Chun by enduring his attacks with the Copper Buddha Arhat Body and countering with Tiger-Swallow Twin Forms.
• Lu Chenzhou fought Lin Zirong in a punishing final, outlasted his Baji Fist, and knocked him out of the ring with a Tiger Soul Divine Striking Fist technique.
• Lu Chenzhou won the championship and announced to Ji Xuantong, “Master, I'm the champion!”