Chapter Summaries

Lu Chenzhou faced Wang Hongdao in the Hidden Dragon Martial Arts Tournament’s final match, relying on agility and the arena’s changing terrain to counter Wang’s overwhelming strength. After Wang nearly threw him off the arena, Lu unleashed his hidden techniques, leaving the outcome unresolved.

• Lu Chenzhou’s teachers warned him that Wang Hongdao’s perfected Whale-Turning Over-Sea Fist and superior strength made the match dangerous, while Lan Tian predicted Wang would prevail through sheer power.
• Lu Chenzhou and Wang Hongdao began the final match, and Wang flooded the arena with his Whale Form attacks while Lu dodged and waited for the arena mechanisms to change the terrain.
• The two fighters paused at opposite ends of the arena, each waiting for the other to attack first, as spectators and teachers debated whether Lu could win.
• Wang Hongdao launched another assault, but Lu countered with a leg sweep and a powerful double-fist strike before Wang grabbed his wrist and tried to fling him from the arena.
• Lu hooked his foot around Wang’s neck, sprang back from the water, and used Tiger Roar, Tiger Baleful Intent, and Vajra Glare, startling Wang at point-blank range.

Lu Chenzhou won the Dragon City Martial Arts Tournament after edging Wang Hongdao out of the arena, then set his sights on the main campus’s prodigies. At the main campus, Fang Xue discussed the upcoming Super Hidden Dragon Tournament with Li Fu, who revealed that Lu Chenzhou had already defeated Wang Hongdao.

• Lu Chenzhou and Wang Hongdao both fell into the water, but the judges declared Lu Chenzhou the tournament champion because his feet left the arena last.
• Wang Hongdao admitted that impatience and overconfidence had cost him the match, then congratulated Lu Chenzhou and agreed to fight him again.
• Lu Chenzhou accepted the trophy, thanked his teachers and opponents, and celebrated with his classmates and Fang Mountain friends.
• The next day, Lu Chenzhou saw that his ranking had risen to 483 and chose main-campus prodigy Li Fu as his next target.
• At Soaring Dragon Class 9, Fang Xue urged Li Fu to prepare for branch-campus rivals, and Li Fu told her that Lu Chenzhou had defeated Wang Hongdao.

Lu Chenzhou improved his cultivation, received his tournament champion's medicine, and learned more about how his growing aperture count would strengthen his blood and vitality. Principal Wang informed him that the school had raised his aptitude rating to Special Grade and was investigating whether he might be a Martial Bone Dao Fetus, leaving him recognized as the branch campus's leading genius.

• Lu Chenzhou advanced the Iron Crotch Skill to Minor Mastery, opened his 19th aperture, and measured a blood and vitality value above 6.
• The school delivered Lu Chenzhou's champion's gift package of medicinal products worth 1.9 million.
• Lu Chenzhou studied the Front Valley aperture, practiced until he reached the introductory level, and reflected on his plans to improve his aperture-opening progress.
• Wang Hongdao watched Lu Chenzhou leave and resolved to keep training until he could enter Dragon City's Ten Sons.
• Qingtian Cang took Lu Chenzhou to Principal Wang, who told him the Grandmaster Committee had raised his rating to Special Grade and designated him a suspected Martial Bone Dao Fetus bearer pending further observation.

After receiving his Special Grade rating, Lu Chenzhou learned about his new benefits and began training in the Eighteen Arhats Golden Body Art under Chen Jiu. He quickly grasped its Internal Qi and Internal Explosion techniques, then started the demanding body-tempering regimen, which he planned to practice once a day.

• Qingtian Cang explained the benefits of Special Grade status and told Lu Chenzhou that Ji Xuantong would receive support as his talent scout.
• Lu Chenzhou told Ji Xuantong about his rating, and Ji Xuantong celebrated, sent him 50 Great Merit, and vowed to focus on his own Second Shackle Breakthrough.
• Lu Chenzhou arranged with Chen Jiu to learn the Eighteen Arhats Golden Body Art using his monthly allowance and reported that his Iron Crotch Skill had reached Minor Accomplishment.
• Chen Jiu taught Lu Chenzhou the Golden Body Method's origins and principles, then demonstrated the perfected art and guided him through its Internal Qi Technique.
• Lu Chenzhou sensed the inner fire within fifteen minutes and quickly learned the Arhat Tiger Roar and the other forms of the Internal Explosion Method.
• Chen Jiu introduced the nine body-tempering practices and warned Lu Chenzhou to train the Golden Body Method no more than once a day; Lu Chenzhou accepted the regimen.

Lu Chenzhou advanced his martial arts training, reached the Tenth Stage before his eighteenth birthday, and celebrated the New Year with his family and fellow disciples. He left the chapter having entered the Limit Realm, with becoming a Martial Artist within reach.

• Lu Chenzhou entered the doorway of the Eighteen Arhats Golden Body Art after enduring three days of Chen Jiu's training.
• Lu Chenzhou experienced Fortune-Touched Insight while practicing Tiger Shadow Lost Track Step with Li Gui and advanced the technique to mastery.
• Grandmaster Wu explained how certain Martial Bone Dao Fetuses aided Form-Emulation Fist training, and Lu Chenzhou realized his Swallow Return Divine Seed might help his Swallow Form Fist.
• Lu Chenzhou advanced Tiger Soul Divine Striking Fist to major accomplishment and crossed the Tenth Stage standard, striking a faint palm print into a C1 alloy stake.
• Lu Chenzhou celebrated his eighteenth birthday and the New Year with his family, Ji Xuantong, Ji Feiyan, and Shi Ruyu, who congratulated him on reaching the Tenth Stage.

Lu Chenzhou advanced in his cultivation, prepared for the Myriad Dojos Tournament, and learned that Du Men’s father had died in a Void Calamity. After stabilizing at the Tenth Stage, he agreed to fight Wang Hongdao in a public match the next day.

• Lu Chenzhou passed his driving test, measured his blood and vitality at 7.11, and trained the Golden Body Method with Chen Jiu, who revised his estimate of Lu Chenzhou’s progress.
• Lu Chenzhou checked the Hidden Dragon Rankings, received a 100 Great Merit birthday gift, and planned to compete in the Myriad Dojos Tournament as his last commercial event before becoming a Martial Artist.
• Lu Chenzhou comforted Du Men after learning that Du Men’s father had died in a Void Calamity, and Du Men warned him that cultists had targeted another martial arts hall senior brother.
• Lu Chenzhou learned from Wu Zun about the Zhongzhu Acupoint and the formation of extraordinary cells that would contribute to a Martial Dao Inner Landscape Land.
• Wang Hongdao challenged Lu Chenzhou to a public match at the main sports field the next day, and Lu Chenzhou accepted.

Lu Chenzhou used the Swallow Return Divine Seed to begin comprehending swallows’ divine intent, then sparred with Wang Hongdao and proved he could match the branch school’s strongest fighter. Wang Hongdao conceded, leaving their rivalry for another match after they both became martial artists.

• Lu Chenzhou brought a house swallow home and, while practicing Heaven Stance beside it, gained an insight into the swallow’s bloodline through the Swallow Return Divine Seed.
• Li Gui praised Lu Chenzhou’s rapid progress and advised him to perfect Tiger Soul Divine Striking Fist and temper his blood vitality.
• Lu Chenzhou and Wang Hongdao met at the grand training ground and traded full-force blows, with Lu Chenzhou’s Golden Body helping him withstand Wang Hongdao’s Whale Form attack.
• The fighters unleashed their auras and strongest techniques, but Lu Chenzhou remained standing while Wang Hongdao suffered internal injuries and conceded.
• Lu Chenzhou gave Wang Hongdao a healing potion, and they agreed to spar again after both became martial artists.

After defeating Wang Hongdao and advancing his training, Lu Chenzhou joined the Genius Class for an urgent operation after a Void Calamity released numerous Void Entities around Tai Lake. The group flew toward East Big Island to help search and exterminate them, with Lu Chenzhou appointed captain as the Hundred Void Night Parade began.

• Lu Chenzhou recovered from his injuries as students across campus celebrated his decisive victory over Wang Hongdao, and teachers and classmates anticipated his rapid rise toward becoming a Martial Artist.
• Lan Tian ordered Wang Hongdao to rest, while Lu Chenzhou advanced his Eighteen Arhats Golden Body Art and gained new insight into improving his fist techniques through momentum and divine intent.
• Qingtian Cang told the Genius Class that Void Entities had escaped into Tai Lake and ordered them to join the Hundred Void Night Parade, explaining the dangers and rewards of the operation.
• Li Gui escorted the eight students to the school helipad, and Lu Chenzhou returned with the Mountain Lord Knuckle Blade before Li Gui named him captain.
• The group flew toward East Big Island, where Li Gui warned them about the varied abilities and corrosive power of Void Entities and instructed them to stay together and report any Void Relics.

Lu Chenzhou and his classmates joined the large-scale hunt for void entities around Tai Lake, where they searched West Mountain Ancient Village and fought demons. Lu Chenzhou killed a Snake Woman and collected its valuable fangs, while Li Gui eliminated a powerful monster and suspected a demon leader was behind the outbreak.

• Li Gui equipped the students with monitoring wristbands, briefed them on the hunt, and led them to West Great Island, where martial artists from across the region were gathering to contain the Void Calamity.
• At West Mountain Ancient Village, Li Gui detected a Wraith-grade entity and went to fight it while Lu Chenzhou and the others searched the houses in teams.
• Lu Chenzhou found a low-risk Snake Woman, killed it instantly, and collected its fangs, which could be exchanged for a 100,000 bounty.
• Lu Chenzhou and Chen Xiaoyun continued searching the village as more student groups arrived and martial artists fought larger void entities across Tai Lake.
• Li Gui killed a massive boar-bodied demon and took its tusks, then concluded that a powerful demon was likely directing the outbreak.

Lu Chenzhou killed a high-risk Human-Headed Snake in Cixi Ancient Village and rescued Ye Chen, who had been separated from his class. After joining the Dragon City squad, he learned that Ye Chen’s teacher, Li Yu, was fighting a powerful winged creature, and Li Gui went to help her.

• Lu Chenzhou and the students rested after clearing part of West Mountain Ancient Village, and Lu Chenzhou confirmed that Ji Xuantong and Shi Ruyu were safe.
• In Cixi Ancient Village, a Human-Headed Snake chased Ye Chen until Lu Chenzhou arrived and killed it, earning 80 major merits and obtaining a relic scale.
• Lu Chenzhou invited Ye Chen to stay with the Dragon City squad until he could rejoin his class.
• Li Gui, Old Tian, and Wang Hongdao assessed Lu Chenzhou’s fight, and Lu Chenzhou reported that Ye Chen’s teacher was battling a Shadow-class creature.
• Li Yu called for help as a winged creature pressed her in the air, so Li Gui went to assist her and left Lu Chenzhou and Wang Hongdao watching over the students.

Lu Chenzhou and the other students fought void creatures through the night at Cixi Ancient Village, earning major merits and bounty money while improving their skills. At dawn, Li Gui ended the mission and led them back, warning them to train for the Void Realm’s eventual return.

• Li Gui and Li Yu killed the powerful winged void creature, and Li Gui returned to guard the students.
• Lu Chenzhou and the others hunted void creatures through the night while Wang Hongdao took turns fighting and resting with him.
• Li Gui killed a wounded Man-Faced Bear and considered reforging Mountain Lord with its relics and Shankang’s Fang.
• Lu Chenzhou killed a Dog Ghost, raised Tiger Soul Divine Striking Fist’s proficiency, and collected its valuable fangs.
• At dawn, Li Gui announced the operation was over; Lu Chenzhou had earned seven hundred major merits and three million in bounty money.
• The students boarded a helicopter as Li Gui warned them to train harder because the Void Realm’s power would one day return.

After the Tai Lake battle, Lu Chenzhou rested, discussed the tournament and the growing Void crisis with his Senior Sisters, and continued training with Li Gui. As the Ten-Thousand-Gym Strife Tournament approached, he received major merits, a bounty payment, and a higher Hidden Dragon Rankings position.

• Li Gui collected the students’ Void relics for a unified bounty application, and Lu Chenzhou returned home to sleep after the battle.
• Lu Chenzhou met Ji Feiyan and Shi Ruyu at the cafeteria, where they discussed lingering Void creatures, cultists, and the upcoming Ten-Thousand-Gym Strife Tournament.
• Lu Chenzhou watched an interview with Huo Tianyuan, learned from Tiger-Toothed Girl that Huo Tianyuan was her cousin, and heard Ji Feiyan warn him about the tournament’s tenth-rank competitors.
• Lu Chenzhou trained with Li Gui, who considered whether his flashes of inspiration indicated Daoheart Communion and offered to reforge the Mountain Lord Knuckle Blade into a C9-alloy Void Blade.
• On January 30, Lu Chenzhou received 800 major merits, a 3 million bounty payment, and 1,000 Hidden Dragon Rankings points, raising his position to 466th.

After earning a fortune from the Su City calamity, Lu Chenzhou received a reforged Mountain Lord from Li Gui and traveled to the Imperial Capital for the Myriad Dojos Tournament. The tournament began with the legendary Wan Shixian appearing as a guest judge, and Lu Chenzhou prepared to compete for the championship.

• Lu Chenzhou reviewed his rewards and rankings, noting that he had passed Li Fu and that several tournament opponents had reached the tenth rank.
• Li Gui gave Lu Chenzhou Mountain Lord Second Generation, a fist blade reforged from C9 alloy and Void relic materials, and urged him to carry it forward.
• Ji Xuantong, Lu Chenzhou, and their companions arrived in the Imperial Capital, toured Great Dao Industries' headquarters, and settled near Phoenix Nest Hall.
• Lu Chenzhou researched his potential opponents while Ji Feiyan and Shi Ruyu watched the top-thirty-two qualifiers; Ye Chen warned him that Lin Zirong had reached the tenth rank.
• Lu Chenzhou arrived at Phoenix Nest Hall for the finals, where the host introduced Wan Shixian, the first martial supreme and founder of the Martial Artists Association.

At the All-Nations Martial Arts Tournament on Mount Hua, Lu Chenzhou advanced through the first two rounds with decisive victories over Ye Chen and Ouyang Rong. He drew the attention of Wan Shixian and emerged as a likely contender to meet Zhang Banshan in the final.

• Wan Shixian addressed the tournament and urged young martial artists to surpass the seventh-shackle record before the matches began.
• Lu Chenzhou defeated Ye Chen in sixty seconds, sending him out of the ring with a series of powerful counterattacks.
• Huo Tianyuan defeated his first opponent, while Zhang Banshan overcame Lin Zirong using Taijiquan and two transformed forces.
• Huo Tianyuan narrowly beat Li Yunxiao after five hundred moves, and Zhou Ziyu defeated Cai Zikun in the second round.
• Lu Chenzhou countered Ouyang Rong's Primordial Five Beasts Palm and knocked him out of the ring before he could use the Deer Form.

Lu Chenzhou defeated Zhou Ziyu and advanced to the semifinals, where Huo Tianyuan and Zhang Banshan also secured victories. Wan Shixian saw a resemblance between Lu Chenzhou’s fighting talent and the Azure Heaven Dragon King.

• Lu Chenzhou analyzed Ouyang Rong’s weaknesses after defeating him and became a leading contender for the tournament championship.
• Zhou Tong warned Zhou Ziyu to prioritize her safety against Lu Chenzhou, while Zhang Banshan and Huo Tianyuan recognized Lu Chenzhou as a serious threat.
• Zhou Ziyu fought Lu Chenzhou with Emei’s Seven Star Sword Hand, but he adapted to her patterns and drove her toward the edge of the arena.
• Zhou Ziyu unleashed the Golden Summit Flying Sword and attacked Lu Chenzhou’s crotch, but he countered and threw her off the stage.
• Huo Tianyuan and Zhang Banshan won their matches and joined Lu Chenzhou among the semifinalists.
• Wan Shixian watched Lu Chenzhou and thought his battle instincts resembled those of the Azure Heaven Dragon King.

Lu Chenzhou defeated Huo Tianyuan in a hard-fought semifinal and advanced to the grand finals. Zhang Banshan then outlasted his Baji Fist opponent, setting up his anticipated match against Lu.

• Huo Tianyuan opened with a powerful Six Harmonies Fist assault and briefly drove Lu Chenzhou to the edge of the ring.
• Lu Chenzhou endured Huo Tianyuan’s attacks with his hard-body training, regained his rhythm, and overwhelmed him with a Tiger Form counterattack.
• Lu Chenzhou knocked Huo Tianyuan out of the ring, and Huo asked whether he had enjoyed the fight before Lu was declared the winner.
• Shi Ruyu treated Lu Chenzhou’s bruises, and Ji Xuantong warned him that Zhang Banshan’s Tai Chi force-neutralizing techniques would be troublesome.
• Zhang Banshan defeated his Baji Fist opponent after a thousand moves and looked toward Lu Chenzhou, anticipating their match.

Lu Chenzhou faced Zhang Banshan in the Myriad Dojos Tournament final, outlasting his Taiji techniques and winning the national championship. After the victory, he had no regrets about the path he had taken to become a martial artist.

• Cui Yu visited Lu Chenzhou at the hotel and congratulated him on reaching the finals.
• Lu Chenzhou received encouragement from his family, friends, and supporters before the championship match began.
• Lu Chenzhou and Zhang Banshan traded more than seven hundred moves as Zhang used Taiji to deflect attacks and wear him down.
• Lu Chenzhou unleashed his Tiger Roar and other killing techniques, disrupted Zhang Banshan's rhythm, and landed a decisive series of attacks.
• Lu Chenzhou knocked Zhang Banshan out of the arena, and Zhang fainted as the medical team treated him.
• Lu Chenzhou became the national champion and the top fighter among those with inferior bone aptitude.

Lu Chenzhou became the national champion, celebrated with Ji Xuantong and his fellow disciples, and received an SSS-rank sponsorship offer from Li Taisheng. Li Taisheng revealed the growing danger of Void Realm calamities and urged Lu Chenzhou to grow strong enough to fight beside him.

• Lu Chenzhou won the Ten Thousand Halls Contest, then embraced Ji Xuantong, Ji Feiyan, and Shi Ruyu as they celebrated his championship.
• Wan Shixian presented Lu Chenzhou with the championship award and urged him to keep advancing without losing his state of mind.
• Ji Xuantong told the audience that Lu Chenzhou had achieved his success through his own efforts, and Lu Chenzhou thanked Great Dao Industries and his teachers.
• Lu Chenzhou's former schools and classmates celebrated his victory, while Wang Hongdao accepted that he would remain second to him.
• Li Taisheng raised Lu Chenzhou's sponsorship to SSS-rank with an annual fee of ten million and described a deadly Void Calamity in the Desert Nation.
• Li Taisheng warned Lu Chenzhou that Void Realm threats endangered humanity and said he hoped they would fight together, adding that Lu was no weaker than the Azure Heaven Dragon King.

After winning the national championship, Lu Chenzhou returned to training and used his growing understanding of swallow-form boxing to fuse Swallow Return Fist and Sea-Skimming Body into a mastered martial art with a new Divine Seed. He demonstrated its improved ability to run across water, leaving Wu Zun puzzled by his rapid progress and unusual connection to swallows.

• Lu Chenzhou signed a new development contract with Great Dao Industries, which provided twenty-eight million in funding and prize-tax support.
• Ji Xuantong brought Lu Chenzhou, Ji Feiyan, and Ruyu back to school, where Old Tian celebrated Lu Chenzhou's championship with the genius class.
• Lu Chenzhou resumed training with Chen Jiu, learned that his teacher had won the 80th Myriad Dojos Tournament, and received advice from Qingtian Cang to focus on the Super Hidden Dragon Tournament.
• At Stone Lake, Lu Chenzhou communed with swallows and advanced his swallow-form understanding, prompting the Martial Dao Tree to reveal that Swallow Return Fist and Sea-Skimming Body could achieve mastery together.
• Lu Chenzhou fused the two techniques into Swallow Skimming the Sea Fist, creating a quasi-second-rank Swallow-Skimming Sea Divine Seed that made ordinary swallows acknowledge him as their master.
• Lu Chenzhou ran nearly one hundred meters across Stone Lake with the new technique, and Wu Zun questioned him about his swallow communication and remarkable progress in fist principles.

Lu Chenzhou received his tournament and contract rewards, bought protective suits for himself and his parents, and continued improving his martial arts and Heaven Stance. After sparring with Chen Xiaoyun and demonstrating his breakthrough in Swallow Form, he received the advanced protective suit he had ordered.

• Grandmaster Wu discussed Lu Chenzhou’s ability to comprehend divine intent through swallows and considered whether he might have a Swallow Form Martial Bone Dao Fetus.
• Lu Chenzhou reviewed his training progress and learned that the Void Calamity near Tai Lake had been contained, though stray demons might remain.
• Lu Chenzhou received 8 million from the Martial Artists Association and 28 million from Great Dao Industries, then bought an advanced void-repelling suit and a low-grade suit for his parents.
• Lu Chenzhou opened the Zhongzhu Acupoint and calculated that he still needed to open nine more acupoints before he could become a Martial Artist.
• Chen Xiaoyun challenged Lu Chenzhou to spar after reaching the tenth rank, and Lu Chenzhou defeated her while showing his advanced Swallow Form fist principles.
• Lu Chenzhou collected the advanced protective suit he had purchased.