Recaps

Zhang Guangmu and the others learned more about Earth’s preparations against the hostile Duo Civilization and underwent tests for Transcendent abilities and erosion. The chapter ended with Li Zhou presenting a powerful blue nutritional paste as the club’s “Scientific Bigu Pill,” while onlookers eyed Zhang Guangmu as if he were about to compete in an eating contest.

• Li Zhou explained that Earth had created the Earth's Will and its Sub-plane Prison using Spiritual Wisdom Essence, and that the Sub-plane Prison could serve as an escape route if Earth lost its coming battle against the Duo Civilization.
• Li Zhou led Zhang Guangmu, Mooncake, Zhao Zhengrong, Li Xiaoxiao, Chu Fan, Tang Lanshan, Luo Zhuan, and Jiang Ling through Transcendent testing, which showed that Mooncake and Li Xiaoxiao had awakened abilities while the others remained ordinary.
• The tests revealed that Mooncake’s erosion consumed fat, Li Xiaoxiao had a mild but unusual condition, and Zhang Guangmu’s erosion caused drowsiness that his exceptional physical and mental strength could offset.
• Li Zhou showed Zhang Guangmu and the others Deep Blue Nutritional Paste, explaining that it could nourish newly awakened Transcendents and help strengthen their abilities.
• The club members watched Zhang Guangmu with the eager expressions of spectators anticipating an eating contest.

Zhang Guangmu and the other club members tested Deep Blue Nutritional Paste aboard the Endless warship, and Zhang Guangmu’s extraordinary appetite brought a major boost to his body and fire ability. The chapter left him sensing that Usable Ability Points had been credited.

• Zhang Guangmu drank a Scientific Bigu Pill and reported feeling more energetic as he demonstrated his colorful flame to Li Zhou.
• Li Zhou offered Deep Blue Nutritional Paste to the group, and Chu Fan, Tang Lanshan, Luo Zhuan, Jiang Ling, Zhao Zhengrong, and Li Xiaoxiao consumed varying amounts.
• Li Xiaoxiao used his flying sword to absorb five tubes of paste, while Mooncake drank one tube before returning to her fish.
• Zhang Guangmu ate thirteen tubes, then felt the paste strengthen his body and raise his flame’s maximum temperature to 3,000 degrees Celsius.
• Zhang Guangmu felt the familiar sensation of Usable Ability Points being credited.

Inside the space station, Zhang Guangmu demonstrated a fire-based ability and gained a Usable Ability Point from a scroll depicting his creation of the underworld. Li Xiaoxiao failed to move him with a sword-control ability, leaving their potential combined attack untested.

• Zhang Guangmu formed a book of fire, and its visible flames displayed Chu Fan declaring himself the galaxy’s only Brother Fan.
• Chu Fan mistook the message for Zhang Guangmu’s praise and vowed to become the Xuanlong Gun God.
• Zhang Guangmu saw a scroll of himself creating the underworld and Six Paths of Reincarnation, gained one Usable Ability Point, and recognized the annotation as a joke linking two stories.
• Li Zhou praised Zhang Guangmu’s control and endurance, estimating that he was at least a two-star Transcendent.
• Li Xiaoxiao revealed that his sword-control ability could not move Zhang Guangmu, whose great weight thwarted his attempt to test a combined finishing move.

Zhang Guangmu and Li Xiaoxiao completed preliminary testing at the Transcendent Club and met Lin An, the Demon Emperor, who hoped to work with them against the Duo Civilization. The chapter ended with Zhang Guangmu and Li Xiaoxiao entering the Special Grade No. 1 Testing Hall for their final tests as onlookers eagerly awaited their results.

• Zhang Guangmu realized Li Xiaoxiao's sword-control ability had failed to move him because his weight had increased after taking Scientific Bigu Pills, and he demonstrated that his flames could propel him through the air.
• Lin An, the top-ranked Demon Emperor, introduced himself to Zhang Guangmu and proposed that they give their all in this year's Path of the Great Emperor and unite against the Duo Civilization.
• Li Zhou warned Zhang Guangmu that Lin An was formidable despite his easy-to-overlook manner, then led the group to the final testing segment.
• Zhang Guangmu learned that Zhao Zhengrong's awakening progress had reached sixty-five percent, and Zhao said he hoped to awaken only after the Path of the Great Emperor ended.
• Li Zhou explained that the testing hall's observation windows and data collection could be shut off with the safe password 'Profound Dragon,' but Zhang Guangmu was comfortable being watched.
• Zhang Guangmu and Li Xiaoxiao entered the testing hall as the gathered club members cheered and awaited their final test results.

Zhang Guangmu and Li Xiaoxiao entered a vast xianxia-style supernatural assessment zone, where Zhang Guangmu explained the limits imposed by Earth's encrypted supernatural system. He resolved to perform well and ended the chapter by summoning black flame wings before a mountain blocking their path.

• Zhang Guangmu, Li Xiaoxiao, and the sleeping Mooncake entered Transcendent Detection Zone No. 1 and followed its glowing navigation arrow.
• Zhang Guangmu warned Li Xiaoxiao to stay alert, and Li Xiaoxiao quickly became vigilant after remembering Zhang Guangmu's teasing.
• Zhang Guangmu explained that Earth's supernatural system was locked and encrypted, making it difficult to understand or expand his abilities through conventional means.
• Zhang Guangmu told Li Xiaoxiao that he could still become stronger through the Book of Acting and promised that others might share in his success.
• Zhang Guangmu spotted a huge mountain blocking the road, called out “Flame Wings,” and manifested a pair of pitch-black flaming wings.

Zhang Guangmu and Li Xiaoxiao climbed a heavenly staircase lined with increasingly dangerous Composite Beasts, with Zhang Guangmu showing off his black-flame wings and Flame Flying Swords. When Li Xiaoxiao nearly exhausted himself with only five percent of the climb remaining, Zhang Guangmu stopped to rest and appeared with a huge bundle woven from solid black flame.

• Zhang Guangmu flew toward the mountaintop on black-flame wings while Li Xiaoxiao followed on his sword, and they discussed whether Li could treat the air as a sword.
• At the peak, Zhang Guangmu and Li Xiaoxiao found a jade staircase guarded by Immortal Birds and demonic beasts, which proved to be technological Composite Beasts.
• Li Xiaoxiao fought the beasts with his flying sword while Zhang Guangmu used a Flame Flying Sword, changing its form into ten famous swords as they advanced.
• The Composite Beasts grew stronger, and Li Xiaoxiao lost two fingers to a laser before admitting that he was nearly out of strength.
• With the final five percent of the staircase ahead, Zhang Guangmu agreed to rest, vanished in a golden blaze, and returned carrying a bundle woven from more than a thousand strands of solid black flame.

Zhang Guangmu and Li Xiaoxiao rode a ghost-fire war chariot through the Composite Beasts to the top of the Sky Ladder, where they faced the final test: a Chi You Hao mobile suit. Li Zhou explained that Zhang Guangmu only needed to demonstrate his abilities in combat, not defeat the machine.

• Zhang Guangmu assembled a war chariot from Composite Beast parts, and he and Li Xiaoxiao raced up the Sky Ladder while he used fire abilities and an eyeball to shoot down their attackers.
• The war chariot fell apart after carrying Zhang Guangmu, Li Xiaoxiao, and Mooncake to a vast platform above the clouds.
• Li Xiaoxiao recognized the enormous Chi You Hao and feared the test was cruel, while Zhao Zhengrong, Jiang Ling, and Luo Zhuan reacted with alarm at the observation room.
• Tang Lanshan divined that Zhang Guangmu was not in danger, and Chu Fan insisted that the Chi You Hao would not be enough to test him.
• Li Zhou explained that the Chi You Hao had no weapons and would avoid vital areas, then told Zhang Guangmu that his final rating would depend on his combat performance, not on winning.

Zhang Guangmu used Mooncake’s Transcendent power to defeat the downgraded Chi You Hao in the Number One Heaven testing room. Afterward, he focused on caring for Mooncake, and the Transcendent Level Certificate arrived with her milk and test reports.

• Li Xiaoxiao tested Chi You Hao’s abilities, was gravely injured, and was teleported away for treatment.
• Mooncake woke on Zhang Guangmu’s shoulder and lent him her Transcendent: Fire power, boosting his strength.
• Zhang Guangmu exploited Chi You Hao’s attack blind spots and oxygen strategy while landing punches that secretly planted firepower inside its armor.
• Zhang Guangmu detonated the accumulated firepower with his final punch, destroying Chi You Hao’s main control chip and winning the test.
• Mooncake shrank to a tiny form, and Zhang Guangmu asked Li Zhou to find cat milk for her.
• Warm cat milk, test reports, and Zhang Guangmu’s Transcendent Level Certificate arrived in the lounge.

Zhang Guangmu received his Pillar-level Transcendent certificate, learned how Tian Guang's Flame had changed his body, and chose to make his identity public. At Chu Fan and Jiang Ling's birthday banquet, Li Zhou presented him with the choice as the story turned toward a new script.

• Zhang Guangmu received his certificate naming his ability Tian Guang's Flame and read the encrypted report describing his energy-storing cells and immense physical strength.
• Zhang Guangmu joked that Tian Guang's Flame meant he would never tan, while Li Xiaoxiao explained that her sword ability and nanorobots let her recover rapidly from severe injuries.
• Li Xiaoxiao worried that powerful Transcendents might misuse their abilities, and Li Zhou reassured her that the empire had monitoring systems and a safety list.
• Zhang Guangmu hosted a birthday banquet for Chu Fan and Jiang Ling, where Cao Guan brought a new script and Li Zhou offered him a choice about concealing his ability rating.
• Zhang Guangmu decisively chose to make his personal information and Pillar-level rating public.

Zhang Guangmu attended a banquet where he agreed to make his identity public and affirmed that he would defend Earth Civilization. As the celebration ended, Cao Guan unveiled a new script and invited everyone to participate.

• Zhang Guangmu agreed to be publicly identified as a Pillar-level Transcendent, and Li Zhou promised to seek a discount on the banquet and praised his earlier fight with Chi You Hao.
• Li Zhou announced that he had secured safe slots aboard the Endless for everyone, including Mooncake, then asked whether Zhang Guangmu would fight for Earth Civilization; Zhang Guangmu answered that he would not hesitate.
• Cao Guan drew inspiration from the group’s discussion of supernatural powers and began writing a script.
• Li Zhou got drunk at the banquet, while the Brilliant Starlight Band performed and Chu Fan thanked Zhang Guangmu for arranging the appearance.
• Zhang Guangmu gave Jiang Ling a hand-copied Baopuzi and checked his information, which showed a monthly subsidy of 400 Dragon Shields.
• Cao Guan presented his new script, “Sword, Fame, and Fortune,” and invited everyone to take part.

Cao Guan recruited most of the Endless warship’s crew for his new film, Swords, Fame, and Fortune, while Zhang Guangmu considered the coming dangers of The Path of the Great Emperor. Two days after the birthday banquet, Zhang Guangmu and Mooncake arrived as filming began.

• Cao Guan pitched Swords, Fame, and Fortune, and Zhang Guangmu agreed to join while Jiang Ling and Luo Zhuan rested before The Path of the Great Emperor.
• Cao Guan recruited the other available Endless warship crew members, and Zhang Guangmu reflected on audience resistance to tragic films and his expectations for the coming production.
• Cao Guan explained that the Subconscious General Bureau had classified film scripts as top-secret, and Zhang Guangmu accepted that Duo Civilization would keep The Path of the Great Emperor’s script hidden.
• Zhang Guangmu learned that the band had performed for free because its members were his fans or fans of the crew, and he gave them signed Tian Guang Camp cards.
• Two days later, Zhang Guangmu carried Mooncake from a flying car as filming began on Swords, Fame, and Fortune.

Zhang Guangmu arrived for filming and met Lin An, then ignored Hans Dekson’s threats before entering the Infiltration Pod. The new film began with Zhang Guangmu playing a debtor hunted over a Spirit Sword Loan, where he approached Chu Fan in a park.

• Zhang Guangmu reviewed his finances and reflected on his growing career, his medical debt, and Earth’s war.
• Lin An greeted Zhang Guangmu and praised his rise, saying he looked forward to his performance in the film.
• Zhao Zhengrong, Tang Lanshan, Li Xiaoxiao, Chu Fan, and the other cast members arrived and prepared to enter their Infiltration Pods.
• Jonah Ackerman and Hans Dekson arrived late; Hans challenged Zhang Guangmu, but Zhang ignored him and entered his pod with Mooncake.
• Jonah criticized Hans for losing his composure and making threats after Zhang Guangmu was safely inside the pod.
• The film began with Zhang Guangmu telling Chu Fan that debt collectors were hunting him because he could not repay his Spirit Sword Loan.

Zhang Guangmu, starving and unable to move his legs, convinced Chu Fan to help him by revealing his high-level spinal cord injury. After eating, he vowed to repay Chu Fan and the people hunting him; the chapter ended with him spotting an unfamiliar purple-eyed boy carrying a spirit sword.

• Zhang Guangmu asked Chu Fan for money for food and explained that he had not eaten in three days.
• Chu Fan initially dismissed Zhang Guangmu as a lazy beggar, but believed his spinal injury after testing his stiff legs.
• Chu Fan bought Zhang Guangmu four meat buns and soy milk, which quickly restored some of his strength.
• Zhang Guangmu resolved to repay Chu Fan and protect his benefactor from the people hunting him.
• After reading the Little White Balls’ comments, Zhang Guangmu focused on recovering his mobility and noticed a handsome, purple-eyed boy carrying a spirit sword.

Zhang Guangmu manipulated Lin Zitong, the second son of Demon Emperor Sword Lin An, into believing he might be a hidden sword master. Lin Zitong lent him his Spirit Sword as a test, ready to haul him to the police if he proved to be a fraud.

• Lin Zitong brooded over his weaker Sword Dao talent and his father's neglect as he walked through the park.
• Zhang Guangmu teased Lin Zitong, claimed he could teach him sword moves, and let the boy mistake him for a possible hidden master.
• Lin Zitong examined Zhang Guangmu and discovered his paralysis and the Spirit Sword Power damaging his spine, which made him reconsider his assumptions.
• Lin Zitong suspected Zhang Guangmu might teach him an extraordinary technique if given a Spirit Sword, so he offered his own to test whether Zhang Guangmu could control it.

Zhang Guangmu borrowed Lin Zitong’s Purple Mist Sword and improvised a sword technique while pretending to be a peerless expert. Lin Zitong watched the demonstration and believed he had grasped it, leaving his next move unclear.

• Zhang Guangmu told Lin Zitong that swordsmen could improve through either instinctive combat or perseverance, and Lin Zitong chose the latter path.
• Zhang Guangmu seized the Purple Mist Sword, awakened its purple power, and realized spirit swords served as their wielders’ source of supernatural strength.
• Zhang Guangmu used his Driving 3 ability to understand the sword’s power and decided to improvise a technique using what he remembered from sword-practice videos.
• Lin Zitong grew nervous as he watched Zhang Guangmu wield the Purple Mist Sword and unleash brilliant purple sword light against a giant tree.
• Lin Zitong declared that he had seen everything clearly.

Zhang Guangmu impressed Lin Zitong with a sword technique that Lin named the Guangmu Sword Technique, then left him the Purple Mist Sword and asked him to handle the damage to the grove. After tending to his needs and cleaning up in the park, Zhang Guangmu walked away on his new crutches while Lin Zitong insisted on repaying his guidance.

• Lin Zitong recognized the depth of Zhang Guangmu's sword technique and was thrilled when Zhang Guangmu praised his intuition.
• Lin Zitong admitted he had memorized only about thirty percent of the moves, then asked what the technique was called.
• Zhang Guangmu let Lin Zitong name the technique, and Lin called it the Guangmu Sword Technique.
• Zhang Guangmu handed Lin Zitong the Purple Mist Sword, took the crutches Lin had retrieved, and left to use the public restroom and wash in the fountain.
• Lin Zitong followed Zhang Guangmu and offered to repay him, and Zhang Guangmu told him to handle the mess in the grove.

Zhang Guangmu agreed to teach Lin Zitong one more time after manipulating him into accepting their connection would then end. Meanwhile, Chu Fan returned to the empty Feihong Club, called it a tomb, and was rebuked by Li Xiaoxiao for giving up.

• Lin Zitong begged Zhang Guangmu for a chance to repay him and declared his resolve to pursue the Sword Dao.
• Zhang Guangmu told Lin Zitong to bring an ordinary Water Spirit Sword and promised to teach him once more before ending their connection.
• Zhang Guangmu left for the Feihong Swordsmanship Club and told Lin Zitong not to follow him.
• Chu Fan returned to the deserted Feihong Club and lamented that the place was an empty tomb.
• Li Xiaoxiao confronted Chu Fan and mocked him for losing heart over the club's financial troubles and lack of talent.

Chu Fan and Li Xiaoxiao weighed the Feihong Sect’s desperate options as debt threatened to end the club. Zhang Guangmu arrived offering a third path: he would join as a swordsman and try to secure ten victories in the Top Swordsmanship League.

• Chu Fan admitted that the Feihong Swordsmanship Club was collapsing under debt and the loss of its members, but refused to sell its league qualification.
• Li Xiaoxiao proposed sealing the mountain gate for a year so the sect could rebuild, but Chu Fan feared the bank would auction its assets because of its debts.
• Zhang Guangmu arrived to repay Chu Fan’s kindness and proposed joining Feihong as a swordsman, aiming for ten cumulative league victories to prevent its demotion.
• Li Xiaoxiao grew suspicious of Zhang Guangmu, while another voice in his mind warned that the stranger might have come to take revenge.

Zhang Guangmu tried to join the struggling Feihong Swordsmanship Club, but Li Xiaoxiao doubted his readiness while Chu Fan learned about his severe injury and dangerous past. As Chu Fan spoke with Zhang Guangmu, an unfamiliar youth with dark violet eyes appeared at the doorway.

• Li Xiaoxiao challenged Zhang Guangmu's plan to help Feihong win ten Top Swordsmanship League matches, citing his poor movement technique and lack of a spirit sword.
• Zhang Guangmu calmly accepted that his movement was a weakness and said he had a way to address it soon.
• Chu Fan welcomed Zhang Guangmu and learned that a criminal gang had hunted him after he witnessed a murder, leaving him with a High-level Spinal Cord Injury.
• Zhang Guangmu encouraged Chu Fan to view Feihong's departed members as a chance to start the club over from scratch.
• Chu Fan noticed an unfamiliar youth with dark violet eyes standing in the doorway.

Lin Zitong brought Zhang Guangmu the prized Mirage Sword and asked to become his disciple, while Chu Fan grew impressed by Zhang Guangmu’s resolve and offered to examine his injury. Chu Fan discovered that Zhang Guangmu’s spinal injury was caused by an expert’s destructive Spirit Sword Power and triggered severe pain every two hours.

• Lin Zitong presented Zhang Guangmu with the Mirage Sword and revealed that he wanted to become his disciple.
• Lin Zitong bowed, kowtowed, and said he would prepare a discipleship letter and the Six Rites of Etiquette.
• Zhang Guangmu told Chu Fan he planned to survive, take revenge on those hunting him, and become the Emperor of Swordsmanship.
• Moved by Zhang Guangmu’s determination, Chu Fan offered to use his medical skills and Rainbow Light Sword to examine him.
• Chu Fan found that Zhang Guangmu’s High-level Spinal Cord Injury came from an expert’s residual Spirit Sword Power and caused intense pain every two hours.

Zhang Guangmu used Chu Fan’s spirit sword to treat his damaged spine, then began using the Mirage Sword to reconnect his nerves and regain control of his body. Chu Fan invited him to become Feihong’s direct disciple, while Lin Zitong insisted Zhang could master the sword in seven days; the chapter ended as someone stopped Chu Fan from cooking and told him to be a “Starving Ghost” instead.

• Chu Fan used the Rainbow Light Sword to draw out the alien Spirit Sword Power in Zhang Guangmu’s spine, exhausting himself in the process.
• Lin Zitong praised Chu Fan’s precision and healing ability, then presented Zhang Guangmu with the Mirage Sword.
• Zhang Guangmu used the Mirage Sword’s Water Spirit Sword Power to reconnect damaged nerves and began regaining movement in his toes.
• Chu Fan offered to accept Zhang Guangmu as his junior disciple and grant him access to Feihong’s secret sword techniques.
• Lin Zitong claimed Zhang Guangmu needed only seven days to reach Spirit Sword Control, and Zhang continued studying the Mirage Sword.
• As Chu Fan offered to cook dinner, someone blocked his way and told him to be a Starving Ghost instead.

Mu Youhai and MacGarde attacked Chu Fan and Zhang Guangmu at the Feihong base, but Zhang Guangmu used the Mirage Sword to fill the medical room with mist and illusions. MacGarde killed Mu Youhai by mistake, then realized too late that his target had been a deception.

• Mu Youhai and MacGarde blocked the medical-room exit, revealed themselves as Feihong traitors, and threatened Chu Fan and Zhang Guangmu.
• Lin Zitong announced his family ties and loyalty to Zhang Guangmu, but MacGarde knocked him unconscious.
• Zhang Guangmu rose from his chair and used the Mirage Sword to fill the room with thick mist and distort everyone's perceptions.
• MacGarde charged through the fog and attacked the figure he believed was Zhang Guangmu, fatally slitting Mu Youhai's throat.
• MacGarde recognized Mu Youhai's face beneath the illusion and realized he had killed his companion.

Zhang Guangmu used the Mirage Sword’s mist to defeat the traitors MacGarde and Mu Youhai, though MacGarde died before revealing his employer. Li Xiaoxiao recognized Zhang Guangmu’s Five Senses Manipulation, while Zhang Guangmu described a more advanced version of the technique as only slightly difficult to develop.

• MacGarde tried to escape Zhang Guangmu’s mist, then surrendered, but a hidden poison killed him before he could identify the person behind the mission.
• Zhang Guangmu dispersed the mist and claimed MacGarde had been poisoned, while Chu Fan realized Zhang Guangmu had ended the crisis without drawing his sword.
• Li Xiaoxiao returned to Feihong, witnessed the fight, and praised Zhang Guangmu’s Spirit Sword Skill as exceptionally refined.
• Chu Fan left to make dinner and worried that the Feihong Sect might not be able to keep Zhang Guangmu, whose talent far exceeded what the sect could offer.
• Li Xiaoxiao guessed that Zhang Guangmu’s real ability was Five Senses Manipulation, and Zhang Guangmu explained how the Mirage Sword’s mist interfered with neural senses and could be improved further.

Zhang Guangmu explained the Unbroken swordsmanship realm to Li Xiaoxiao, who then offered to promote him ahead of the Golden Autumn Sword Competition Festival. After Lin Zitong woke and recognized the slain attackers, the group shared a meal before Feihong Sect’s electricity was cut off over unpaid bills.

• Li Xiaoxiao realized that Zhang Guangmu’s spirit-sword mist had defeated Mu Youhai and MacGarde, and recognized his swordsmanship as the advanced realm called Unbroken.
• Li Xiaoxiao told Zhang Guangmu that the Golden Autumn Sword Competition Festival was about ten days away and promised to build momentum for his debut in the Top Swordsmanship League.
• Lin Zitong woke, recognized Mu Youhai and MacGarde’s corpses, and became impressed by Zhang Guangmu’s strength.
• Chu Fan finished cooking, and Zhang Guangmu, Li Xiaoxiao, Lin Zitong, and Chu Fan gathered to eat despite the bodies nearby.
• The electricity went out because Feihong Sect had not paid its bill, and Li Xiaoxiao considered taking another short-term job to cover the expenses.

Chu Fan gave Zhang Guangmu an unrestricted top-level contract, then handled the aftermath of Mu Youhai and MacGarde’s deaths and secured their spirit swords as Zhang Guangmu’s property. With the Feihong Sect facing a severe cash shortage, Chu Fan and Li Xiaoxiao struggled to keep the club running until Zhang Guangmu returned with a rising financial talent.

• Chu Fan offered Zhang Guangmu a Class A top-level swordsman contract with the same terms as Li Xiaoxiao’s and opened the Feihong Secret Swordsmanship to him.
• Chu Fan arranged for officials to treat Mu Youhai and MacGarde’s deaths as the result of a dispute, then ensured their spirit swords were registered as Zhang Guangmu’s property.
• Chu Fan told Li Xiaoxiao that Feihong had only ninety-three yuan left and no ingredients, while the Little White Balls commented on the club’s poverty.
• Li Xiaoxiao borrowed money, but debt collectors legally took the funds before he could use them.
• Chu Fan and Li Xiaoxiao agreed they needed a financial professional, and Zhang Guangmu returned with a rising financial talent.