Chapter Summaries

Chen Sheng bought the Eagle Claw Hand and Eagle Form Body Forging Art from Zhou Li, then confirmed that the Body Forging Art was genuine by practicing it. As Chen Sheng prepared to leave, Zhou Li tried to recruit him into the Eagle Body Sect and revealed that the sect had spirit medicine available.

• Chen Sheng went to Yinghui Grocery Store seeking Eagle Form Body Forging Art, but Zhou Li first mistook him for a customer buying maltose.
• Zhou Li sold Chen Sheng Eagle Claw Hand and Eagle Body Skill for 705 yuan.
• Chen Sheng practiced Eagle Form Body Forging Art in the alley and confirmed it had appeared on his panel at level 0.
• Zhou Li asked Chen Sheng to join the Eagle Body Sect, but Chen Sheng refused because he already had a master and wanted to avoid trouble.
• Zhou Li lamented that the sect would disappear when he died and that its unclaimed spirit medicine would go to waste, prompting Chen Sheng to offer to talk inside.

After Li Qian’s death, Guo Yang suspected Chen Sheng and set out to kill him. Chen Sheng, having arranged to stay at Zhou Li’s Eagle Body Sect, was attacked by Guo Yang while leaving home and tried to escape.

• At the morgue, Li Xingwu vowed to take revenge on the Mysterious Organization and told Guo Yang to focus on training.
• Guo Yang privately suspected Chen Sheng had killed Li Qian and decided he could not let Chen Sheng live if he knew about the chemical plant.
• Chen Sheng agreed to help look after Zhou Li’s Eagle Body Sect in exchange for its share of spirit medicine and packed to move there.
• Guo Yang confronted Chen Sheng outside his home and attacked, sending him flying over a wall.
• Chen Sheng ran, then threw a steel bar at Guo Yang, who dodged it.

Chen Sheng escaped Guo Yang after a nearly kilometer-long chase, then went to stay with Zhou Li and trained through the night. His rapid growth brought him close to Transforming Force, and he believed he might break through the next day.

• Chen Sheng kept ahead of Guo Yang by throwing steel bars until Guo Yang stopped near the exit of Wutong Road to avoid attracting attention.
• Several kilometers away, Chen Sheng reset his broken arm and decided he could kill Guo Yang after two more days of training.
• Chen Sheng arrived at Yinghui Grocery Store, where Zhou Li showed him his room and served him an inedible homemade meal before ordering takeout.
• After dinner, Chen Sheng trained while Zhou Li watched, and Zhou Li said he had chosen to live peacefully rather than undergo more cancer treatment.
• Chen Sheng's attributes rose sharply during training, and he sensed that he might reach Transforming Force the following day.

Chen Sheng went to the Quanjin Martial Arts Association to collect Eagle Body Sect’s accumulated spirit medicine, while Zhou Li stayed behind, gravely ill and worried about Chen Sheng’s future. Gao Sheng, who had been stealing the sect’s shares, decided to deny Chen Sheng everything except the current month’s allotment.

• Chen Sheng worried that Guo Yang would attack again and planned to grow stronger with the spirit medicine Zhou Li had accumulated.
• Zhou Li’s worsening cough left him too weak to visit the Martial Arts Association, so he gave Chen Sheng the documents needed to collect the medicine.
• Gao Sheng reviewed the distribution records and recalled that he had been taking Eagle Body Sect’s spirit medicine for months because he believed Zhou Li was dying.
• Chen Sheng arrived to collect the accumulated shares and submitted paperwork changing the person in charge of Eagle Body Sect.
• Gao Sheng instructed a staff member to tell Chen Sheng that expired spirit medicine could not be collected and that he could receive only this month’s share.

Chen Sheng accepted one spirit herb from Gao Sheng at the Martial Arts Association, then attacked Gao Sheng at home and took the spirit herbs he had stolen. He escaped without being identified, leaving Gao Sheng unconscious and too afraid to report the robbery.

• Chen Sheng questioned why the Association had given him only one spirit herb, and Gao Sheng threatened him into leaving.
• Chen Sheng disguised himself as a masked attacker, struck Gao Sheng with an iron rod, and forced him to reveal his safe’s password.
• Chen Sheng took the cash and spirit herbs from Gao Sheng’s safe, warned him not to call the police, and left him pinned and unconscious.
• Chen Sheng disposed of his disguise at a construction site and discovered that the box held six spirit herbs.

Chen Sheng learned how spirit herbs could enhance Vitality Soup and trained while it brewed. After upgrading the Five Elements Fist, he broke through to Transforming Force, leaving the Iron Dummy’s exterior intact while destroying its interior.

• Chen Sheng brought seven spirit herbs to Yinghui Grocery Store, and Zhou Li explained how brewing one with Vitality Soup released qi and greatly amplified its effects.
• Zhou Li told Chen Sheng to train while the soup brewed, and Chen Sheng practiced the Five Elements Fist with the San Ti Stance until he had enough Skill Points to upgrade the technique.
• Chen Sheng upgraded the Five Elements Fist to Mastery and gained new insight into Transforming Force as he practiced.
• Chen Sheng struck the Iron Dummy repeatedly until he coordinated force throughout his body, then pushed the dummy apart with one finger and achieved Transforming Force.

Chen Sheng had reached Transforming Force but still wanted to grow strong enough to dominate Guo Yang. After breaking through the first level of Tiger Leopard Thunder Sound, Guo Yang sought more Spirit Herbs from Hai XianSheng and agreed to help his people operate in Quanjin and find Chen Sheng.

• Chen Sheng judged that his new Transforming Force was still insufficient to overpower Guo Yang completely and went to check whether his Spirit Herb Soup was ready.
• Guo Yang completed the first level of Tiger Leopard Thunder Sound after training with Spirit Herb Soup, and his roar frightened residents in the family housing complex.
• Li Xingwu gave Guo Yang only faint praise for his breakthrough and told him to stop comparing himself to Wu Ran.
• Guo Yang contacted Hai XianSheng to request more Spirit Herbs and agreed to help Hai XianSheng's people in Quanjin and locate Chen Sheng.
• Guo Yang took another Spirit Herb and headed to the kitchen.

At Yinghui Grocery Store, Chen Sheng practiced Eagle’s Breath, drank Spirit Herb Soup, and upgraded the newly merged Eagle Form Breathing Art. The chapter ended with the soup’s energy exhausted and Chen Sheng’s eyes turning amber.

• Chen Sheng practiced Eagle’s Breath for an hour and saw that it trained him more than twice as effectively as the San Ti Stance and Five Elements Fist.
• Chen Sheng noticed the Eagle Form Body Forging Art had merged with the breathing technique into the Eagle Form Breathing Art, while Zhou Li revealed he knew Chen Sheng had reached Transforming Force.
• Chen Sheng drank the Spirit Herb Soup and practiced as its energy strengthened his body.
• Chen Sheng spent Skill Points to upgrade the Eagle Form Breathing Art to lv1, and Zhou Li was shocked by how quickly Chen Sheng’s technique improved.
• Chen Sheng absorbed the remaining spirit herb energy, tore through his clothes as his body changed, and opened his eyes with amber irises.

Chen Sheng mastered the Harpy Breathing Technique, gained a dramatic boost in strength, and began learning the Eagle Body Sect’s Eagle Claw Hand. Meanwhile, Hai XianSheng ordered the Dog-faced Man to recover the stolen spiritual herbs and watch Chen Sheng without confronting or killing him.

• Chen Sheng’s attributes rose after he cultivated the Harpy Breathing Technique, and activating it further increased them by one-third while transforming his appearance.
• Chen Sheng crushed a piece of the Iron Dummy with his bare hand, and Zhou Li suggested that he learn the Eagle Body Sect’s Eagle Claw Hand.
• After a night of training, Chen Sheng agreed to practice the Eagle Claw Hand with Zhou Li.
• The Dog-faced Man broke into Gao Sheng’s home and demanded to know where he had hidden the stolen spiritual herbs.
• The Dog-faced Man reported that Chen Sheng had taken the herbs, and Hai XianSheng ordered him to retrieve them and keep Chen Sheng under surveillance without killing or confronting him.

Dog-Face Man and Faceless Man broke into Yinghui Grocery Store to steal Chen Sheng’s spiritual medicine, believing they had drugged him unconscious. Chen Sheng revealed his overwhelming strength, killed them both, and began disposing of their bodies.

• Chen Sheng learned Eagle Claw Hand and went to sleep while Dog-Face Man and Faceless Man arrived to steal his spiritual medicine.
• The two intruders slipped anesthetic cards into Chen Sheng and Zhou Li’s rooms, then Dog-Face Man entered Chen Sheng’s room to search for the medicine.
• Chen Sheng sat up with the wooden box of spiritual medicine and challenged Dog-Face Man to bet whether he would leave alive.
• Chen Sheng transformed and killed Dog-Face Man after the intruder tried to take the medicine.
• Faceless Man tried to flee when Chen Sheng emerged carrying a bloodied plastic bag, but Chen Sheng caught and killed him too.
• Chen Sheng tried to fit both corpses into the bag, then complained that disposing of them was a hassle.

After Chen Sheng awakened as a Qi Sense User, Zhou Li warned him against letting power dictate right and wrong, but Chen Sheng remained focused on growing stronger. Zhou Li told him he could win a Spirit Seed by taking first place in Fuhai Province’s Martial Arts Tournament, then regretted sending him toward a dangerous competition.

• Chen Sheng showed Zhou Li that the blood Zhou Li smelled was on his own face, and Zhou Li later noticed fresh blood by the sink.
• Over breakfast, Zhou Li asked Chen Sheng whether he would use his new power responsibly, and Chen Sheng said he killed only those who deserved to die.
• Chen Sheng asked how to obtain spirit medicine, and Zhou Li explained that a Spirit Seed could raise the qi in an area and help plants become spirit medicine.
• Chen Sheng suggested burying the corpse of someone with abundant qi to use as a Spirit Seed, leaving Zhou Li unable to refute his reasoning.
• After Chen Sheng pressed him for another way to get a Spirit Seed, Zhou Li told him to win Fuhai Province’s Martial Arts Tournament.
• Zhou Li privately regretted mentioning the tournament, explaining that it was deadly, drew experts from across the province, and excluded disciples below Transforming Force.

Chen Sheng trained through the day, strengthened his resolve to control his own fate, and worried about the coming Celestials. That night, Guo Yang arrived with two Dog-faced Men and confronted Chen Sheng, leaving a fight about to begin.

• Chen Sheng drove away his doubts about the people he had killed and trained for hours, raising his strength, agility, and constitution.
• Chen Sheng realized the Spirit Herb Soup’s effects were dissipating before he could absorb them and resolved to ask Zhou Li about obtaining more spirit herbs.
• Chen Sheng sensed someone approaching, told Zhou Li to hide, and waited in the backyard.
• Guo Yang arrived and admitted he had come prepared, while two Dog-faced Men entered the yard behind Chen Sheng.
• Guo Yang asked whether Chen Sheng would surrender or be beaten half-crippled and taken away.

Chen Sheng confronted Guo Yang and two Dog-faced Men, quickly killing the two accomplices and overwhelming Guo Yang with his speed and Five Elements Fist. As Guo Yang tried to win by trading injuries, Chen Sheng began using the Breathing Technique.

• Guo Yang and the two Dog-faced Men attacked Chen Sheng, but Chen Sheng caught one Dog-faced Man and smashed him into the ground, killing him.
• Guo Yang entered the Breathing Technique state and attacked Chen Sheng alongside the remaining Dog-faced Man.
• Chen Sheng dodged Guo Yang's claws, struck him in the ribs, and killed the remaining Dog-faced Man with a claw across the neck.
• Chen Sheng landed a rapid series of Five Elements Fist strikes that badly injured Guo Yang.
• Guo Yang seized Chen Sheng's shoulder and tried to claw through his palm toward his heart, but Chen Sheng began inhaling in preparation to enter the Breathing Technique state.

Chen Sheng entered the Breathing Technique state and defeated Guo Yang, forcing him to reveal his ties to the Mysterious Organization and Hai XianSheng. After Guo Yang tried to shoot him, Chen Sheng killed him and told Zhou Li he had protected him.

• Chen Sheng entered the Breathing Technique state, overpowered Guo Yang, and demanded answers.
• Guo Yang confessed that he had targeted Chen Sheng because he suspected Chen Sheng knew about Junior Sister Li's killer and possessed a Breathing Technique and spirit medicine.
• Guo Yang said Hai XianSheng had left Fuhai Province and warned that he was an Entering Realm Martial Artist.
• Guo Yang begged for mercy while secretly reaching for a handgun, but Chen Sheng severed his hand before he could fire.
• Chen Sheng killed Guo Yang and told Zhou Li that he had protected him.

After Chen Sheng disposed of the bodies and cleaned the backyard, he asked Zhou Li how to enter the Martial Arts Tournament. Zhou Li warned him about stronger, better-resourced fighters, but Chen Sheng remained determined, and Zhou Li finally agreed to help.

• Chen Sheng bagged the severed limbs, and Zhou Li told him to dump them at a nearby Sewage Treatment Plant and gave him rope to weigh them down.
• Chen Sheng returned with dinner, cleaned the blood from the backyard, and ate with Zhou Li under the moonlight.
• Chen Sheng asked how to sign up for the Martial Arts Tournament, and Zhou Li warned him that exceptional Qi Sense Users and major-school fighters could outmatch him.
• Chen Sheng explained that he wanted the tournament's resources and a chance to advance in the Eagle Body Sect, and said he would surrender if an opponent was too strong.
• Zhou Li finally sighed and agreed to help Chen Sheng sign up.

Chen Sheng learned that the Martial Arts Tournament would begin in three days and prepared to improve his training while caring for the ailing Zhou Li. After Li Chenghu awakened, Chen Sheng visited him in the hospital and recounted a selective account of his recent ordeal, but someone accused him of lying.

• Zhou Li told Chen Sheng that the Martial Arts Tournament would begin in three days and promised to take him to a place that improved training results.
• Chen Sheng supported the sick Zhou Li to bed, practiced the Breathing Technique, and planned to upgrade it after drinking Spirit Herb Soup.
• Chen Sheng learned that Li Chenghu had awakened and went to Jincheng District Central Hospital, where Li Xingwu asked about the missing Guo Yang.
• Chen Sheng arrived bandaged and limping, then told Li Chenghu and the others how he had escaped the Mysterious Black-Clad Man, met Zhou Li, and had his spirit medicine stolen.
• Li Chenghu recognized the attackers' descriptions as connected to the Mysterious Organization and began to suggest moving Chen Sheng into the Martial Security Bureau's family housing.
• An unidentified person interrupted Li Chenghu and accused Chen Sheng of lying.

Li Xingwu accused Chen Sheng of lying about his strength, but Li Chenghu sent him away and later heard Chen Sheng’s confession about killing members of the Mysterious Organization. Li Chenghu let Chen Sheng leave, warning him not to take the wrong path, while Chen Sheng departed with his true intentions concealed.

• Li Xingwu challenged Chen Sheng’s claim that he had escaped a Transforming Force martial artist, but Li Chenghu ordered him and the others to leave the hospital room.
• Chen Sheng inspected Wu Ran’s Attribute Panel and found that his strength and skills far exceeded what he had expected.
• Li Chenghu asked whether Chen Sheng knew Li Qian was dead, and Chen Sheng said Guo Yang had told him.
• Chen Sheng showed Li Chenghu his Breathing Technique form and confessed to killing the Pig-face Man, the Faceless Man, the Wang Family Brothers, and two Dog-faced Men.
• Li Chenghu told Chen Sheng to leave and warned him not to become a wanted criminal, and Chen Sheng left the hospital with his calm expression restored.

Chen Sheng avoided Li Xingwu and left the hospital, then met Zhou Li at Yinghui Grocery Store to depart for a remote training destination. Wu Ran ignored Li Xingwu’s request to investigate Guo Yang’s disappearance and focused on practicing instead.

• Chen Sheng slipped out of the hospital through a fire exit and headed toward Gangcheng District.
• Wu Ran told Li Xingwu that Chen Sheng had left, then agreed to check for Guo Yang while secretly choosing to train in a park instead.
• Chen Sheng returned to Yinghui Grocery Store, where Zhou Li told him to pack for a training trip fifty kilometers away.
• Chen Sheng and Zhou Li closed the store and met a scarred, chubby driver, who took them in a black sedan.
• Zhou Li said the trip would help Chen Sheng improve his Eagle’s Breath and strength for the Martial Arts Tournament, and the two bickered on the way.

Chen Sheng traveled with Zhou Li to a secluded valley where Zhou Li’s ancestral village once stood. After Chen Sheng found that practicing Eagle Body Skill near the waterfall improved his training, Zhou Li pointed out that the waterfall itself was where he would truly cultivate.

• Chen Sheng and Zhou Li rode with a silent fat driver through the woods, then continued on foot to a valley with a massive waterfall and an abandoned Wooden House.
• Zhou Li unlocked the house, and he and Chen Sheng cleaned it before setting up a campfire beside the waterfall.
• Zhou Li explained that the houses above the waterfall marked Zhou Family Village, where he had grown up and watched his father practice martial arts.
• Zhou Li told Chen Sheng to practice Eagle Body Skill near the waterfall, where Chen Sheng noticed his body strengthened faster and used stamina more slowly.
• Zhou Li called that training an appetizer and pointed toward the waterfall as Chen Sheng’s true cultivation site.

Zhou Li told Chen Sheng that his village and family had mysteriously drowned, and Chen Sheng promised to investigate if he could. Meanwhile, Wu Ran concealed how far he had advanced in Tiger Leopard Thunder Sound and planned to use the Martial Arts Tournament to gain influence and pursue stronger martial arts, leaving Chen Sheng’s disappearance unresolved.

• Zhou Li told Chen Sheng that everyone in his village except him and the absent driver had drowned without any water nearby, and that nothing living had appeared in the woods since.
• Chen Sheng promised to investigate the deaths if he got the chance, then carried Zhou Li up the cliff by leaping along its face.
• Wu Ran reported that Yinghui Grocery Store was closed, and Li Xingwu took this as evidence that Chen Sheng had fled after Guo Yang’s disappearance.
• Wu Ran told Li Xingwu he was close to the second level of Tiger Leopard Thunder Sound and needed spiritual medicine to win the Martial Arts Tournament and secure help investigating Chen Sheng.
• After Li Xingwu left to seek medicine, Wu Ran revealed that he had already passed the second level and was using the tournament to attract powerful backers and learn stronger martial arts.