Chapter Summaries

Chen Sheng trained beneath the waterfall, adapting to its freezing, crushing current until he could enter a stronger Breathing Technique state. Afterward, he waited with Zhou Li for the Spirit Herb Soup, his attributes surpassing 10 as he prepared for the next stage of training.

• Zhou Li tied Chen Sheng to a boulder and sent him onto a rock beneath the waterfall to practice the Breathing Technique.
• Chen Sheng endured the current for half an hour, adjusted his breathing, and returned to the Breathing Technique state with greater strength.
• Chen Sheng rose beneath the waterfall and continued training for an hour and a half while Zhou Li prepared the Spirit Herb Soup.
• Zhou Li collapsed from coughing, but insisted on staying until the soup was ready, and Chen Sheng covered him with his shirt.
• Chen Sheng checked his panel and saw that all his attributes had exceeded 10 and he had enough Skill Points to upgrade the Harpy Breathing Technique.

Chen Sheng drank the Spirit Herb Soup and trained under the waterfall, upgrading the Harpy Breathing Technique to its second level and gaining greater strength and eyesight. He resolved to reach the third level before the Martial Arts Tournament.

• Zhou Li told Chen Sheng that an Entering Realm fighter would be difficult to defeat at the Martial Arts Tournament, but Chen Sheng remained eager to test himself.
• Chen Sheng carried Zhou Li down the cliff and returned him to the Wooden House to recover.
• Chen Sheng drank the Spirit Herb Soup and trained beneath the waterfall, using the panel to upgrade the Harpy Breathing Technique to level two.
• The upgrade greatly strengthened Chen Sheng's body and claws and sharpened his vision, though his gaze frightened birds in the sky.
• Chen Sheng decided to reach the Harpy Breathing Technique's third level before the Martial Arts Tournament.

Chen Sheng absorbed the spirit herbs, advanced his Harpy Breathing Technique to level two, and trained through the evening, dramatically increasing his attributes. He returned to the Wooden House and fell asleep, expecting to reach the third level soon, before the Martial Arts Tournament registration began.

• Chen Sheng completed the second level of the Harpy Breathing Technique and found that his muscles had become denser, faster, and stronger.
• Chen Sheng checked his panel and saw his attributes rise substantially, then noted that registration for the Martial Arts Tournament would begin on Wednesday the twenty-second.
• Chen Sheng cooked instant noodles with sausages and eggs, and Zhou Li joined him for dinner before returning to rest.
• Chen Sheng brewed Vitality Soup and trained beneath the waterfall for four hours, raising each of his attributes by another point.
• Chen Sheng cleaned up, returned to the Wooden House, and fell asleep after a full day of training.

Chen Sheng trained under Sun Waterfall while considering an investigation into the abnormal river, but decided to wait until his Breathing Technique improved. At sunset, he spotted two black shadows moving through the distant forest toward him.

• Chen Sheng learned that Zhou Li had searched the river for clues to his family's deaths more than a decade earlier and planned to investigate its depths after training.
• Chen Sheng trained on a stone platform lower down the waterfall, raising his Strength and Constitution to 14.1 and his Agility to 14.9.
• Chen Sheng tested the river's cold and pressure, determined he could safely remain in it for only five minutes, and decided to postpone exploring until his Breathing Technique reached its third level.
• Chen Sheng and Zhou Li ate lunch and traded teasing remarks before Zhou Li went to nap and Chen Sheng returned to training.
• At sunset, Chen Sheng spotted two black shadows darting through the distant forest and lay flat near the cliff to watch them.

Chen Liang and Xu Ying searched for the Celestial's secret treasure and reached the wooden house where Zhou Li was sleeping. After Chen Liang attacked Xu Ying for trying to protect Zhou Li, an unseen arrival warned Chen Liang to leave the old man alone.

• Chen Liang threatened Xu Ying into helping him search for the treasure, revealing his plan to use it to kill their master, Xu Yang, and escape with Xu Ying.
• At the riverbank, Chen Liang ordered Xu Ying to enter the wooden house and kill anyone inside.
• Xu Ying found Zhou Li asleep, hid him beneath the bed, and tried to keep Chen Liang from discovering him.
• Zhou Li shouted for Chen Sheng, drawing Chen Liang into the house; Chen Liang struck Xu Ying aside and grabbed Zhou Li.
• A voice from the doorway warned Chen Liang that touching Zhou Li would get people killed.

Chen Sheng confronted Chen Liang when he threatened Zhou Li, but Chen Liang brutally broke Xu Ying’s limbs and attacked. Chen Sheng defeated Chen Liang and dragged him back into the Wooden House, then asked Xu Ying why they had come.

• Chen Sheng warned Chen Liang not to touch Zhou Li, and Chen Liang turned on him.
• Xu Ying leaped onto Chen Liang to hold him back and urged Chen Sheng to run.
• Chen Liang broke Xu Ying’s limbs and threw him through the Wooden House wall.
• Chen Sheng fought Chen Liang inside the house and beat him until he crawled out, terrified, begging Xu Ying for help.
• Chen Sheng grabbed Chen Liang by the ankle and dragged him back inside, then emerged and asked Xu Ying what they had come for.

Chen Sheng captured Chen Liang and Xu Ying after they broke into the Wooden House, then learned from Xu Ying that Zhou Family Village might hold a celestial being’s Sleeping Land or Sealed Land. Chen Sheng planned to send Chen Liang to investigate the riverbed the next morning, while Xu Ying stayed to eat and answer his questions.

• Chen Sheng dragged the unconscious Xu Ying back inside, chained Chen Liang, and tied him to a rock by the riverbank as a scout.
• Xu Ying woke in terror, repeatedly apologized to Chen Sheng, and later joined Chen Sheng and Zhou Li for noodles.
• Chen Sheng told Zhou Li he would send Chen Liang into the river the next morning, killing him whether he misbehaved or completed the scouting.
• Xu Ying explained that his senior brother believed Zhou Family Village might contain a celestial being’s Sleeping Land or Sealed Land, where spiritual herbs or other gains could be found.
• Xu Ying said his senior brother had learned about Qi Sense Users and celestial beings from strange acquaintances, but knew no more himself.

Chen Sheng perfected the Harpy Breathing Technique, which transformed his body and greatly increased his strength, agility, and constitution. After training beneath the waterfall, he checked on Zhou Li and saw that she was safe, then reviewed his new attributes.

• Chen Sheng spent 21.7 Skill Points to upgrade the Harpy Breathing Technique to its third stage.
• The upgrade caused Chen Sheng intense pain and transformed him into a 2.3-meter-tall figure with streamlined muscles and black, metal-like palms.
• Chen Sheng trained beneath the waterfall, building strength as the shrieks from his movements distressed Xu Ying and Chen Liang.
• Chen Sheng returned to the riverbank, where Xu Ying mistook him for a threatening stranger until he recognized him.
• Chen Sheng checked on Zhou Li, found her sleeping with earplugs, and reviewed his new attributes: Strength 19.8, Agility 21.8, and Constitution 19.7.

After perfecting the Harpy Breathing Technique, Chen Sheng gained Harpy Form and ordered Xu Ying to write down the Rabbit's Breath manual. He forced Chen Liang to search the river for the Celestial Secret Treasure, and Chen Liang discovered a hollow beneath the riverbed soil.

• Chen Sheng's upgrade replaced the Harpy Breathing Technique with Harpy Form, which awakened his full strength and greatly increased his attributes.
• Chen Sheng told Xu Ying to obtain paper and a pen and write down the Rabbit Fist Sect's Breathing Technique; Xu Ying returned with a copy of Rabbit's Breath.
• Chen Sheng chained Chen Liang and repeatedly sent him into the cold river to search for the Celestial Secret Treasure, pulling him up for brief rests.
• Chen Liang noticed bubbles rising from beneath a rock, and Chen Sheng ordered him to move the rock and dig below it.
• Chen Liang dug through the riverbed soil and found a hollow space beneath it.

Chen Sheng entered a frozen cave beyond a blue light screen and found signs that it was a Celestial Being Sealed Land. He and Chen Liang reached a vast cavern filled with ancient humans frozen in ice, all facing an expanse of azure at its deepest point.

• Chen Sheng pushed Chen Liang through the first light screen and used the chain to test whether he could survive in the blue mist.
• After confirming Chen Liang remained alive, Chen Sheng entered the cave and found that breathing its cold mist seemed to accelerate his qi and blood.
• Chen Sheng forced Chen Liang to scout deeper into the cave, where blue patterns thickened and a second light screen blocked the way.
• Chen Sheng inferred that the cave was a Celestial Being Sealed Land and waited five minutes before pulling Chen Liang back through the second screen.
• Chen Sheng and Chen Liang entered the cavern beyond it and saw ancient humans frozen beneath the ice, all facing an azure expanse.

Chen Sheng endured a deadly trial in the Ice Cave, glimpsed an ancient human technique and escaped with Chen Liang's corpse. Back on shore, he discovered he had acquired Profound Darkness True Martial, a skill requiring an enormous amount of proficiency.

• Chen Sheng resisted the pressure and voices in the Ice Cave, while Chen Liang collapsed and knelt.
• The ancient humans' voices comforted Chen Sheng, then their glowing patterns formed an image of a turtle and snake resisting the heavens and drew him into a dangerous breathing rhythm.
• Chen Sheng stopped the breathing rhythm before it killed him, then found that Chen Liang had died and fled the cave with his corpse.
• Chen Sheng concluded that a Celestial was sealed in the crack and that the ancient humans had left a trial, leaving him urgently determined to grow stronger.
• Chen Sheng tied Chen Liang's corpse outside the cave, crushed his head, returned to shore, and found Profound Darkness True Martial on his status panel.

After discovering that a Celestial being was sealed beneath the river and the seal was damaged, Chen Sheng and Zhou Li fled the woods while Xu Ying secured his life by recovering Chen Liang’s corpse and destroying it on camera. Chen Sheng trained with Rabbit’s Breath, and the chapter leaves him arriving at the day of the Martial Arts Tournament.

• Chen Sheng told Zhou Li that a Celestial being was sealed beneath the river and the seal appeared damaged, so Zhou Li urged them to leave at once.
• Xu Ying asked Chen Sheng to spare his life and went into the freezing river to retrieve Chen Liang’s headless corpse.
• Xu Ying recorded himself smashing Chen Liang’s corpse, then pleaded for his life and offered his sect information as proof of loyalty.
• Chen Sheng left Xu Ying to clean up the corpses and departed with Zhou Li, planning to train elsewhere before the tournament.
• Chen Sheng began practicing Rabbit’s Breath, and time passed until the day of the Martial Arts Tournament arrived.

He Qi and He Jiu arrived at the Fuhai Martial Arts Association headquarters for the Martial Arts Tournament, where He Qi encountered Wu Ran, his former disciple, and ordered He Jiu to attack him if they met in the tournament. As registration neared its deadline, an exhausted old man arrived to register the Eagle Body Sect and its participant, Chen Sheng.

• He Qi and He Jiu entered the headquarters, where He Qi registered He Jiu as a Transforming Force, First Stage participant and noticed two distinct groups of sects in the hall.
• Li Xingwu arrived with Wu Ran, and He Qi recognized Wu Ran and left after making a hostile remark.
• He Qi told He Jiu to beat Wu Ran severely if they faced each other in the tournament, while Wu Ran explained that he had left the Crane Fist Sect because its methods were crude.
• Li Xingwu praised Wu Ran for leaving the small sect and encouraged him to focus on the tournament.
• As registration approached its noon deadline, an exhausted old man arrived and asked the staff member to register the Eagle Body Sect and Chen Sheng, claiming their sect leader would arrive shortly.

Zhou Li bribed a tournament staff member to register Chen Sheng for the Eagle Body Sect while Chen Sheng was still training. As Zhou Li waited in the association hall, he met Shi Dazhuang and then woke to the arrival of Fuhai Province Martial Arts Association President Zhou Tairan.

• Zhou Li paid a staff member three thousand yuan to accept Chen Sheng's registration after the deadline and received a security guard's number for bringing Chen Sheng in through a back entrance.
• Zhou Li sent Chen Sheng the security guard's number and settled into a chair to wait, but Chen Sheng did not reply.
• Shi Dazhuang of the Stone Fist Sect greeted Zhou Li and tried to chat, but Zhou Li told him to leave.
• Zhou Li waited in the hall for an hour before Zhou Tairan entered, silencing the crowd and waking Zhou Li.

Zhou Tairan announced the Martial Arts Tournament’s rules and officially started the competition, sending the sects to their assigned areas. As Zhou Li headed to the Grade D area, Bai Tianyi approached him hoping to exploit his apparent weakness, but Zhou Li pretended to be the sect master Shi Dazhuang and challenged him.

• Zhou Tairan silenced the hall, explained the tournament’s advancement and combat rounds, and announced that the tournament had officially begun.
• Staff led the sects to their assigned residential areas, and Zhou Li followed the Grade D procession toward the oldest building.
• Zhou Li noticed the tense competitors around him and saw Shi Dazhuang waving excitedly from the crowd.
• Bai Tianyi of the Snake Fist Sect judged Zhou Li to be an easy opponent and approached him with a courteous act, intending to cripple him and pad his record.
• Zhou Li saw through Bai Tianyi’s intentions, claimed to be Shi Dazhuang, sect master of the Stone Fist Sect, and dared him to fight.

Zhou Li waited anxiously for Chen Sheng while the Martial Arts Tournament began, and Bai Wuyi raced upstairs to challenge him. Bai Wuyi mistakenly entered the Stone Fist Sect’s room and was grabbed by Shi Dazhuang, while Chen Sheng arrived at the Eagle Body Sect’s door, confused by what he had seen.

• Zhou Li noticed the Tier D contestants watching him, messaged Chen Sheng repeatedly to hurry, and entered his room.
• Shi Dazhuang invited Zhou Li to his room for tea, but Zhou Li shut his door in response.
• When the tournament bell rang, Bai Wuyi rushed upstairs to find the Stone Fist Sect’s room and challenge Zhou Li.
• Bai Wuyi entered the Stone Fist Sect’s room and was seized by Shi Dazhuang before he could explain himself.
• Chen Sheng arrived at the Eagle Body Sect’s door and wondered why Bai Wuyi had rushed into the neighboring room.

Chen Sheng arrived at the Eagle Body Sect’s room and learned that advancing to the Tier C Building required eleven wins. When Bai Wuyi challenged him, Chen Sheng defeated him with a single blow, leaving Bai Wuyi embedded in the wall.

• Chen Sheng found Zhou Li waiting nervously in the Eagle Body Sect’s spartan room and heard the first-round rules from him.
• Chen Sheng urged Zhou Li to come with him to the Tier C Building so they could find more comfortable accommodations.
• Bai Wuyi arrived to challenge Zhou Li, unaware that Chen Sheng was the Eagle Body Sect’s participant.
• Bai Wuyi activated Snake’s Breath and prepared to attack Chen Sheng.
• Chen Sheng struck Bai Wuyi into the wall, leaving him unconscious or incapacitated as dust filled the room.

Chen Sheng defeated Bai Wuyi and the challengers in the Tier D area with ease, then advanced to the Tier C area with Zhou Li. He left the tournament grounds looking for stronger opponents to test his abilities.

• Chen Sheng overwhelmed Bai Wuyi, had Zhou Li disguise him, and went outside to confront the waiting sect disciples.
• Chen Sheng dragged Feng Qiang into a room and beat him, then defeated Ding San and the third challenger in turn.
• Zhou Li taunted the three battered challengers as Chen Sheng headed to the fourth floor.
• Chen Sheng challenged and defeated enough people to reach eleven victories, meeting the requirement to advance to the Tier C area.
• Chen Sheng and Zhou Li went downstairs, and Chen Sheng told the staff member they were going to the Tier C area.

Chen Sheng advanced to the Tier C Building and settled in while planning his next challenges; meanwhile, Wu Ran continued dominating opponents in Tier B and aimed for the top zone. Li Xingwu pinned his hopes of avenging Li Qian and finding Guo Yang on Wu Ran.

• A Tier D staff member confirmed that Chen Sheng had won eleven matches and met the promotion requirements, then escorted him and Zhou Li to the Tier C Building.
• Chen Sheng and Zhou Li received a heated two-bedroom room, and Chen Sheng told Zhou Li to rest while he prepared to brew medicinal soup.
• Chen Sheng checked his attributes and practiced Rabbit's Breath as he waited for opponents to arrive.
• Wu Ran defeated Xiao Hui in Tier B, prompting Xiao Hui's master to threaten Xing Wu Martial Arts Hall.
• Wu Ran refused Li Xingwu's offer to rest and headed out to challenge another hall, determined to reach Tier A.
• Li Xingwu reflected on Li Qian's death and Guo Yang's disappearance, resolving to investigate and relying on Wu Ran to help him seek justice.

Chen Sheng upgraded Rabbit's Breath to Perfection, transforming into a towering, immensely muscular form while practicing. Martial Arts Association staff panicked at the surveillance footage and alerted President Zhou Tairan, who recognized Chen Sheng’s state as the result of a perfected Breathing Technique.

• Chen Sheng drank a concentrated batch of Vitality Soup and spent his Skill Points upgrading Rabbit's Breath to Perfection.
• Chen Sheng endured an agonizing transformation, grew nearly three meters tall, and damaged the floor as he practiced.
• Three surveillance staff members saw Chen Sheng’s transformed body and called the Association instead of the police.
• Zhou Tairan arrived at the monitoring room, viewed Chen Sheng on the screen, and recognized his Breathing State as one attainable only after perfecting a Breathing Technique.