Chapter Summaries

Chen Sheng recovered from his injuries through training, reached the strength of a Ninth-Rank Warrior, and agreed to teach martial arts for Li Chenghu. The next morning, Xu Rou warned him about Xu Ziwen, then missed her chance to ask Chen Sheng for martial arts guidance when he shut the gate.

• Chen Sheng practiced the San Ti Stance to heal his injuries, raising all three physical attributes by 0.18.
• After training with 50 kg of weights, Chen Sheng raised his strength to 2.47 and judged himself to be roughly a Ninth-Rank Warrior.
• Li Chenghu offered Chen Sheng a job teaching martial arts for four hours each morning, and Chen Sheng accepted.
• Xu Rou came to warn Chen Sheng that Xu Ziwen was a dangerous wanted criminal and gave him contact numbers for the Martial Security Bureau and herself.
• Xu Rou tried to ask Chen Sheng for martial arts guidance, but he closed the gate before she could speak, leaving her disappointed.

Chen Sheng struggled with the unsettling superiority he felt after killing the Pig-face Man, so he went to the Martial Security Bureau to train and keep his mind occupied. There, Li Chenghu prepared to have Chen challenge a group of recruits who doubted the value of martial arts.

• Chen Sheng recognized his sense of superiority over ordinary people and tried to suppress it by reminding himself that he was a good person.
• Chen Sheng ran thirteen kilometers to the Martial Security Bureau in his Weighted Gear, raising his Constitution and Agility.
• At the training ground, a buzz-cut recruit argued that practicing martial arts was a waste of time, and the other recruits agreed while Xu Rou looked eager to train.
• Li Chenghu told the recruits that their coach would arrive soon and promised to excuse anyone who could defeat him and earn his approval.
• Brother Qiang worried that Chen Sheng was too inexperienced to face the recruits, but Li Chenghu trusted him and went to bring him inside.

Chen Sheng questioned Li Chenghu about whether gaining power could turn him into a vicious person, and Li Chenghu warned him that resisting desire was what preserved civilized society. At the Martial Security Bureau, Chen Sheng discovered his students meant to test him with a sparring demonstration, and he agreed to face them.

• Chen Sheng asked Li Chenghu whether Xu Ziwen’s actions meant that Chen Sheng might become vicious if he ever killed someone, and Li Chenghu urged him to resist being driven by desire.
• Li Chenghu brought Chen Sheng to the Martial Security Bureau training ground and told him to teach the students, while Brother Qiang offered to watch in case trouble arose.
• Chen Sheng entered Room 302, greeted the hostile students, and recognized Xu Rou among them.
• A buzz-cut student requested a demonstration of martial arts, and Wang Dazhuang volunteered to cooperate, setting up a sparring challenge.
• Chen Sheng realized the students wanted to test his ability and agreed to the demonstration.

Chen Sheng demonstrated his combat ability to the trainees by knocking out Wang Dazhuang with one strike, despite having claimed he had practiced martial arts for only seven days. The rookies were left stunned, and the buzz-cut young man challenged Chen Sheng to demonstrate again.

• Chen Sheng told the trainees he had practiced martial arts for only seven days, prompting disbelief and resentment.
• At the buzz-cut young man's urging, Wang Dazhuang attacked Chen Sheng with a low tackle.
• Chen Sheng struck Wang Dazhuang and knocked him unconscious with one blow.
• Chen Sheng reassured the trainees that Wang Dazhuang would recover, then asked to begin class.
• The buzz-cut young man stepped forward and asked Chen Sheng to demonstrate against him.

Chen Sheng fought Liu Ming to demonstrate the Xingyi Five Elements Fist and the power of Overt Force. After removing his Weighted Gear, he overwhelmed Liu Ming and left him on the ground as he asked the trainees whether they were interested in martial arts.

• Liu Ming challenged Chen Sheng to test his strength and introduced his background in Military Combat, fighting, and grappling.
• Liu Ming attacked first and briefly showed his advantage in speed and strength, but Chen Sheng caught his arm and struck his cheek.
• Liu Ming urged Chen Sheng to use more strength, so Chen Sheng removed his Weighted Vest, Weighted Wristbands, and Weighted Bandages.
• Chen Sheng pressed Liu Ming with Xingyi Five Elements Fist techniques while explaining the art's principles and the realms of martial arts.
• Chen Sheng demonstrated Overt Force with a Cannon Fist that sent Liu Ming flying and left him vomiting on the ground.
• Chen Sheng asked the watching trainees whether they were interested in martial arts.

Chen Sheng taught the Martial Security Bureau newcomers the San Ti Stance and gained agility through sparring. After class, he noticed a mysterious pendant Xu Rou wore; when he touched it, its stone lost its glow, and a new panel appeared before his eyes.

• Chen Sheng taught the newcomers the San Ti Stance, and they respectfully accepted him as their coach.
• He sparred with the trainees in one-on-three matches, helping them learn Five Elements Fist and gaining 0.13 Agility.
• Xu Rou's companion teased her about having a crush on Chen Sheng, and Xu Rou hurried after him after class.
• Chen Sheng received a thousand yuan from Li Chenghu for teaching and decided against joining the Martial Security Bureau.
• Xu Rou showed Chen Sheng her pendant, and when he touched it, his palm burned and the stone inside went dim.
• As Chen Sheng looked at Xu Rou, another panel appeared before his eyes.

After gaining the Eye of Truth, Chen Sheng discovered its sensory effects and trained until he broke through to the Dark Force level. The chapter left him newly strengthened and ready to continue advancing.

• Xu Rou worried when Chen Sheng suffered a sudden headache, then exchanged WeChat contacts with him before he left.
• Chen Sheng examined his panel and found that the pendant had granted him the Eye of Truth, which heightened his senses and let him perceive others’ attributes.
• Chen Sheng learned that the Desolate Graves had been dug up and suspected Shen Ziming was responsible, but chose not to get involved.
• After training pushed all his attributes above three, Chen Sheng spent skill points to raise Xingyi Five Elements Fist to Lv2.
• Chen Sheng practiced the upgraded fist and punched a deep mark into a wall, achieving the Dark Force level.

After growing stronger, Chen Sheng trained the Martial Security Bureau’s newcomers while Li Chenghu confronted Li Xingwu about a recent attack on Wu Ran. Li Qian refused to apologize to Chen Sheng, and Li Chenghu made clear that she would lose his help unless she did.

• Chen Sheng bought larger clothes after his increased strength and build made his old ones too tight, then went to sleep.
• Chen Sheng arrived at the Martial Security Bureau, greeted the newcomers, and began teaching them the San Ti Stance and Five Elements Fist.
• Li Xingwu demanded that Li Chenghu assign guards to Xing Wu Martial Arts Hall after three Transforming Force martial artists attacked Wu Ran there.
• Li Chenghu refused to provide guards but offered to let Li Xingwu and his disciples move into the Bureau’s family housing, and Li Xingwu agreed.
• Li Chenghu ordered Li Qian to apologize to Chen Sheng, and threatened to withhold help if she refused.

Li Qian reluctantly apologized to Chen Sheng at Guo Yang’s urging, but Chen Sheng rejected the apology and provoked her into attacking him. Chen Sheng struck her so hard that he sent her flying, leaving the confrontation unresolved.

• Li Xingwu and Guo Yang persuaded Li Qian to apologize to Chen Sheng, promising future spiritual medicine and warning her to behave.
• Chen Sheng offered to pay Xu Rou for the pendant he had taken, but she told him he could keep it.
• Guo Yang brought Li Qian to the training grounds, where she forced out an apology to Chen Sheng.
• Chen Sheng dismissed Li Qian’s apology and told her to leave, deliberately provoking her.
• Li Qian attacked Chen Sheng, but he struck her across the face and sent her flying.

Chen Sheng struck Li Qian after she attacked him, then stood down when Guo Yang confronted him and the trainees surrounded them. Li Qian vowed revenge as Guo Yang suspected there was something unusual about Chen Sheng’s rapid progress.

• Chen Sheng used his speed to slap Li Qian, knocking her to the ground and sending several teeth flying.
• Guo Yang confronted Chen Sheng, but Liu Ming and the other recruits moved to protect their instructor, so Guo Yang carried Li Qian away.
• Chen Sheng reflected on the satisfaction of having strength, then reminded himself not to abuse it.
• Li Qian told Guo Yang she wanted to kill Chen Sheng, and Guo Yang promised to help her after the Martial Arts Tournament.
• Guo Yang suspected Chen Sheng’s progress came from unusual resources or another hidden cause and decided to investigate later.

Chen Sheng returned home and planned to focus more on Three-Body Stance Training as his strength grew. That night, a Faceless Man stole a delivery meant for Chen Sheng, mistook its contents for the Breathing Technique, and was confronted from behind.

• Li Xingwu questioned Guo Yang about Li Qian's defeat, then warned him to stop speculating about Chen Sheng's possible Breathing Technique and focus on training.
• Chen Sheng returned home, checked his improved attributes, and prepared medicinal soup as he planned to make Three-Body Stance Training his main focus.
• A Faceless Man entered Chen Sheng's courtyard to search his home for clues about the Breathing Technique after the organization failed to get information from Shen Ziming.
• The Faceless Man intercepted a delivery addressed to Chen Sheng and found a letter and several book pages inside.
• The Faceless Man excitedly believed he had found the Breathing Technique, but an unseen person spoke behind him.

Chen Sheng killed the Faceless Man who had stolen Shen Ziming’s package, then hid the body and read Shen Ziming’s letter. The letter revealed a lead to the Body Forging Art and a hidden surprise at an unnamed grave, so Chen Sheng sneaked into the graveyard to investigate.

• Chen Sheng ambushed the Faceless Man and killed him before he could ask questions.
• Chen Sheng searched Shen Ziming’s house, concealed the body in the wasteland, and cleaned away the traces.
• Chen Sheng read Shen Ziming’s letter, which warned him not to confront the Mysterious Organization and gave him an address for the Body Forging Art.
• Chen Sheng felt grief over Shen Ziming’s death and stored the letter with his important belongings.
• Chen Sheng took a shovel and secretly headed to the graveyard to dig up the unnamed tombstone’s surprise.

Chen Sheng recovered Shen Ziming’s buried box of gold bars and cash, then trained until he had enough Skill Points to upgrade the San Ti Stance to Perfected. He discovered he could now practice its principles during ordinary movements and fell asleep wondering whether to visit the address in Shen Ziming’s letter the next day.

• Chen Sheng dug up Shen Ziming’s wooden box in Desolate Graves and found gold bars and roughly one hundred thousand yuan in cash inside.
• Chen Sheng hid the box beneath his bed, drank two bowls of Vitality Soup, and practiced the Five Elements Fist with the San Ti Stance for five hours.
• Chen Sheng gained 0.35 in each physical attribute and spent Skill Points to upgrade the San Ti Stance to Perfected.
• Chen Sheng tested the perfected stance by walking, running, jumping, and sitting, discovering he could practice its principles during everyday movements.
• Chen Sheng took a cold shower, considered visiting the address in Shen Ziming’s letter the next day, and fell asleep.

Chen Sheng suffered a terrifying physical reaction after attempting to practice Eagle's Breath, then improved his training by running in the San Ti Stance. After learning the Martial Security Bureau was launching an operation that he suspected targeted the Mysterious Organization, he disguised himself and followed its vehicles.

• Chen Sheng tried to follow the Eagle's Breath instructions and endured intense pain and difficulty breathing, so he hid the pages and vowed not to try again before reaching Transforming Force.
• Chen Sheng drank Vitality Soup and ran ten kilometers to the Martial Security Bureau with 100 kilograms of Weighted Gear while maintaining the San Ti Stance, raising his attributes more than usual.
• Xu Rou nearly told Chen Sheng about an operation involving his neighbor but stopped herself because he was not Bureau personnel.
• Chen Sheng deduced that the Martial Security Bureau was targeting the Mysterious Organization and saw armed officers gathering for the operation.
• Chen Sheng changed clothes, put on a cap and mask, and followed the Bureau's black vans as they departed.

Chen Sheng tracked the Martial Security Bureau to a chemical plant, where Shen Ziming was being tortured by Mr. Hai and his men. As the Bureau raided the plant, Chen Sheng and Li Qian separately pursued an escaping worker, while Guo Yang secretly retrieved a time bomb.

• Chen Sheng followed the Bureau convoy to a chemical plant and spotted Guo Yang and Li Qian arriving separately.
• Mr. Hai ordered Shen Ziming tortured for information, then directed his men to destroy surveillance materials, move Shen, and delay the Bureau's advance.
• After surveillance failed and contact with the perimeter was lost, Mr. Hai rushed out as gunfire sounded; Shen was carried into a secret passage.
• Chen Sheng waited for an escapee to slip past the Bureau's cordon and set off to intercept him.
• Guo Yang sent Li Qian after the same escapee, then left her and retrieved a time bomb hidden beneath a dormitory bed.

The Martial Security Bureau raided the chemical plant, where an explosion struck Li Chenghu and Chen Sheng captured Li San to question him about Shen Ziming. Hai XianSheng revealed that the organization had turned captured criminals into bombs, while Guo Yang left with medicinal herbs and grew more certain that Chen Sheng possessed a Breathing Technique.

• Li Chenghu directed the raid until an explosive object hit him, after which his deputy took command and organized the search and rescue.
• Li San escaped the encirclement, but Chen Sheng caught him and demanded to know whether Shen Ziming was alive.
• Hai XianSheng gave Guo Yang medicinal herbs, then showed him organization members exploding inside the chemical plant.
• Hai XianSheng told Guo Yang that Chen Sheng might have a Breathing Technique, and Guo Yang left to contact Li Qian, who did not answer.

After surviving the chemical plant explosion, Chen Sheng followed clues to the forest, where he found Shen Ziming with two guards. Chen Sheng killed the guards, while Li Qian secretly pursued him from the ruins.

• Li Qian regained consciousness in the warehouse ruins and hid when she recognized Chen Sheng nearby.
• Chen Sheng recovered enough to move, recalled Li San's information about a secret passage, and headed toward the forest.
• Li Qian followed Chen Sheng as he tracked footprints to the river and found Shen Ziming guarded by Wang Kang and Wang Jian.
• Chen Sheng pretended to be a factory worker, then attacked when Wang Jian realized his story was suspicious.
• Chen Sheng killed Wang Kang with Cannon Fist and killed Wang Jian with Horizontal Fist and Half-Step Beng Fist.

Chen Sheng rescued Shen Ziming, then confronted Li Qian, who tried to blackmail him with a video of the Wang Family Brothers’ deaths. Chen Sheng killed Li Qian and left with Shen Ziming, whose escape had been secured when Shen canceled the video’s transmission.

• Chen Sheng freed Shen Ziming and sent him downstream toward the Fishing Village while he dealt with someone hiding in the woods.
• Li Qian revealed a video of Chen Sheng killing the Wang Family Brothers and threatened to send it unless he knelt and apologized.
• Shen Ziming threw a stone to distract Li Qian, but she dodged it and pressed the send button as she attacked Chen Sheng with Crushing Fist.
• Chen Sheng overpowered Li Qian in their fistfight, and Shen Ziming caught her phone and canceled the video transmission.
• Chen Sheng beat Li Qian to death despite her pleas, then left downstream with Shen Ziming.

Hai XianSheng followed Chen Sheng and Shen Ziming’s trail to a fishing village, but Shen Ziming had already left him a note and escaped. While hiding in the village, Chen Sheng learned that true Celestials had not appeared yet and were said to be immortal and hostile to humanity.

• Guo Yang found Li Qian’s corpse, and Hai XianSheng denied killing her or Wang Jian before Guo Yang left to establish an alibi.
• Hai XianSheng followed a scent of blood and chili extract to a fishing village, where a boy delivered Shen Ziming’s note saying he had gone far away.
• After hearing sirens from Martial Security Bureau reinforcements, Hai XianSheng left the village to avoid the search teams.
• In a cellar, Chen Sheng and Shen Ziming discussed the Mysterious Organization and the danger of further investigation into Chen Sheng.
• Shen Ziming told Chen Sheng that the known Celestials were only exceptionally talented Qi Sense Users, while true Celestials were believed to be immortal and hostile to humanity.

After Shen Ziming left to seek a cure for his hereditary illness, Chen Sheng returned to the city and gained a major boost from practicing the San Ti Stance. He tracked down the address Shen Ziming had left for the latter half of Eagle's Breath and found an old shopkeeper named Zhou Li.

• Shen Ziming warned Chen Sheng to grow stronger before the chaotic age began, then left by boat with a fisher couple to search for a cure.
• Chen Sheng returned to the city, retrieved his hidden Steel Bars, and went through his usual gym routine to conceal his absence.
• Chen Sheng checked his attributes and found that his morning of San Ti Stance practice had made him a fifth-order Hidden Force Warrior, close to reaching Transforming Force.
• Chen Sheng followed Shen Ziming's address to Yinghui Grocery Store in Gangcheng District, where he met the elderly shopkeeper Zhou Li.
• Chen Sheng used the Eye of Truth to see that Zhou Li had perfected Ancient Eagle Claw Hand and had begun learning Eagle Form Body Forging Art.