Chapter Summaries

Su Tu began Dao Gathering after seeing the Secret Painting and manifested its Great Yin moon, astonishing Li Hu, Zhou Wuliang, and Mo Ya. Luo Fan endured the process long enough to imprint a trace of the painting’s divine marvels, then opened his eyes to see Su Tu standing like a descended Moon God.

• Zhou Wuliang questioned Li Hu about bringing Su Tu to watch Dao Gathering, suspecting his disciple had a reason for it.
• Su Tu closed his eyes and projected pale moonlight as he began Dao Gathering, leaving Li Hu and Zhou Wuliang stunned by his talent.
• Tang Yangwu removed his helmet and saw that Luo Fan had also manifested a faint projection after enduring the Secret Painting.
• Luo Fan forced himself to imprint the Great Yin moon into his mind and vowed to keep advancing through hard work.
• Luo Fan opened his eyes and saw Su Tu standing in the moonlight, appearing like the Moon God descended into the mortal world.

Su Tu survived Great Yin’s influence, completed Dao Gathering, and learned that his cultivation in body, mind, and skill made him an extraordinary prodigy. After training at the martial arts hall, he was approached by Luo Fan, who asked to test their techniques in a fight.

• Su Tu’s True Self World restored his consciousness after Great Yin nearly drew him into oblivion, and he confirmed to Zhou Wuliang that he had glimpsed the divinity within his heart and mind.
• Zhou Wuliang accepted Su Tu’s apology, told him to take leave from school, and urged him to continue cultivating and seek the wider universe.
• Zhou Wuliang spoke privately with a figure hidden in black mist about Su Tu’s talent and the danger that Su Tu might someday discover the figure.
• Su Tu trained Burial of Immortals in the Body Tempering Room, raising his Body Strengthening Proficiency to 582/1000 as his cultivation time increased.
• Luo Fan approached Su Tu and asked to fight using technique alone, without cultivation.

Su Tu accepted Luo Fan’s challenge and defeated him, allowing Luo Fan to settle his doubts about their difference in strength. Meanwhile, officials debated granting martial artists sweeping privileges on the Ancestral Star, with one voice calling the planet a consumable for humanity.

• Luo Fan confessed that jealousy of Su Tu had destabilized his martial heart and asked him to fight; Su Tu agreed.
• Su Tu and Luo Fan fought using techniques alone, and Su Tu calmly countered Luo Fan’s attacks as his combat skill improved.
• Luo Fan proposed one final head-on exchange, and Su Tu knocked him off the arena with Prajna Seven Kills—Double Radiance Startles the Dawn.
• Luo Fan felt relieved after confirming Su Tu had been holding back and resolved to witness his rise.
• Officials at the North Sea Supreme Administrative Office debated granting martial artists privileges on the Ancestral Star to stir desire and raise Martial Dao Luck.
• A hoarse official condemned the plan, but the mechanical voice claimed the Ancestral Star could be consumed for humanity, provoking an angry retort.

Su Tu defeated Luo Fan in sparring and reached Minor Mastery in Prajna Seven Kills, then revealed he had opened eleven new acupoints. As he left the martial arts school, videos of extraordinary feats spread across the internet, and he sensed that a new era or the Martial Examination was approaching.

• Su Tu’s sparring victory increased his Combat and Body Strengthening Proficiency, while Luo Fan recognized that Su Tu had reached Minor Mastery in Prajna Seven Kills.
• Su Tu praised Luo Fan’s fighting skills, and Luo Fan accepted his defeat and joked about still having the advantage in cultivation.
• Tang Yangwu noticed Su Tu’s increased qi, and Su Tu revealed he had opened eleven new acupoints, prompting Tang Yangwu, Luo Fan, and Mo Ya to pile on him playfully.
• Su Tu skipped the group’s hotpot outing, went home, and noticed new martial arts schools opening around North Sea.
• Su Tu watched viral videos of people performing extraordinary feats and suspected the Federation might be preparing the public for the Martial Examination.

Su Tu broke a hidden mental knot tied to money, gained a major boost to Spiritual Wisdom, and drew the attention of the distant Dao Master who had planted it. Later, an eerie visitor knocked at Su Tu’s door, leaving him facing an unknown danger.

• Su Tu opened Li Hu’s case of five million and realized that money had distracted him from questions about the Martial Dao, triggering a hundred-point increase in Spiritual Wisdom Proficiency.
• Su Tu suspected money had been used to alter the cognition of people on the Ancestral Star and hide the Martial Dao, then put the cash away in his parents’ cabinet.
• A distant Dao Master learned that someone had broken his mental knot and ordered Xi Ge to find Su Tu and befriend him after challenging the Heaven’s Pride Ranking.
• Su Tu played a game with Chen Xi, who warned him about a strange person that knocked twice quickly and once slowly on the doors of people living alone.
• Su Tu heard the same eerie knocking at his own security door and prepared to face whatever was outside.

Li Hu discovered that the Three Deviant Sect had helped a Xie Race beast by recruiting women for it, and ordered an investigation into possible fear-spreading schemes. At Su Tu’s home, a strange knocking led him to accidentally punch Zhang Meng, who then stayed with him, while a hidden figure claimed that Su Tu belonged to it.

• Li Hu reviewed Zhang Meng’s testimony and learned that her company owner had recruited women for a Xie Race beast before being found skinned alive.
• Li Hu identified the owner’s skin-shedding ritual as proof of his ties to the Three Deviant Sect and suspected the sect had cooperated with beasts.
• Li Hu ordered his team to investigate and suppress horror videos or legends that could spread fear across the Ancestral Star.
• Su Tu opened his door and accidentally punched Zhang Meng when she was standing outside, then apologized as she went into his room.
• Zhang Meng said she would stay at Su Tu’s home for a few days because her own place was unlivable.
• A hidden figure angrily berated a thin monster for approaching Su Tu and insisted that Su Tu belonged to it.

Sufferer brokered a truce between Zhong Yi and Nightmare, promising them food and strength through the Three Gods Sect’s plans. Meanwhile, Su Tu used Heart and Mind Incense before sleeping, and his True Self World awakened as a mysterious woman appeared within the White Moon.

• Zhong Yi attacked Nightmare, but Nightmare provoked it by invoking its fear of a human.
• Sufferer intervened and urged Zhong Yi and Nightmare to cooperate with the Three Gods Sect, warning that powerful human factions were approaching.
• Zhong Yi agreed to follow the sect’s arrangements while insisting that the Sufferer help it capture and eat its target.
• Su Tu lit Heart and Mind Incense in an ordinary bowl and went to sleep, hoping to gather Dao in his dreams.
• Su Tu entered the True Self World and found it moving, with the White Tiger and Green Snake responding to him.
• The White Moon began to glow, revealing a graceful woman waiting within it, and Su Tu accidentally pulled fur from the White Tiger in surprise.

Su Tu discovered that Grand Yin Divinity let him raise both Dao Gathering and Spiritual Wisdom proficiency, then learned about Galaxy Martial Competition after his teammates asked him to carry them. Mo Ya offered him the game’s login equipment as a gift, and Su Tu accepted.

• Su Tu completed Dream Dao Plucking beneath the White Moon and gained Dao Gathering and Spiritual Wisdom proficiency.
• Su Tu realized Grand Yin Divinity could improve both his Dao Gathering and Spiritual Wisdom, though he still wondered why his first Dao Gathering had also raised Body Strengthening.
• Su Tu found a lively Martial Hall Squad group chat where Balu urged him to rank up in Galaxy Martial Competition and carry him, while Zhuge and Luo Fan also asked to team up.
• Su Tu searched the Martial Artist Forum and learned that Galaxy Martial Competition used neural connection technology to simulate players’ physical abilities for virtual martial arts battles.
• Su Tu said he lacked the game’s login equipment, and Mo Ya offered to give him one; after Luo Fan explained that her family owned shares in the game, Su Tu accepted it as a gift from his senior sister.

Su Tu went to school to begin a long leave for Martial Dao cultivation, but an announcement revealed a new optional Martial Examination and a recruiter used Mind Power to stir students' interest. Su Tu recognized the manipulation, broke Chen Xi out of its influence, and drew the recruiter's threat.

• Su Tu left home for school after deciding to take a long leave to cultivate Martial Dao, and Sister Hua gave him a meat bun on the way.
• Chen Xi reacted in disbelief when Su Tu told him he was taking leave, but their conversation was interrupted by Liu Yingjiao's announcement of a new independent exam.
• A recruiter explained that the exam would split into academic and Martial tracks, promoting Martial Dao with words infused with Mind Power.
• Su Tu noticed the recruiter's influence and used his own Mind Power to snap Chen Xi out of his sudden enthusiasm for cultivation.
• The recruiter met Su Tu's gaze and privately threatened to tear him apart if he interfered with his plans.

Su Tu disrupted a strange man's Mind Power suggestion that was pushing his classmates to register for the Martial Examination, then discovered the man had malicious intentions. The man attacked Su Tu's mind and found himself trapped inside Su Tu's True Self World.

• The man's mental pressure stirred the Elite Class students and Liu Yingjiao into preparing Martial Examination applications.
• Su Tu tapped his desk with Mind Power, breaking the suggestion and calming the students before they could register.
• Su Tu recognized that the man's Mind Power was sinister and realized he had come to the academy for another purpose.
• The man threatened Su Tu with a mental attack as he left the classroom, then sent his mind into Su Tu's mind.
• The man found himself in Su Tu's True Self World, surrounded by Black Mountain, Green Snake, Youth, and White Tiger.

Su Tu let an enemy’s Heart and Mind enter his True Self World, where the blood moon devoured the man’s divine consciousness and White Tiger consumed what remained. Elsewhere, Sufferer interpreted the Blood Mother’s vanished divine consciousness as proof that the Three Gods were on the Ancestral Star and ordered his followers to begin slaughtering.

• Su Tu allowed the man’s Heart and Mind into his True Self World, where the man discovered its five powerful wonders and begged Su Tu to spare him.
• Su Tu gave the blood moon permission to eat the man, and it tore a shadow of evil thoughts from his Heart and Mind and devoured it.
• The blood moon’s attack left the man’s Heart and Mind fading, and White Tiger approached and ate him.
• In a secret chamber, Sufferer learned that the Blood Mother’s divine consciousness had vanished in joy and concluded that the Three Gods were on the Ancestral Star.
• Sufferer urged his followers to begin the slaughter and join Ah Hun’s first group of spiritual shareholders.

After Su Tu defeated a teacher who had tried to destroy his mind, he discovered that devouring the Compassionate Blood Mother's Faith Remnant had greatly increased his proficiency. His message to Li Hu exposed a suspicious teacher, prompting Li Hu to lead agents to Green Vine Academy.

• Su Tu withdrew from the True Self World as the teacher who had attacked him collapsed, his mind annihilated.
• Su Tu received a system notification granting him 50 Dao Gathering and 50 Spiritual Wisdom Proficiency for devouring the Compassionate Blood Mother's Faith Remnant.
• Su Tu told Li Hu about the teacher's attempt to bewitch students into taking the Martial Examination and his threat, but concealed Red Moon's role.
• Li Hu argued with Chen Yuan over the investigation into the Three Deviant Sect while the Special Operations Division failed to trace the sect's online activity.
• After reading Su Tu's message, Li Hu ordered all field agents to deploy to Green Vine Academy and left the Public Security Bureau.

Li Hu sealed Green Vine Academy and arrested the Martial Examination recruitment teachers after Su Tu uncovered their bewitching of students. At the Public Security Bureau, Li Hu exposed the murdered Federation martial artist Li Cheng’s skin as a disguise worn by a Blood Mother follower and confronted the other teachers.

• Li Hu arrived with enforcement officers, sealed Green Vine Academy, and took away the five Martial Examination recruitment teachers.
• Li Hu thanked Su Tu through Mind Power and invited him to the dojo after school to explain what had happened.
• Su Tu resolved to tell his class teacher he would register for the Martial Examination and reviewed his System Panel and Skill Points.
• At the Public Security Bureau, Li Hu identified the body on the dissection table as Li Cheng, a loyal Federation martial artist whose skin had been stolen.
• Li Hu exposed the Skin Peeler’s disguise, recognized the Blood Mother totem, and turned his killing intent on the remaining recruitment teachers.

Su Tu agreed to delay registering for the Martial Examination while he tried martial arts, then sensed a Faith Remnant hidden in Liu Yingjiao’s shadow and prepared to consume it. Elsewhere, Li Hu exposed a Three Deviant Sect Skin Peeler among the admissions teachers, but the man used an Enigma Thought to escape.

• Liu Yingjiao tried to dissuade Su Tu from taking the Martial Examination, then urged him to practice martial arts before registering.
• Su Tu agreed to wait, but his True Self World sensed a Faith Remnant in Liu Yingjiao’s shadow, and he quietly summoned his Mind Power.
• Li Hu confronted the admissions teachers after finding Li Hu's human skin and identified one teacher as a Three Deviant Sect Skin Peeler.
• The Skin Peeler blocked Li Hu with scarlet light and taunted him about Old Man Zhou, enraging Li Hu.
• Li Hu recognized an Enigma Thought emerging from the Skin Peeler and realized it could teleport him away.

Li Hu disrupted a Skinner’s attempt to escape using Enigma Thought, while Su Tu gained proficiency by devouring a Faith Remnant and advanced his cultivation. After opening six apertures at the martial arts hall, Su Tu spoke with his father, Su Qingping, unaware that a passing cleaner thought he was talking to himself.

• The Skinner tried to escape with Enigma Thought, but Li Hu extinguished his divine thought and prepared to deal with him.
• Su Tu left Liu Yingjiao’s office after devouring the Compassionate Blood Mother’s Faith Remnant and gaining proficiency in Dao Gathering and Spiritual Wisdom.
• Su Tu noticed the Martial Dao announcement had sparked excitement across the Ancestral Star and went to the martial arts hall to train.
• After practicing Burial of Immortals, Su Tu opened six apertures, bringing his total to eighteen, and drank Star Quenching Elixir.
• Su Tu answered a call from his father, Su Qingping, while a cleaner passed by and mistook him for someone talking to himself.

Su Tu spoke with his father, Su Qingping, who supported his decision to pursue the Martial Dao and encouraged him to aim for Star Ark University. After the call, Su Tu trained Prajna Seven Kills, focused on advancing his technique toward Major Mastery.

• Su Qingping told Su Tu about his busy work and suggested he visit Celestial Capital Star and Star Ark University after the family project ended.
• Su Tu asked whether his father knew about the Martial Dao, and Su Qingping explained that powerful experts had sealed the Ancestral Star’s knowledge of it.
• Su Qingping accepted Su Tu’s decision to take the Martial Examination and praised Zhou Wuliang as a strong martial artist worth learning from.
• Su Tu told himself he would enter Star Ark University, then went to the training room to practice Prajna Seven Kills.
• Su Tu’s practice deepened his understanding of the technique, and he failed to notice someone entering the training room.

Su Tu’s hard training impressed Fat Zhuge, and Li Hu treated him to a meal to thank him for helping expose the Three Deviant Sect’s scheme. Li Hu gave Su Tu an Ancient Art scroll, whose characters revealed the name Heaven Flipping Seal to him.

• Fat Zhuge arrived at the training hall, saw Su Tu had already reached Minor Mastery in Prajna Seven Kills, and reminded himself not to compare himself with Su Tu.
• Su Tu practiced Prajna Seven Kills for an hour, replenished his strength with a potion, and left the training hall.
• Li Hu took Su Tu to a small restaurant and explained that the Three Deviant Sect had tried to influence students to register for the Martial Examination and gain Martial Dao Luck.
• Li Hu told Su Tu that his timely information had helped authorities catch more than a dozen Skin Peelers and prevent the scheme from advancing.
• Li Hu gave Su Tu an Ancient Art scroll, and Su Tu recognized its three characters as Heaven Flipping Seal.

Li Hu treated Su Tu to an expensive restorative feast, but Su Tu’s severe hidden deficit made him devour dish after dish. The meal unleashed his qi and opened fifty apertures, leaving Li Hu stunned and eager to become his lackey.

• Su Tu received the Heaven Flipping Seal cultivation technique from Li Hu and thanked him.
• Su Tu smelled the restorative dishes and felt an overwhelming hunger despite having taken a nutritional potion.
• Su Tu ate several Emperor’s Feasts at astonishing speed while Li Hu kept ordering more and worried about the cost.
• Uncle Liu explained that potions only replenished the surface and that Su Tu’s body had a severe hidden deficit.
• The food replenished Su Tu deeply, triggering a surge of qi that opened fifty apertures.
• Li Hu asked Su Tu to let him become his lackey and proposed calling Su Tu his Big Brother.

Su Tu replenished his body and opened fifty acupoints after Uncle Liu’s meal, while Li Hu uncovered the Three Deviant Sect’s plan to search for three sleeping gods. After studying the Heaven Flipping Seal scroll, Su Tu fell asleep as Sufferer proclaimed that divine grace would descend upon the North Sea.

• Uncle Liu explained that Su Tu’s depleted body had concealed his talent and that the Emperor Set meal had replenished him, while Li Hu paid for the food.
• Su Tu felt his qi flowing more smoothly, and Li Hu warned him that Beast and the Three Deviant Sect might target him before the Martial Examination.
• Su Tu agreed to accompany Li Hu to meet his Combat partner, and Li Hu privately vowed to protect him after learning that the Three Deviant Sect sought the three gods.
• Su Tu studied the ten gestures in the Heaven Flipping Seal scroll for two hours, but the System Panel showed no new prompt.
• Su Tu fell asleep, while Sufferer looked over the North Sea and declared that the Three Divine Generals would return and divine grace would descend.

Su Tu continued training amid a Federation-backed Martial Dao craze, while martial artists gained generous benefits and political privileges. At the Martial Arts Arena, Xiong Yingtian’s arrogant disciple picked Su Tu for a sparring match.

• Federation policies and corporate recruitment offers made becoming a martial artist a path to wealth and status across Blue Star.
• Su Tu spoke with Chen Xi, who asked him to accompany him to meet his female online friend, Xiao Hui.
• Su Tu reviewed his progress: he had opened seventy-six apertures and raised his skills to Mid Grade, while North Sea remained unusually quiet.
• Zhou Wuliang summoned the students to the Martial Arts Arena and introduced Xiong Yingtian, who asked them to teach his arrogant disciple a lesson.
• Xiong Yingtian’s disciple challenged Su Tu, and Su Tu agreed to spar.