Chapter Summaries

After Body Strengthening advanced into Battle Body, Su Tu used his overwhelming physical power to defeat and kill Chen Yuan, then extracted information from him about Xingtian and the inheritance ground. He emerged from the special space to find Li Hu’s team searching for him and casually claimed he had somehow beaten Chen Yuan to death.

• Su Tu’s Battle Body let him crush Chen Yuan’s fist and devastate his body with strength Chen Yuan could not understand.
• Su Tu used Divine Skill: Error to make Chen Yuan reveal why he had attacked and explain the connection between Xingtian and the inheritance ground, though Chen Yuan knew nothing about the Immortal Garment.
• Su Tu killed Chen Yuan, gained Battle Body and Heavenly Martial proficiency, and left the special space while suffering severe Mind Power depletion.
• Members of the Special Operations Team found Su Tu standing over Chen Yuan’s mangled corpse and asked how he had killed a Leaf Falling Martial Warrior.
• Su Tu said he had somehow beaten Chen Yuan to death and told them they would not understand because they were not geniuses.

After Su Tu killed Chen Yuan, Li Hu retaliated against Thunder Edge Martial Hall, while Zhou Wuliang attacked Long Xiao Zhenren for threatening his disciple. Chen Tian intervened to save Long Xiao, but Zhou destroyed the Chen Family’s warship and declared that Chen Tian would return home in a coffin.

• Su Tu reported Chen Yuan’s death to Li Hu’s team and realized his ties to the Chen Family were not over.
• Li Hu slaughtered members of Thunder Edge Martial Hall, learned the Chen Family had arranged Chen Yuan’s expulsion, and ordered the surviving students killed.
• Long Xiao Zhenren fled from Zhou Wuliang, who pursued him and attacked him for plotting against Su Tu.
• Long Xiao invoked Zhou Wuliang’s promise to his sister, but Zhou resumed his attack; Chen Tian arrived and asked Zhou to spare Long Xiao.
• Zhou Wuliang used a five-colored bead to destroy the Chen Family’s warship, then told Chen Tian he would be carried home in a coffin.

After his fight with Chen Yuan, Su Tu sensed a mysterious force restraining his cultivation and glimpsed thirty-six chains, fifteen of them broken, which he suspected were connected to his Body Locks and the Immortals. A visit with his aunt revealed that the Zhang Meng he remembered might have been an impostor, leaving him wary of whatever had approached him when he first encountered Martial Dao.

• Su Tu's teacher, Zhou Wuliang, defeated Long Xiao Zhenren, and the North Sea guardians warned their disciples not to provoke Moon Stepping Martial Arts Hall students.
• Su Tu tried to condense his liquid True Qi but heard a chain-like clang that disrupted it, then glimpsed a figure bound by thirty-six chains and connected its fifteen broken shackles to his Body Locks.
• Su Tu met his aunt, who told him that Zhang Meng had moved away the previous year and denied ever receiving money from him.
• Su Tu's aunt gave him a ring set with an inscribed black stone from a mysterious New Star and told him his parents were investigating the planet.
• Su Tu concluded that the Zhang Meng he had encountered after entering Martial Dao was likely an impostor and resolved to destroy it if it appeared again.

The Hua Brothers watched Sufferer use the Agony Sisters to resurrect an Apostle as the Three Deviant Sect prepared its return. At the Martial Arts Academy, Zhou Wuliang gave Su Tu the Celestial Chart and explained how awakening a Martial Bone would shape his fighting style.

• Sufferer ordered the Hua Brothers to create suffering on the Ancestral Star while the Agony Sisters began restoring the Apostle’s fragments.
• The Hua Brothers sensed that one Agony Sister carried a trace of Su Tu and silently resolved to bring her before him.
• Su Tu arrived at the academy and learned that Xiao had been beating Li Hu after someone attacked him at Tingfeng Martial Arts Hall.
• Zhou Wuliang gave Su Tu the Celestial Chart, which could help him comprehend a divine ability, and explained that Su Tu was nearing the Ming Tiao Realm.
• Li Hu showed Su Tu his Tiger Slaughter Martial Bone and demonstrated how it transformed Prajna Seven Kills into a different, more powerful technique.

Old Zhou’s questions led Su Tu to discover his own conviction, achieve Enlightenment of True Self, and unexpectedly break through to awaken the Emperor Bone. At the same time, Wen Shi sensed danger from the Ancestral Star and was nearly destroyed by a mysterious voice defending Su Tu.

• Old Zhou explained the Innate Theory and Engraving Theory of Martial Bones, then challenged Su Tu to consider why he practiced martial arts.
• Su Tu entered Enlightenment of True Self and rejected noble causes as obligations, deciding to practice martial arts for himself and pursue the highest realm.
• Su Tu began breaking through and engraving a Martial Bone, while the seed of Immortal Power engraved an ancient character on his breastbone.
• Wen Shi sensed a future threat from the Ancestral Star, but a mysterious voice rebuked him for peering at its disciple and grievously injured him.
• Su Tu emerged from the breakthrough with Qi flowing through his whole body and revealed his Emperor Bone to Old Zhou and Li Hu.

Su Tu revealed his Forbidden Emperor Bone, learned about Bone Appearances, and then shocked Zhou Wuliang by revealing a second, unprecedented Martial Bone. He named the mysterious bone Daluo, while Zhou Wuliang warned him to keep it secret.

• Zhou Wuliang explained that Su Tu's Emperor Heaven Boundless Abyss was a Forbidden Bone Appearance capable of suppressing and potentially seizing traits from other bones.
• Zhou Wuliang taught Su Tu how to use and temper his Emperor Bone, then sent him a compendium describing the categories and examples of Bone Appearances.
• Su Tu revealed that he possessed a second Martial Bone, making Zhou Wuliang flee to the training ground to hide his shock before returning to examine it.
• Zhou Wuliang said dual Martial Bones had never appeared before and warned Su Tu to conceal the second bone, killing anyone who discovered it unless they could be trusted.
• Su Tu named his unprecedented second Martial Bone Daluo.

Su Tu discovered that Burial of Immortals had awakened Immortal Power, while Zhou Wuliang learned how frightening Su Tu’s Immortal Bone was. At the Chen Family ancestral residence, the ancestor ordered most of the clan’s young Immortal Clothes Method cultivators brought to him, and a white-haired youth emerged the next day to challenge the Heaven’s Pride Ranking.

• Su Tu realized the world seemed to have no known concept of Great Luo, then followed Zhou Wuliang into his training room to examine his Immortal Bone.
• After witnessing the Immortal Bone’s power, Zhou Wuliang sent Su Tu to train in his room and worried that revealing the bone could shake or collapse the Martial Dao system.
• Su Tu trained Burial of Immortals, awakened Immortal Power, and learned to release True Qi externally after advancing to Mingtiao.
• Su Tu set aside the Celestial Chart until his bone manifestations were fully open and wondered how Zhou Wuliang had obtained the Chen Family heirloom.
• The Chen Family ancestor explained that a Supreme protected Zhou Wuliang and ordered Chen Zian to bring him the clan’s young cultivators who practiced the Immortal Clothes Method, sparing only one.
• A white-haired youth emerged from the Chen Family ancestral residence and defeated a hundred opponents in one night as he charged up the Heaven’s Pride Ranking.

Su Tu traded Zhao Budian a Human-Faced Fruit for the divine power One Leaf Bewilders the Heart, then defeated him in a virtual duel and learned how the Heaven's Pride Ranking worked. After Zhao Budian left, Su Tu discovered that his supposed souvenir was a set of stone slabs that reacted to his Immortal Power and formed an image of Biyou Palace.

• Zhao Budian met Su Tu at a nearby park and explained that Feng's restriction suppressed his cultivation while strengthening him in other ways.
• Su Tu gave Zhao Budian the Human-Faced Fruit, and Zhao Budian traded him the divine power One Leaf Bewilders the Heart.
• Zhao Budian explained that prodigies fought for the Heaven's Pride Ranking through a virtual space connected to the Other Shore, then challenged Su Tu to a duel.
• Su Tu overwhelmed Zhao Budian in Galaxy Martial Competition, suppressing his Summoning Danger ability with Emperor Heaven Boundless Abyss and defeating him.
• Zhao Budian hurried away to begin cultivating, leaving a small package behind; Su Tu opened it and saw ancient stone slabs assemble into an image of Biyou Palace.

Su Tu discovered that Zhao Budian’s keepsake was a star chart leading to the Biyou Palace Ruins on Celestial Capital Star, then quickly mastered the first level of the One Leaf Bewilders the Heart divine ability. After Zhao Budian shared Su Tu’s startling progress with the prodigy group, Chen Xi arrived at Su Tu’s home.

• Su Tu absorbed the Biyou Palace Star Chart into his Immortal Power and learned that the ruins were on Celestial Capital Star.
• Su Tu studied One Leaf Bewilders the Heart, created ten Sky Leaves, and reached minor mastery in about an hour.
• Su Tu told Zhao Budian how quickly he had learned the divine ability, leaving Zhao Budian stunned by his aptitude.
• Zhao Budian told the prodigy group that Su Tu had defeated him in five minutes, prompting the group to stop chatting and cultivate.
• Su Tu opened his door and found his childhood friend and former deskmate, Chen Xi.

Su Tu and Chen Xi exposed and defeated a mind-parasiting Kamon Clan creature that had tried to lure Chen Xi into helping it possess Su Tu. The creature revealed its connection to the Zhong Yi Clan beast Su Tu once encountered, leaving Su Tu to suspect that beast was the knot in the heart Teacher had come to resolve.

• Chen Xi visited Su Tu, and the two used their conversation and the blaring television to signal that Chen Xi was under a creature’s influence.
• Su Tu used Mind Light to pull a dark green aura from Chen Xi, and Chen Xi explained how he had pretended to be tempted by it while secretly resisting.
• Su Tu crushed most of the creature with One Leaf Bewilders the Heart, then used Divine Skill: Error to make the last fragment reveal its identity and motives.
• The Kamon Clan creature said it had escaped from a Zhong Yi Clan beast and had been trying to parasitize Su Tu through Chen Xi.
• Su Tu recalled the beast he had encountered before entering the Martial Dao and wondered if it was the knot in the heart Teacher had come to resolve.

Zhong Yi returned to the North Sea seeking Su Tu, while Su Tu learned that the creature was tied to his teacher’s unresolved past. At the martial arts hall, Li Hu and Xiao argued over whether Su Tu should confront it, leaving Su Tu asking to hear the truth before deciding.

• Zhong Yi struggled against the competing voices within himself and vowed to consume Su Tu, whom he considered a great medicine.
• Su Tu questioned Kamon about the Zhong Yi Clan, then killed him with Mind Power and gained Candle Wisdom Proficiency.
• Chen Xi told Su Tu that the Kamon Clan had given him a minor healing ability, then left; Uncle Gong hinted that he planned to find Su Tu a cow.
• Su Tu went to the martial arts hall and told Li Hu and Xiao that Zhong Yi had returned and was coming for him.
• Xiao argued that Su Tu should face Zhong Yi, while Li Hu insisted that his junior brother could not be used as bait or put at risk.
• Su Tu asked Li Hu and Xiao to explain his teacher’s unresolved knot so he could decide what to do.

Xiao and Li Hu explained how the Zhong Yi Clan killed Liu Qizi and why Old Zhou had been hunting the creature ever since. Su Tu agreed to serve as bait while Xiao and Li Hu secretly protected him, then encountered Mingmou Tang Yangwu outside the training room.

• Xiao and Li Hu told Su Tu that the Zhong Yi Clan had swallowed Liu Qizi alive during a Heaven's Pride Arena match and could revive in new forms after being killed.
• Xiao explained Old Zhou's belief that the Zhong Yi Clan's split minds had malfunctioned, making it possible to kill permanently, and that it had come to the Ancestral Star.
• Su Tu insisted on joining the plan, and Li Hu agreed to let his junior brother face the Zhong Yi Clan with Xiao and him nearby.
• The group planned to wait three days for the creature to find Su Tu and warned him to avoid looking at it if divine protection appeared after its death.
• Xiao summoned a huge hammer to confront Li Hu after teasing him, while Su Tu hurried toward the training room.
• Mingmou Tang Yangwu met Su Tu outside the training room and asked whether he was free that night.

Su Tu visited the Tang Family after realizing Tang Yangwu was hiding unusual abilities, then broke a Martial Dao record by transforming his Martial Bone twice in three days. Old Master Tang tested Su Tu's strength and gave him the missing lower volume of the Heaven Flipping Seal, completing the Ancient Arts set.

• Tang Yangwu invited Su Tu to visit the Tang Family, and Su Tu agreed while suspecting Tang Yangwu and his family had hidden motives.
• Su Tu trained with Burial of Immortals and achieved his second Martial Bone transformation, gaining a power that could temporarily plunder an opponent's Martial Bone trait.
• Su Tu went with Tang Yangwu to meet Old Master Tang, who dismissed his grandson and enveloped the courtyard with Mind Power.
• Old Master Tang attempted to kneel, but Su Tu caught him and hurled him into the sky while using thirtyfold strength.
• Old Master Tang gave Su Tu the lower volume of the Ancient Arts manual, revealing that it completed the Heaven Flipping Seal set.

Su Tu learned the Tang Family’s tragic secret and promised to help save Tang Yangwu and Tang Long from their bloodline curse. After mastering the complete Heaven Flipping Seal, he confronted a monster outside North Sea City and unleashed the devastating art upon it.

• Su Tu refused to accept the lower half of the Heaven Flipping Seal without knowing Old Master Tang’s request, and Old Master Tang revealed that Tang Yangwu and Tang Long were one person split into two by a forbidden technique to delay a bloodline curse.
• Old Master Tang asked Su Tu to help find a way to lift the curse before the two reunited in a year, and Su Tu promised to help if he could.
• After leaving the Tang estate, Su Tu memorized the five hand seals in the manual and obtained the complete Heaven Flipping Seal, but accidentally poured all his Immortal Power into it.
• Su Tu sensed danger in a prohibited hunting zone, ordered the driver to flee, and faced a monster that called him its opportunity and great medicine.
• Su Tu unleashed the Heaven Flipping Seal on the monster, producing a force that seemed to overturn heaven and earth.

Su Tu and his senior siblings destroyed the seemingly defeated Zhong Yi Clan member, but Su Tu sensed the battle was not over. He discovered Li Hu and Xiao dead in the grasp of a towering infant god, while Xiao's final message urged him to run.

• Su Tu unleashed the Heaven Flipping Seal, gained insight into its true meaning, and learned he could use its terrifying killing move four more times.
• The grievously injured Zhong Yi Clan member exploded into pieces of flesh and bone to escape, but Li Hu's chang ghosts and Xiao's cloud hammer destroyed the scattered remains.
• Li Hu said Qi Zi's revenge had been avenged, while Xiao planned to tell Old Master Tang the news when he returned.
• Su Tu sensed that the Zhong Yi Clan member had not truly died and warned Li Hu and Xiao, but they did not respond.
• Su Tu saw a towering infant god holding the crushed bodies of Li Hu and Xiao, whose last message told him to run.

Wen Shi, Kong Chunqiu, and Cheng Zhen discussed the Ancestral Star’s rising fortune and the supposedly vanished Child of Fortune, while Su Tu fought an infant deity that had trapped him and his companions in an illusion. After crushing the deity in the illusion, Su Tu returned to reality and left the trembling creature submissive before him.

• Wen Shi warned Kong Chunqiu that the Ancestral Star’s upheaval might expose what they had done there, but Kong dismissed the danger and boasted that the rising fortune benefited him.
• Cheng Zhen revealed that the God Embryo Kong Chunqiu had thought stillborn had hatched, and Kong realized the Child of Fortune’s missing fortune had been hidden by Him.
• An infant deity made Su Tu believe it had eaten Li Hu and Xiao, provoking him to attack it with his full strength.
• Su Tu realized his seemingly unsustainable strength meant the battle was an illusion, but continued beating the infant deity until the illusion collapsed.
• Li Hu and Xiao awoke, and Su Tu confronted the pink-limbed eyeball that had trapped them; it submitted to him and increased his Candle Wisdom proficiency.

Su Tu learned that the Zhong Yi Clan had been created to devour Liu Qizi and seal away his fortune, then received that fortune from Big Eyeball. After the Kong Family sent Kong Qiu and more than thirty Mingtiao Warriors to kill him, Su Tu slaughtered them and set his sights on the Kong Family.

• Su Tu learned from Big Eyeball that the Zhong Yi Clan was an artificial creation meant to devour the Child of Fortune Liu Qizi and seal his fortune, and he accepted Big Eyeball’s submission.
• Big Eyeball bestowed Liu Qizi’s preserved fortune on Su Tu, who gained the Good Fortune skill despite a mysterious voice threatening him.
• Su Tu, Li Hu, and Xiao agreed to tell Old Zhou that the Zhong Yi Clan was dead while keeping the truth about the scheme from him.
• Kong Jinyin ordered the Kong Family to find and kill Su Tu, and Kong Qiu led a group of Mingtiao Warriors to attack him at home.
• Su Tu used the Immortal Slaughtering Sword to kill many of the attackers, while Big Eyeball made another warrior strangle himself; Su Tu then killed Kong Qiu and the remaining warriors.
• Su Tu concealed the aftermath, left with Big Eyeball in cat form, and headed toward the Kong Family to retaliate.

Su Tu infiltrated the Kong Family estate and killed its three Zhui Ye Realm elders after they had sent Kong Qiu to attack him. He realized the Kong Family’s Young Ancestor had only sensed his shadow and wondered whether the Young Ancestor would recognize him after his fortune entered his body.

• The Kong elders worried that the Young Ancestor had used their branch as a pawn to kill Su Tu, and they planned to send descendants away and await his arrival.
• A Black Cat appeared in the elders’ secret chamber, and an unseen attacker killed Kong the Eldest with one punch.
• Kong the Second charged the Black Cat and became trapped in an illusion, while Kong the Third guessed that a powerful force backed Su Tu.
• Su Tu appeared beside the Black Cat, revealed he had used a pearl to infiltrate the chamber, and blocked Kong the Third’s punch with one hand.
• Su Tu killed Kong the Third with a blood-red spear halberd and crushed Kong the Second’s head, leaving all three elders dead.

Su Tu destroyed the Kong Family, disguised the massacre as a Sword Sect attack, and claimed the clan’s hidden treasury with Big Eyeball’s help. He kept three mysterious amber stones in storage and planned to ask Teacher Wei Yang about them.

• Su Tu had Big Eyeball disguise itself as Kong the Eldest and gather the Kong Family members in the courtyard.
• Su Tu discovered the Kong Family’s hidden treasury and gained Good Fortune Proficiency for finding it.
• Big Eyeball trapped the gathered clan in an illusion, and Su Tu killed them all with Immortal Slaughtering Sword.
• Su Tu let rumors blame the Sword Sect for the massacre and the theft of the Kong Family’s treasures.
• Big Eyeball revealed that it could store the treasury in an independent space, and Su Tu set aside three mysterious amber stones for Teacher Wei Yang to identify.

Su Tu received Xiao’s qualification for the Heaven’s Pride Ranking, but seeing the Other Shore triggered a breakthrough that carried him through the Bitter Sea into the Mortal Realm. He then entered the ranking and defeated Hong Jiunan with one punch, taking his place at rank one hundred.

• Li Hu told Su Tu that the Kong Family had built its fortune through violent exploitation, while the Public Security Bureau struggled to investigate the family’s extermination and the Three Deviant Sect.
• Xiao gave Su Tu the qualification scroll for the Heaven’s Pride Ranking, and Su Tu’s mind began breaking through before he could connect to it.
• Su Tu crossed the Bitter Sea and reached the Mortal Realm, gaining a longer-lived mind, though he left the realm soon after arriving.
• Su Tu connected to the Heaven’s Pride Ranking and accepted a challenge against rank-one-hundred Hong Jiunan.
• Su Tu defeated Hong Jiunan with a single punch, and his name replaced Hong Jiunan’s on the ranking.