Chapter Summaries

Shen Ziming grew impatient while waiting at the lake, but Zhao Zhenfeng prepared to locate the Sealed Land’s entrance. Chen Sheng approached under cover of invisibility and confronted Zhao Zhenfeng, whose first punch sent him flying backward toward the lake.

• Shen considered leaping from the mountain to fight a Power Sect Disciple, then noticed the action beginning at the lake.
• Zhao Zhenfeng ordered Wang He to relay instructions, failed to reach Xiang Zheng and Zhou Zheng, and prepared to search the lake for the Sealed Land’s entrance.
• Chen Sheng used Shen Ziming’s invisibility ability to approach Zhao Zhenfeng, planning to prevent him from entering the Sealed Land first.
• Zhao Zhenfeng sensed Chen Sheng, ordered the armed personnel to stand back, and attacked the hidden figure.
• Chen Sheng activated Black Tortoise Transformation and met Zhao Zhenfeng’s punch with his own, sending Zhao Zhenfeng flying toward the lake.

Chen Sheng fought Zhao Zhenfeng in the rain but could not kill him as his Breathing Technique strengthened and transformed him. After Shen Ziming urged him to enter the Sealed Land, Chen Sheng retreated into the lake, with Zhao Zhenfeng pursuing him.

• Chen Sheng overwhelmed Zhao Zhenfeng with a powerful opening blow, then grabbed his head and slammed him into the ground.
• Zhao Zhenfeng activated his Breathing Technique and fought back as his strength, carapace, and red corrosive light grew, damaging Chen Sheng's fists.
• Shen Ziming told Chen Sheng that he could not beat Zhao Zhenfeng to death and urged him to enter the Sealed Land.
• Chen Sheng stopped attacking and charged toward the lake, with Zhao Zhenfeng leaping out of the crater to chase him.
• Chen Sheng jumped into the lake, and Zhao Zhenfeng followed, only to find that Chen Sheng was nowhere in sight.

The Holy Church launched a second attack while Zhao Zhenfeng pursued the invisible attacker underwater. Wang He helped the defenders kill a Goat-faced Man but was gravely wounded, and Zhao Zhenfeng emerged from the lake to find the forces under siege.

• Shen identified the attacker who fought Zhao Zhenfeng as the Faceless Man and ordered his men to charge.
• Wang He took command of the battered defenders and warned them to stay alert as Holy Church members rushed from the woods.
• Wang He grabbed a Goat-faced Man and held him in place so the armed personnel could shoot and kill him, but the enemy’s strike left Wang He with a fatal-looking wound.
• Zhao Zhenfeng abandoned his underwater pursuit after hearing the fighting on shore and came ashore to face the Holy Church attack.
• Zhao Zhenfeng saw the Martial Security Bureau and Martial Arts Association losing ground and Wang He unconscious, then resented how much the weak hindered the strong.

Zhao Zhenfeng fought through the Holy Church members, but Shen intercepted him to let the others escape into the lake. Zhao Zhenfeng unleashed Nuclear Fist and severed Shen’s arm, yet Shen escaped; Zhao Zhenfeng then entered the lake to pursue the fleeing enemies and the earlier attacker.

• Zhao Zhenfeng charged into the Holy Church formation and killed a Monkey-face Man.
• Shen landed among the Holy Church members and restrained Zhao Zhenfeng while they escaped into the lake.
• Zhao Zhenfeng unleashed Nuclear Fist, blasting a long trench and severing Shen’s arm.
• Shen fled, and Zhao Zhenfeng saw that Martial Arts Association and Martial Security Bureau members lay injured or motionless nearby.
• Zhao Zhenfeng called for rescuers and plunged into the lake to pursue the Holy Church members and the earlier attacker.

Chen Sheng and Shen Ziming entered a Sealed Land beneath the lake, where they fled a lethal storm and encountered the Holy Church and Zhao Zhenfeng. As Zhao Zhenfeng sensed several people nearby and set out to kill everyone but himself, Chen Sheng and Shen Ziming were already moving deeper into the caverns.

• A vortex swallowed Chen Sheng and Shen Ziming at the lake bottom and transported them into a vast cavern covered in murals of ancient humans worshipping a one-eyed, one-legged beast.
• Chen Sheng and Shen Ziming sensed a storm approaching, then escaped through a tunnel as violent wind and lightning swept through the cavern.
• The Goat-faced Man led Holy Church members into the cavern, ordered them to search for the seal, and identified the beast in the mural as a Kui Ox.
• The Goat-faced Man used a wooden chip bestowed by Lord Azure Dragon to withstand the storm, then left to search for the seal.
• Zhao Zhenfeng entered the cavern and used Mountain Beast Gravity to sense nearby creatures; deciding everyone else had to die, he charged toward the tunnel containing four people.

Chen Sheng and Shen Ziming discovered that the blue air currents led toward the Celestial Being Seal and followed one into a cavern, where they encountered a wounded Goat-faced Man and Dog-faced Man. The Goat-faced Man had just arrived while fleeing Zhao Zhenfeng and was startled when Chen Sheng spoke to him.

• Chen Sheng tested the caverns by damaging one, but found the stone pillars restored after he walked through a dark passage.
• Chen Sheng and Shen Ziming ruled out a Dream Realm and inferred that the blue air currents followed a route toward the Celestial Being Seal.
• Chen Sheng let a blue air current carry him through the caverns, and Shen Ziming sensed that they were drawing closer to the seal.
• Chen Sheng heard approaching footsteps mixed with another current and saw a Goat-faced Man and an unconscious, badly injured Dog-faced Man tumble into the cavern.
• The Goat-faced Man used the Dog-faced Man as a shield and worried that Zhao Zhenfeng might catch up before Chen Sheng spoke beside him.

Chen Sheng pretended to be Lord Black Tortoise after the Goat-faced Man mistook his Tortoise Shell Pattern for the Four Saints' sign. He took the Goat-faced Man's protective wooden chip and learned that the Divine Beast Breathing Techniques granted unique authority, leaving the Goat-faced Man exposed to the azure current.

• The Goat-faced Man saw Chen Sheng's Tortoise Shell Pattern, mistook him for Lord Black Tortoise, and knelt before him.
• Chen Sheng played along and questioned why the Goat-faced Man was certain of his identity as they moved through the azure current.
• The Goat-faced Man offered a wooden chip made by Lord Azure Dragon, and Chen Sheng took it, leaving the man unprotected from the wind and lightning.
• Chen Sheng pressed the Goat-faced Man to explain how he recognized him, and the man said each Divine Beast Breathing Technique's authority could be wielded by only one person.

Chen Sheng led the Goat-faced Man through the green currents toward the Celestial Being Seal while questioning him about the Holy Church and the Divine Beast Breathing Technique. As Zhao Zhenfeng arrived in their cavern, Chen Sheng prepared to kill the Goat-faced Man and face the approaching threat.

• Chen Sheng used the wooden chip to shield the Goat-faced Man from the green currents, then made him follow along.
• Chen Sheng and Shen Ziming reached another cavern and heard signs that Zhao Zhenfeng was fighting his way toward the Celestial Being Seal.
• Chen Sheng assessed the growing power and limits of his Black Tortoise Transformation as he prepared for a possible fight with Zhao Zhenfeng.
• Chen Sheng questioned the Goat-faced Man about the Holy Church hierarchy and learned that the Four Saints possessed godlike methods, while the man knew few other secrets.
• Chen Sheng told the Goat-faced Man he was sending him on his way, and Zhao Zhenfeng entered the cavern in a stream of azure air.

Chen Sheng tricked Zhao Zhenfeng into letting him escape with the wooden shard, then prepared to face pursuit by unlocking the second stage of Black Tortoise Transformation. With his Strength now higher than Zhao Zhenfeng’s, Chen Sheng considered launching a sneak attack.

• Chen Sheng recognized Zhao Zhenfeng’s overwhelming stats and tried to retreat, while the Goat-faced Man mistook him for a Holy Church Holy Envoy and challenged Zhao on his behalf.
• Chen Sheng played along with the Goat-faced Man’s claim, took the wooden shard from him, and fled into another cave.
• Zhao Zhenfeng realized Chen Sheng had fooled him, killed the Goat-faced Man, and chased after Chen Sheng through the cave.
• Chen Sheng threw Shen Ziming and the wooden shard ahead so Shen could protect himself, then activated the second stage of Black Tortoise Transformation.
• Chen Sheng grew to nearly three meters tall and raised his Strength to 540, surpassing Zhao Zhenfeng’s as the pursuer drew near.

Chen Sheng overwhelmed Zhao Zhenfeng in the cavern, killed him, and took the vial of blood Zhao Zhenfeng had tried to use. After noticing a lightning-flecked darkness swallowing the corpse, Chen Sheng began smashing the remains to prevent Zhao Zhenfeng from returning.

• Zhao Zhenfeng charged into the cavern and attacked, but Chen Sheng caught his punch and countered with the Black Tortoise Transformation.
• Chen Sheng battered Zhao Zhenfeng against the stone wall while a strange force pinned him in place, then tore off his arm as he reached for a vial of the Force Sect Master's blood.
• Chen Sheng took the vial and continued punching Zhao Zhenfeng, ignoring his threats and desperate call for Venerable Elder, until he crushed Zhao Zhenfeng's head.
• Chen Sheng noticed the darkness behind the stone wall swallowing Zhao Zhenfeng's headless corpse and decided to destroy the remains.
• Chen Sheng concentrated his strength in his arms and began raining punches on Zhao Zhenfeng's body.

After defeating Zhao Zhenfeng, Chen Sheng was trapped in a cave by spreading Black Liquid and confronted by the mysterious Venerable Elder. As Venerable Elder crushed him for refusing to become his slave, lightning erupted from the Black Liquid and drove the old man’s avatar away.

• Chen Sheng recovered from Black Tortoise Transformation and found Zhao Zhenfeng’s body replaced by a patch of strange darkness.
• Shen Ziming suggested the darkness was a protective layer left behind by the humans who built the Sealed Land.
• Black Liquid spread across the cave as Chen Sheng tried to escape, and a white-haired old man appeared before him.
• Venerable Elder sealed the exits, accused Chen Sheng of killing Zhao Zhenfeng, and demanded that he become his slave.
• Chen Sheng refused Venerable Elder’s offer, so Venerable Elder used an invisible force to crush him.
• Lightning burst from the Black Liquid, shattered Venerable Elder’s barrier, and forced his avatar to vanish.

Chen Sheng woke as Shen Ziming carried him through the caverns, fleeing Venerable Elder with the help of the Black Liquid. He discovered that much of his body had been replaced by the liquid, and the two entered a pitch-black passage after it, falling into an unknown place.

• Chen Sheng woke on Shen Ziming’s shoulder and learned that Venerable Elder was still pursuing them, while the Black Liquid led them through the caverns.
• Chen Sheng saw that his arms and legs had been replaced in large part by Black Liquid, and Shen Ziming explained that Venerable Elder had destroyed more than half his body before the liquid connected to him and began restoring him.
• Chen Sheng noticed Shen Ziming was badly wounded and missing his right arm, but stayed still so as not to burden him as they fled through rising water and past glowing herbs.
• Shen Ziming followed the Black Liquid into a dark passage after their route ended, and both men suddenly began falling through the darkness.
• Shen Ziming grabbed Chen Sheng’s liquid arm and pulled him close, while Chen Sheng told him to wait calmly despite the strange place having almost no qi.

Chen Sheng and Shen Ziming escaped through a submerged corridor and reached a hall containing a massive door surrounded by dangerous lightning. As the Black Liquid and lightning revealed murals of ancient humans and the One-Eyed Giant Bull, the story left them facing the history depicted on the walls.

• Chen Sheng and Shen Ziming fell through darkness into a submerged corridor, where the Black Liquid released them and receded into the bricks.
• The two recovered and walked along the corridor, while Shen Ziming explained that Venerable Elder possessed Celestial Being Cells but was not a Celestial.
• Shen Ziming found and took a glowing green stone-brick Spirit Seed, and he told Chen Sheng that Qi Knot Stones were normally found near the Celestial Being Seal.
• Chen Sheng and Shen Ziming reached a great hall filled with lightning and saw a massive door with lightning plasma churning beyond its crack.
• The lightning climbed the walls as Black Liquid covered the hall floor, revealing murals that showed ancient humans worshipping the One-Eyed Giant Bull, a humanoid creature slaughtering people, and survivors facing the bull beside a pyre of corpses.

Chen Sheng and Shen Ziming explored the murals in the great hall, which showed an ancient tribe’s rise and its chief defeating the One-Eyed Giant Bull. As Venerable Elder approached, the Black Liquid revealed itself as Xiao Hei, who gave Chen Sheng three Qi Knot Stones and said he resembled his master.

• Chen Sheng and Shen Ziming saw murals depicting the survivors rebuilding their tribe, conquering nearby tribes, and defeating the One-Eyed Giant Bull.
• Chen Sheng and Shen Ziming searched the great hall for Qi Knot Stones but found none, then heard Venerable Elder approaching and decided to retreat.
• Xiao Hei rose from the Black Liquid, stopped Chen Sheng and Shen Ziming, and revealed that he was not the ancient Tribal Chief shown in the mural.
• Xiao Hei said Venerable Elder was a Celestial-human mongrel and that he liked Chen Sheng because he resembled his master.
• Xiao Hei gave Chen Sheng three glowing Qi Knot Stones.

Chen Sheng used two Qi Knot Stones to advance his Eye of Truth to Pierce Illusions, gaining the ability to see and manipulate emotions as well as perceive qi. After thanking Xiao Hei, he followed the Tribal Chief’s excited gesture toward the last mural as the Black Liquid began to move.

• Chen Sheng gave Shen Ziming one Qi Knot Stone, which Shen Ziming stored to help remove the remaining Celestial Being Cells in his body.
• Chen Sheng absorbed two Qi Knot Stones and endured a brief bout of pain as his Eye of Truth advanced to Pierce Illusions.
• Chen Sheng discovered that he could see qi and use the new skill to observe, remove, absorb, and manipulate emotions.
• Chen Sheng drew Shen Ziming’s negative emotions away, leaving him calm, then thanked Xiao Hei for the stones.
• Xiao Hei pointed Chen Sheng toward the last mural as the Black Liquid began moving toward it.

Xiao Hei absorbed the lightning in the murals and gave its power to Chen Sheng, who blacked out after taking it. Chen Sheng woke as Xiao Hei led him and Shen Ziming out, while Venerable Elder continued forcing his way toward the Celestial Being Seal.

• Xiao Hei absorbed the lightning covering the murals and condensed it into a sphere, identifying it as his Master's power.
• Chen Sheng trusted Xiao Hei, took the lightning, and immediately lost consciousness.
• Venerable Elder scattered and gathered Xiao Hei's Black Liquid, then destroyed false passages as he advanced toward the Celestial Being Seal.
• Chen Sheng woke after about a minute, and Shen Ziming carried him while they followed Xiao Hei toward the exit.
• Chen Sheng checked his Attribute Panel and discovered a new skill, Thunder Breathing.

Chen Sheng discovered Thunder Breathing on his skill panel and noticed the panel had neatly reformatted its proficiency figures. As the group fled through the corridor, Xiao Hei began to fade and revealed that he intended to leave the Sealed Land with Chen Sheng.

• Chen Sheng found Thunder Breathing on his skill list, then saw the panel simplify the proficiency figures after he wished he could modify it.
• Chen Sheng urged Xiao Hei to hurry as roars and tremors grew stronger in the corridor.
• Chen Sheng noticed Xiao Hei becoming transparent, and Xiao Hei said he was going to die but that a new version of him would appear.
• Xiao Hei told Chen Sheng that he had served a master who died after fighting a glowing person and had been told to guard the Sealed Land.
• Xiao Hei said his master had allowed him to leave once the Celestial Being Seal began leaking, and he chose to go with Chen Sheng.

Chen Sheng escaped the Sealed Land with Shen Ziming and Xiao Hei, but Venerable Elder trapped them again beside a river after repairing the Celestial Being Seal. Venerable Elder demanded that Chen Sheng become his servant, while Shen Ziming tried to persuade him to spare Chen Sheng.

• Chen Sheng used a potion from Zhao Zhenfeng to recover and rushed through the corridor with Shen Ziming and Xiao Hei.
• Chen Sheng and his companions emerged from an underwater passage into a river near the lake as the Sealed Land's anomalies began to fade.
• Chen Sheng tried to flee, but an invisible barrier threw him back, and Venerable Elder appeared with a mass of Black Liquid.
• Venerable Elder demanded that Chen Sheng become his servant and serve humanity, threatening him with overwhelming pressure.
• Shen Ziming invoked his master Sun Yihe and explained that Chen Sheng had killed Zhao Zhenfeng in self-defense, but Venerable Elder said he wanted to restrain Chen Sheng's killing intent and make him serve humanity.

Venerable Elder tried to force Chen Sheng into the Martial Arts Association, but Chen Sheng used Zhao Zhenfeng’s potion and Black Tortoise Transformation to resist. Xiao Hei intervened, halting Venerable Elder’s pressure and leaving Chen Sheng’s Strength at 1032.

• Venerable Elder buried Shen Ziming in the ground and gave Chen Sheng an ultimatum to submit.
• Chen Sheng examined Venerable Elder’s panel and realized that his Celestial Being Cells and Authority explained his overwhelming control.
• Venerable Elder tightened his invisible force around Chen Sheng and prepared to take him back for discipline.
• Chen Sheng swallowed the potion hidden in his mouth and activated the third stage of Black Tortoise Transformation, raising his Strength to 1032.
• Xiao Hei attacked Venerable Elder with Black Liquid and lightning, stopping the force around Chen Sheng from growing stronger.

Chen Sheng fought Venerable Elder’s avatar while trapped inside the barrier, but his strongest attacks could barely break through. With his transformation nearing its limits and escape impossible, Chen Sheng decided to upgrade Thunder Breathing as his last chance to defeat Venerable Elder.

• Chen Sheng broke free of Venerable Elder’s restraints and attacked him in his Black Tortoise Transformation, but Venerable Elder stopped his fist with a barrier.
• Chen Sheng unleashed a barrage of blows that shattered the barrier, forcing Venerable Elder to counter with the Power of Authority.
• Venerable Elder urged Chen Sheng to surrender, arguing that his physical strength and transformation could not change the outcome.
• Chen Sheng rejected Venerable Elder’s offer and opened his status panel, focusing on Thunder Breathing as a possible source of the Power of Authority.
• Chen Sheng declared that he would rather kill himself than lose, then chose to upgrade Thunder Breathing.