Chapter Summaries

Chen Sheng abandoned his unsuccessful attempt to cultivate the Bloom Realm and waited for Li Wuji, who returned to YiHe Sect in a deteriorating body. Li Wuji delivered the Seven Demon Heart Sutra, and Chen Sheng touched its stone while in his strongest form, triggering a violent reaction in his mind.

• Chen Sheng failed to store Power Molecules in his blood and organs, but his secret-art practice slightly improved his Soul Power.
• Shen Ziming and the other disciples left YiHe Sect for Kyoto, leaving Chen Sheng alone as he waited for Li Wuji.
• Li Wuji returned with his body near collapse and told Chen Sheng he would replace it after entrusting command to Sun Yihe.
• Li Wuji gave Chen Sheng the Seven Demon Heart Sutra stone and warned that it could turn him into a slave to desire.
• Chen Sheng activated his Divine Form and touched the stone, causing his mind to erupt into raging waves.

Chen Sheng resisted the Seven Demon Heart Sutra’s assault of desire and obtained its cultivation method, while Li Wuji survived Chen Sheng’s controlled strike and arranged support for him. Chen Sheng learned that the technique could double his body’s strength at each of its five realms, but that cultivating it was perilous and required more Soul Power.

• When Chen Sheng touched the Inheritance Stone, voices representing his desires flooded his mind and threatened to overwhelm his reason.
• Li Wuji tried to separate Chen Sheng from the stone, but Chen Sheng struck him away before the old man could intervene.
• Chen Sheng endured the voices for an hour, suppressed the desires, and gained the Seven Demon Heart Sutra’s cultivation method.
• Li Wuji returned, confirmed Chen Sheng had succeeded, and agreed to arrange help from the Martial Arts Association and the Holy Church through Old Sun.
• After Li Wuji left for Kyoto, Chen Sheng examined the technique and learned that it had five realms, each of which doubled his body’s strength.

After learning the Seven Demon Heart Sutra, Chen Sheng tested whether he could guide desire into his body but failed because his Soul Power was too weak. He traveled to the Martial Arts Association in Kyoto, passing through a city still grieving the casualties of his battle with the Celestials.

• Chen Sheng learned that the Seven Demon Heart Sutra awakened and cultivated desire, eventually producing seven desire-based clones that could be subdued or absorbed.
• Chen Sheng released too much Sloth and briefly became unwilling to move before regaining control, then cautiously attempted to guide the desire into his flesh with Soul Power.
• Chen Sheng repeatedly practiced, strengthening his perception and Soul Power, but could not reach the Seven Demon Heart Sutra's entry level.
• Chen Sheng used Lacking Virtue Map and Xiao Hei's guidance to travel to Kyoto and headed for the Martial Arts Association to pursue a breakthrough.
• As Chen Sheng crossed Kyoto, Xiao Hei asked about mourners and white flowers, and Chen Sheng explained that people were grieving their dead.
• Chen Sheng stopped outside the Martial Arts Association, resolved to grow much stronger after seeing the city's grief described by Xiao Hei.

Chen Sheng joined Sun Yihe and the Martial Arts Association committee meeting, where he was recognized as the powerhouse who had defeated Xiang Li and the Venerable Elder. After the committee handled Kyoto’s reconstruction and other post-disaster matters, Sun Yihe proposed tougher measures to prepare for the Celestials’ awakening.

• Sun Yihe personally welcomed Chen Sheng and brought him to a meeting about the Martial Arts Association’s next steps.
• Zhao Zhenggang complained about Sun Yihe’s absence, then stopped when he saw Chen Sheng and realized he was blind.
• Sun Yihe introduced Chen Sheng, and the committee members thanked him for saving them from Xiang Li and the Venerable Elder.
• The committee settled reconstruction plans, assigned regional responsibilities, and discussed how to handle the remaining Force Sect accomplices.
• Sun Yihe raised President Li’s proposal to take tougher measures against independent Qi Sense Users as the Celestials’ awakening approached.

Sun Yihe proposed a nationwide screening of Qi Sense Users, with recruitment or restrictions for those who refused to join the authorities. After Chen Sheng demonstrated his overwhelming strength and described the threat posed by the Celestials, Sun Yihe asked the Association committee members to decide whether to support Li Wuji’s plan.

• Sun Yihe proposed deploying troops to cities and requiring Qi Sense Users to join the Martial Arts Association or Martial Security Bureau, or face restrictions and compulsory supervision.
• Zhao Zhenggang and other committee members objected, warning that the measures could turn neutral Qi Sense Users against the authorities.
• Sun Yihe called on Chen Sheng to demonstrate his power, and Chen Sheng released his aura and activated Black Tortoise Transformation until the committee members retreated in terror.
• Chen Sheng explained that a Celestial consciousness possessing Venerable Elder had impaired his senses and caused madness among half the martial artists in Kyoto.
• Sun Yihe argued that harsh measures were necessary to protect civilians before the Celestials awakened, then asked the committee members to vote on Li Wuji’s plan.

Sun Yihe secured the committee’s agreement to implement the Martial Arts Association’s plan, while Chen Sheng asked them to locate people with Celestial Being Cells. After visiting the Holy Church headquarters, Chen Sheng returned to the YiHe Sect and waited for results.

• The committee members approved Sun Yihe’s proposal after Zhao Zhenggang reluctantly agreed.
• Chen Sheng asked the regional association leaders to find Celestial Being Cell holders and send willing candidates to Kyoto for treatment.
• Zhao Zhenggang left suspicious of Chen Sheng and resolved to watch his actions during the search.
• Sun Yihe offered Chen Sheng help mastering the Seven Demon Heart Sutra, but Chen Sheng declined and left for the Holy Church headquarters.
• Chen Sheng found Azure Dragon and Vermillion Bird busy restoring the Holy Church, then briefly explained his plans before departing.
• Chen Sheng walked through the Withered State to the YiHe Sect and spent two days waiting.

Two days after the Martial Arts Association announced measures to regulate Qi Sense Users and revealed the Celestials, Chen Sheng waited at YiHe Sect for news while training to grow stronger. Sun Yihe informed him that the first group of people with Celestial Being Cells had arrived in Kyoto, and Chen Sheng went to meet them.

• Xu Ying told Chen Sheng that the Association's new policies had sparked public conflict and debate, while an international conference on resisting the Celestials was planned.
• Xu Ying found a newly posted account of the Association offering to treat an illness, but the post was deleted before he could read more.
• Chen Sheng assessed his growing attributes and trained his senses and Soul Power while waiting for news from the Martial Arts Association and the Holy Church.
• Sun Yihe notified Chen Sheng that the first group of people with Celestial Being Cells had passed screening and was waiting beneath the Martial Arts Association.
• Chen Sheng returned to his Bloom State, flew to Kyoto, and followed an Association disciple into the Martial Arts Association.

Chen Sheng visited the Martial Arts Association’s research facility and absorbed Celestial Being Cells from a group of unconscious captives. Xiao Hei’s absorption raised Chen Sheng’s Soul to 40, leaving him poised to use his awakened desires and pursue further cultivation.

• A Committee Disciple escorted Chen Sheng through the underground passage to a research hall, where Sun Yihe explained the Martial Arts Association’s recovered projects and invited him to an international conference.
• Sun Yihe led Chen Sheng to a sealed room containing 142 Celestial Being Cell holders, far more than Chen Sheng had expected.
• Chen Sheng ordered Xiao Hei to begin absorbing the captives while he waited by the door.
• Xiao Hei returned after about ten minutes, and the immense surge of energy caused Chen Sheng severe soul pain and convulsions.
• Chen Sheng recovered within minutes and saw that his Soul had risen to 40; he sensed he could now readily mobilize his awakened desires.

After helping patients recover, Chen Sheng returned to the mountain and began cultivating the Seven Demon Heart Sutra by channeling sloth into his body. The desire stopped his heart, blood flow, organs, tissues, and nerves, leaving only his consciousness active as the cultivation process continued beyond his control.

• Chen Sheng left Sun Yihe to oversee the recovered patients, and Sun Yihe arranged for them to be returned above ground.
• Chen Sheng reached the mountain, calmed his heightened Soul Power, and prepared to cultivate the Seven Demon Heart Sutra.
• Xu Ying watched Chen Sheng's storm from below and wrestled with shame and fear, while Zhou Li urged him to focus on training and told him to invite Chen Sheng to dinner.
• Chen Sheng used his Soul Power to suppress the other desires and draw out sloth, then spent two hours guiding its power into his body.
• Sloth brought Chen Sheng's heart, blood, organs, tissues, and nerves to a halt, leaving only his consciousness as the process continued.

Xu Ying found Chen Sheng apparently dead and tried to steal the treasure he believed had made Chen Sheng powerful, but Xiao Hei stopped him and waited for Chen Sheng to awaken. After Chen Sheng explained his cultivation was creating a Seed of Desire, he had Xiao Hei bring Xu Ying over and killed him for his betrayal.

• Xu Ying discovered Chen Sheng lying motionless and feared he would be blamed for his death.
• Believing Chen Sheng's power came from a hidden treasure, Xu Ying searched him and tried to carry his body away.
• Xiao Hei covered Xu Ying, subdued him, and returned Chen Sheng's body to its place.
• Chen Sheng awoke and explained that Sloth's desire power was forming a Seed of Desire in his arm.
• After hearing that Xu Ying had tried to take his body, Chen Sheng ordered Xiao Hei to bring him over and crushed him to death.

Chen Sheng suppressed the awakened desires in his consciousness and went to question Sun Yihe about the Seven Demon Heart Sutra, while first telling Zhou Li that he had killed Xu Ying. The chapter left Zhou Li grieving alone after their meal, until Chen Sheng returned to promise he would find disciples to carry on the Eagle Body Sect.

• Chen Sheng crushed Xu Ying, then used Soul Power to suppress the awakened desires and considered the dangers of the Seven Demon Heart Sutra.
• Chen Sheng went to Zhou Li's cottage and told him that Xu Ying had plotted to steal his corpse and that Chen Sheng had killed him.
• Zhou Li accepted that Xu Ying had died because of his own actions and shared a meal with Chen Sheng, though he later mourned when left alone.
• Chen Sheng returned and promised to help Zhou Li find disciples to preserve the Eagle Body Sect's legacy.

Chen Sheng questioned Sun Yihe about the Seven Demon Heart Sutra’s dangerous effects and learned that Sun Yihe had found its Inheritance Stone in a Celestial ruin. After arranging to bring the Chen siblings to the YiHe Sect, Chen Sheng began cultivating multiple Seeds of Desire at once, ending with anger spreading through his consciousness.

• Chen Sheng told Sun Yihe that desire energies had eroded his body, but Sun Yihe could not explain why the Seven Demon Heart Sutra had affected him that way.
• Sun Yihe revealed that he had found the Seven Demon Heart Sutra’s Inheritance Stone in the hand of a Celestial inside a Celestial ruin and had cultivated it for decades without suffering Chen Sheng’s problem.
• Chen Sheng visited Vermillion Bird at the Holy Church Headquarters and obtained information about Chen Bi and Chen Dangui, then asked Zhou Li to consider taking Chen Bi as a disciple.
• Chen Sheng returned to the YiHe Sect and decided to keep cultivating the Seven Demon Heart Sutra, trusting the panel’s assessment of the technique.
• Chen Sheng used his stored strength to begin forming another Seed of Desire while the first was still developing, drawing anger into his consciousness and letting its power spread.

Chen Sheng guided Anger into his body and survived the resulting destructive transformation, then used stored power to halt and reverse his falling attributes. Li Wuji arrived at YiHe Sect to discuss Chen Bi and offered his own soul to regain Chen Sheng’s trust.

• Chen Sheng endured Anger’s assault, drew its power into his body, and devastated the mountaintop with lightning as he lost control of his strength.
• Zhou Li witnessed the disturbance, retreated to the small house, and contacted the Martial Arts Association out of concern for Chen Sheng.
• Chen Sheng inspected the Sloth and Anger patterns on his arms, used stored power to restore his declining attributes, and planned to cultivate more Seeds of Desire.
• Li Wuji arrived in a transformed, youthful body, offered protection, and told Chen Sheng that the Holy Church had found Chen Bi and begun making preparations.
• Li Wuji revealed that he had extracted his own soul and placed his life in Chen Sheng’s hands to regain his trust after Sun Yi’s mistake had endangered him.

Chen Sheng accepted Li Wuji’s soul as a pledge of sincerity, then focused on advancing his cultivation while the Seeds of Sloth and Wrath grew. By noon, both Seeds of Desire were about to hatch, and Chen Sheng prepared to face them.

• Chen Sheng used Gluttony to inspect Li Wuji’s soul and discovered it was Li Wuji’s core, linked to powerful avatar souls stored elsewhere.
• Chen Sheng accepted Li Wuji’s soul, which Xiao Hei swallowed, and Li Wuji left after seeking Chen Sheng’s forgiveness.
• Chen Sheng tried to advance the Wither Bloom Scripture but found his Soul Power insufficient to reach the Bloom Realm.
• Chen Sheng’s left arm detached and formed the growing Seed of Sloth, while the Seed of Wrath later emerged as a second growing flesh ball.
• Chen Sheng cultivated overnight and expected the Holy Church to recruit authority-bearing descendants of Celestials, who could provide him with more Soul Power.
• By noon, the Seeds of Sloth and Wrath had grown to their limits and cracked as Chen Sheng expanded to four meters in preparation for their birth.

After destroying the desire clones Anger and Sloth, Chen Sheng learned that an unknown presence might be hiding among his desires. Suspecting an eighth desire or a hidden being connected to the Seven Demon Heart Sutra, he searched his consciousness and began pulling a living desire into his body.

• The Seeds of Desire broke open, and Anger attacked Chen Sheng but was quickly overpowered and crushed.
• Chen Sheng absorbed Anger's power, forming a new Seed of Desire near his heart.
• Chen Sheng threatened Sloth with forced work until Sloth answered that there were more of them and that there was another, then Sloth fell silent and Chen Sheng crushed him.
• After forming a Seed of Sloth, Chen Sheng suspected an eighth desire or hidden presence was behind the cultivation abnormalities.
• Chen Sheng searched his consciousness with Soul Power, found nothing, and seized a living desire to draw it into his body.

Chen Sheng drew all five remaining activated desires into his body and triggered upgrades to expose the suspected Eighth Person. The consciousness hidden in the Inheritance Stone seized his body, but the transformation began violently rejecting it, forcing it to try to escape back to the stone.

• Chen Sheng reasoned that the Eighth Person might be hidden among the activated desires and planned to draw them all into his body before upgrading them with the panel.
• Chen Sheng bound Pride, Envy, Greed, Gluttony, and Lust at the passage between his consciousness and body while watching for signs of the hidden consciousness.
• Chen Sheng released all five desires and triggered upgrades, spotting a foreign light emerge within Gluttony before losing consciousness.
• The consciousness from the Inheritance Stone awakened in Chen Sheng's transformed body, reveled in its power, and vowed to use it to kill the Celestials.
• Chen Sheng's body violently rejected the intruding consciousness, which struggled to rise and tried to reach the Inheritance Stone to escape.

Chen Sheng’s panel upgrade destroyed the foreign consciousness that had tried to seize his body, leaving fragments of its memories behind. By reviewing them, Chen Sheng discovered the consciousness’s ancient origins and gained the complete Seven Demon True Sutra.

• The panel’s upgrade tore apart the foreign consciousness inside Chen Sheng, and Chen Sheng’s own consciousness returned to his body.
• Zhou Li went up the mountain to check on Chen Sheng, confirmed that he showed no abnormal signs of life, and quietly descended.
• Chen Sheng reviewed the foreign consciousness’s memories and witnessed its childhood survival in the ruins of Lingzhou City after a massacre, followed by the apparent death of its mother.
• Chen Sheng pieced together that the memory owner had been an ancient human who encountered Celestials, pursued martial arts to kill them, and created the Seven Demon Heart Sutra in old age.
• Chen Sheng learned that the Inheritance Stone contained the memory owner’s soul and that the foreign consciousness had intended to take over his body.
• Chen Sheng obtained the complete Seven Demon True Sutra from the memories.

After obtaining the complete Seven Demon Heart Sutra, Chen Sheng tested its Wrath ability and combined it with the Limitless Black Tortoise Transformation to reach more than a million in average attributes. He sensed the Celestials’ seal restricting him and shattered it with a single punch, leaving Kyoto shaken.

• Chen Sheng learned that the vanished memory owner had created a complete Seven Demon Heart Sutra whose Desire Demon Body could use all seven desire abilities simultaneously.
• Chen Sheng released his stored power and tested Wrath in a barren area near YiHe Sect, raising his attributes to 120,000.
• Chen Sheng activated Limitless Black Tortoise Transformation and reached an average attribute of 1.2 million.
• Chen Sheng sensed the Celestials’ seal restricting his senses and punched through it.
• Chen Sheng’s punch flattened the surrounding landscape and sent powerful tremors as far as Kyoto, waking countless people.

After Chen Sheng shattered the Celestials’ restriction on his senses with a test punch, Li Wuji reached the YiHe Sect and found him unharmed. Chen Sheng refused to attend the international conference and returned to training as the Seeds of Desire neared birth.

• Li Wuji saw the enormous white light from Kyoto and flew to the YiHe Sect while Sun Yihe organized the Martial Arts Association’s response.
• Li Wuji found Zhou Li injured beneath a collapsed wooden house, carried him to safety, and continued toward the blast center.
• Li Wuji found Chen Sheng seated unharmed in the scorched earth and learned that his senses had returned after he broke through their restriction.
• Chen Sheng told Li Wuji that the destruction came from testing a move, and Li Wuji reassured him that Kyoto had suffered only unrest.
• Li Wuji invited Chen Sheng to the international conference, but Chen Sheng declined and asked him to take Zhou Li for treatment.
• Chen Sheng returned to the YiHe Sect, entered the Withered State, and waited for the Seeds of Desire to be born as dawn arrived.

While Chen Sheng continued cultivating, Li Wuji and the Martial Arts Association prepared for the international conference and assessed the visiting delegations. He discovered the Charter United States had technologically enhanced bodyguards and met the Celia Empire’s formidable young guardian knight, Ol, as the conference approached.

• After Kyoto’s disturbance, the Martial Arts Association publicly blamed a military exercise and kept Chen Sheng’s growing strength secret ahead of the conference.
• Li Wuji welcomed Charter United States leader Davis and noticed that one of his bodyguards had extensive mechanical and genetic enhancements.
• Li Wuji and Sun Yihe welcomed the Celia Empire’s Queen and observed her young guardian knight, Ol, who challenged them to a future contest.
• Ol left with the Celia delegation after provoking the Martial Arts Association executives with his eager, confident demeanor.
• Li Wuji told Sun Yihe to monitor the foreign delegations and prevent any unwanted moves before the conference began.