Chapter Summaries

Tao Yu consigned three giant bloodline spinal cords for auction and explored the costs of learning Myriad Flow School techniques. He left considering whether he could challenge the dojo to get instruction for free.

• An appraiser examined Tao Yu’s three spinal cords, explained their abilities and life-draining drawbacks, and recommended starting bids for their auction.
• Tao Yu consigned the items for a forty-eight-hour electronic auction and asked the appraiser about learning the Appraisal Technique, but learned it took years of training.
• Tao Yu invited Wang Goudan to a meal but, short on Wish Power, let Wang Goudan pay; Wang Goudan declined a loan because he feared Tao Yu might not repay it.
• Wang Goudan showed Tao Yu a Myriad Flow Dojo with thirty-two forms and explained its high lesson fees and the requirements for studying Dragon Form.
• Tao Yu considered the dojo’s costs and wondered whether he could challenge its instructors to obtain lessons without paying.

Tao Yu visited the Number One Myriad Flow Dojo to challenge it, hoping to use a victory to open a competing dojo and gain access to its martial arts. Qin Ziru accepted the confrontation, and Tao Yu asked him to bring out his teacher, Huasili.

• Tao Yu learned that Huasili had been a renowned Senior Partner before an Abyss mission badly injured him, and that Myriad Flow lineages followed tacit rules about teaching and competing.
• Tao Yu concluded that challenging the Number One Myriad Flow Dojo could help him gain access to its Forms and build a rival dojo.
• Tao Yu arrived at the dojo and told the receptionist he was a direct disciple of Myriad Flow Forms seeking a spar.
• The dojo's instructors surrounded Tao Yu, and Qin Ziru, its leading young instructor, came down to handle the challenge.
• Tao Yu explained that the dojo's martial arts were too expensive and joked that winning would bring its students to his future dojo.
• Qin Ziru agreed to fight, but Tao Yu declined protective gear and asked him to bring out Coach Qin.

Tao Yu challenged the Myriad Flow Forms dojo and used his superior skill to defeat its instructors while learning how to unify the forms and refine gang. The dojo’s elder conceded, and Tao Yu left with his first wisp of gang and no need to complete all thirty-two forms.

• Tao Yu defeated Wang Qiang with a single Crane Form strike, shocking the dojo’s students and instructors.
• Tao Yu challenged Qin Ziru, who fought him with varied forms while trying to stall until his teacher arrived.
• Qin Ziru combined the forms into All Forms Combined, but Tao Yu caught his punch and used the exchange to grasp the technique’s essence.
• Tao Yu accidentally injured Qin Ziru, then produced a half-inch thread of crimson gang at his fingertip.
• The dojo’s gray-haired elder conceded defeat and offered Tao Yu permission to open a dojo, and Tao Yu thanked them for the instruction.

Tao Yu stayed with Wang Goudan, who shared his ambitions to become a Senior Partner, then took a Wish Power Serpent’s remains to a livestock breeding center. The center offered him fifty thousand units of Wish Power for five or more eggs, and Tao Yu agreed to look for them while considering the New Frontier’s greater long-term potential.

• Tao Yu joked with Wang Goudan, who took him home and explained that he was saving to improve his equipment and pursue the Senior Partner threshold.
• Tao Yu encouraged Wang Goudan and promised to accompany him when he could afford better modifications.
• Tao Yu stayed overnight at Wang Goudan’s apartment and brought the snake’s gallbladder and hide to a livestock breeding center the next day.
• A researcher assessed the Wish Power Serpent as suitable for breeding and offered Tao Yu fifty thousand units of Wish Power for at least five eggs.
• Tao Yu agreed to search for eggs and weighed the New Frontier’s long-term livestock potential against the Old Abyss Pioneer Zone’s established industry.

Tao Yu sold his goods at the Auction House, learned that the Klein Family was moving into the New Frontier, and Deified two martial arts abilities. The chapter left him with a newly unified Essence, Qi, and Spirit and the ability to guide astral force with qi in battle.

• Tao Yu received 620,000 Wish Power from the Auction House and accepted a VIP card and an invitation to meet the Klein Family's young master.
• Tao Yu considered the New Frontier's growing outside interest and went to the mission hall to Deify a skill and check for messages from Jack and Panda.
• Tao Yu Deified All Forms Combined, using his dragon spine as a furnace to unite his mental power, blood and qi, and Big Dipper True Qi into metallic astral force.
• Tao Yu spent 300,000 Wish Power to Deify Myriad Flow Breathing Technique for a second time, releasing blood-red steam as his Partner cloak and clothes tore.
• Tao Yu discovered that he could guide astral force with qi, making it easier to fuse and use in combat while improving his recovery.

Tao Yu met Sun Shiqing in private and discussed his business and a new teachable skill system. He offered to demonstrate the skill, and Sun Shiqing eagerly agreed to try it.

• Tao Yu bought clothes from Margot after arriving at the mission hall wrapped in a cloak, then hurried away when his watch vibrated.
• Sun Shiyu told Tao Yu to find a quiet place, and he waited on a rooftop for Sun Shiqing to arrive.
• Sun Shiqing used a floating orb to create a private barrier before speaking with Tao Yu.
• Sun Shiqing reported that Panda's group had started producing supplies, with the transportation business earning about ten thousand a month and production expected to bring in ten to twenty thousand.
• Tao Yu told Sun Shiqing he had a teachable skill from a new Cultivation System that could coexist with inner force, and she eagerly asked him to try it on her.

Tao Yu negotiated a reward with Sun Shiqing for finding a new system of inner energy, then learned more about the growing number of New Frontiers and the dangers facing him. Sun Shiqing returned to take him to her sister, who had offered to help him herself.

• Sun Shiqing praised Tao Yu's Big Dipper True Qi and agreed to give him ten percent of future profits and a million Wish Power as an initial reward.
• Tao Yu turned down absorption skills and asked Sun Shiqing to find a mental enhancement skill for him, then accepted her magnetic card.
• Sun Shiqing warned Tao Yu that pioneers from other cities were entering the New Frontier and told him to grow stronger and keep his connection to her sister secret.
• After Sun Shiqing left, Tao Yu planned to use his reward to Deify the Nine Yin Manual.
• Sun Shiqing returned and carried Tao Yu toward her sister, who wanted to help him herself; Tao Yu refused Sun Shiqing's request to watch.

After spending time in the Inner City, Tao Yu returned home with supplies and helped his family begin learning basic breathing techniques before preparing to return to the Abyss. He had also advanced his cultivation, refining his true qi into true essence and strengthening his internal-energy abilities.

• Tao Yu bought Nutrient Paste and AT200 bullets with Wang Goudan’s help, then thanked him before leaving the Inner City.
• Tao Yu warned Panda and Jack about the new Floating City arrivals and asked them to watch things at the base while he headed back to the Abyss.
• Tao Yu noticed Zechuan’s gang had cleaned and repaired the streets near his home and returned without incident.
• Tao Yu taught Uncle Hu, Third Brother, his parents, and Shitou the Shaolin Basic Breathing Technique and advised them to practice cautiously.
• Tao Yu refined his true qi into true essence through the Big Dipper skill and prepared to travel back to the Abyss.

Tao Yu learned that Titans had crossed the Yellow River and decided to lead Cheng Lixue and the Training Corps cadets toward Zhongnan Mountain. On the road, he encountered fleeing refugees, Prairie riders, and a fast-moving Titan chasing them.

• Cheng Lixue told Tao Yu that Titans had crossed the Yellow River and that a Prairie group was likely heading toward Zhongnan Mountain.
• Tao Yu decided to travel to Zhongnan Mountain to study its martial arts and formations and possibly encounter Prairie leaders who practiced Dragon Elephant Prajna Skill.
• Tao Yu set out with Cheng Lixue and the Training Corps cadets, killing Prairie stragglers and taking their horses along the way.
• Tao Yu reassured Cheng Lixue that his firearms and ammunition would help them face any Prairie army ahead.
• Tao Yu spotted refugees fleeing a Titan as Prairie riders led it toward the crowd to escape.

Tao Yu killed an Abnormal Titan with a blood-red dragon strike, dismissed the refugees’ pleas, and continued toward Zhongnan Mountain. There, General Bayan’s camp faced the threat of Titans as a scout reported about fifty riders approaching from the direction of a lured Fast Titan.

• Tao Yu knocked prairie cavalrymen from their horses and destroyed an Abnormal Titan with a blood-red dragon strike.
• Tao Yu absorbed the Titan’s Pure Titan ability, then removed it with Mental Immunity because of its drawbacks.
• The refugees begged Tao Yu to save them, but he denied being an Immortal and rode on with Cheng Lixue and the Training Corps.
• At Zhongnan Mountain, Huo Du told General Bayan that a Fast Titan had been lured away toward a group of refugees.
• A scout reported that about fifty riders were approaching from the direction the Fast Titan had left, alarming General Bayan.

Tao Yu attacked the Prairie camp with his martial arts, using blood-red dragon attacks to rout its soldiers and kill Xiaoxiangzi. He fought Kirin King and escaped the archers’ counterattack, while General Bayan ordered his troops to pursue him.

• Tao Yu left Cheng Lixue and the Survey Corps at a safe distance and approached the Prairie camp to reason with its soldiers.
• After the commander ordered the archers to fire, Tao Yu deflected their arrows and unleashed blood-red dragons that devastated the camp and killed Xiaoxiangzi.
• Tao Yu attacked Kirin King with three blood dragons, leaving him badly injured, then recalled most of his dragons to counter the archers’ volley and retreated beyond their range.
• General Bayan ordered his soldiers to keep firing and pursue Tao Yu as two AT200s began appearing in Tao Yu’s shadow.

Tao Yu routed General Bayan’s steppe army with AT200 firearms, accepted its surrender, and took control of the surviving soldiers. After learning that the Royal Court had moved west and a Quanzhen disciple had fled Zhongnan Mountain, he ordered Bayan to keep his troops in line and remain in camp.

• Tao Yu used his dual AT200s to mow down Bayan’s soldiers, breaking the steppe army’s morale and forcing Bayan to announce an unconditional surrender.
• Tao Yu had the surviving soldiers bind one another, planted a mental seed in Bayan, and decided to keep the roughly three thousand remaining elite riders and archers.
• Bayan told Tao Yu that the Royal Court had gone west, the army had provisions for months, and the steppe forces had camped at Zhongnan Mountain because the Yellow River was dry and giants had crossed south.
• Bayan reported that Quanzhen Sect disciples were searching the mountain after one of their own had fled, leading Tao Yu to suspect Yang Guo had escaped.
• Tao Yu ordered Bayan to gather stragglers, organize the troops, and prevent them from harming anyone, threatening him with a fate worse than death if they disobeyed.

Tao Yu learned and Deified the Dragon Elephant Prajna Skill, then climbed Zhongnan Mountain with Cheng Lixue to visit the Quanzhen Sect and the Ancient Tomb. At a pavilion, he introduced himself to Quanzhen disciples as a disciple of the Eastern Heretic.

• The Kirin King offered Dalba’s knowledge of the Dragon Elephant Prajna Skill and agreed to Tao Yu’s request to serve as a martial arts instructor.
• Tao Yu quickly learned the Dragon Elephant Prajna Skill, Deified it, and decided to postpone a second Deification despite having enough wishes.
• Tao Yu left Aaron and the surrendered Mongol soldiers below and set off up Zhongnan Mountain with Cheng Lixue.
• Seven Quanzhen disciples stopped Tao Yu and Cheng Lixue at a pavilion, and Tao Yu said he had come to pay his respects as a disciple of the Eastern Heretic.

Tao Yu proved he was the Eastern Heretic’s disciple and reached Chongyang Palace, where he found Yang Guo and Granny Sun fighting Quanzhen disciples. The Jade Bees came to Granny Sun’s aid, and Tao Yu began considering whether he could raise them.

• Tao Yu shattered a stone stele from a distance with the Finger Flicking Divine Skill and convinced the Quanzhen disciples to let him pass.
• Qingfeng led Tao Yu and Cheng Lixue up the mountain, and Tao Yu asked about Yang Guo, whose situation made Qingfeng uneasy.
• Cui Zhifang escorted Tao Yu to Chongyang Palace, where Zhao Zhijing accused Granny Sun of trying to poison the Quanzhen disciples.
• Zhao Zhijing attacked Granny Sun, and Yin Zhiping and Cui Zhifang joined the fight, leaving Yang Guo unable to help.
• Jade Bees swarmed the three Taoists and helped Granny Sun, while Tao Yu wondered if he could raise the bees for their honey.

Tao Yu intervened when Quanzhen disciples accused Yang Guo of betrayal and mistreating him, then confronted the sect over its treatment of the boy. After Tao Yu sent Hao Datong flying with his defensive skill, Qiu Chuji and the other Quanzhen elders arrived.

• Granny Sun summoned the Jade Bees to defend herself, and Tao Yu drove them away before explaining that he had come to check on Guo Jing's nephew, Yang Guo.
• Zhao Zhijing denounced Yang Guo, but Tao Yu questioned why the boy was pale and gaunt and condemned the Quanzhen disciples for mistreating him.
• Hao Datong ordered Tao Yu and the others detained, and Tao Yu told Cheng Lixue to move everyone back before inviting the Quanzhen disciples to attack together.
• Hao Datong lunged at Tao Yu, but Tao Yu's invisible defensive force stopped him and sent him flying backward, spitting blood.
• Qiu Chuji and the remaining Quanzhen elders arrived, and one of them caught Hao Datong as Qiu Chuji glared at Tao Yu and his companions.

Tao Yu challenged the Quanzhen Sect’s Heavenly Dipper Big Dipper Formation and overwhelmed its practitioners with his Indestructible Vajra Divine Skill. The clash left Qiu Chuji gravely injured and his decades of cultivation destroyed.

• Hao Datong tried to warn Qiu Chuji about Tao Yu, but his injuries left him coughing blood and unable to speak.
• Zhao Zhijing accused Tao Yu of being an Eastern Heretic disciple and of insulting the Quanzhen Sect, while Yang Guo challenged Qiu Chuji over his father.
• Tao Yu cracked the granite training ground with a light push, then invited the Quanzhen Seven to test their formation against him.
• Ma Yu led the other Quanzhen elders, Zhao Zhijing, and Yin Zhiping in surrounding Tao Yu with the Heavenly Dipper Big Dipper Formation.
• Tao Yu studied the formation’s variations and recognized traces of the Nine Yin Manual, then stood still and let the group’s combined attack strike his crimson Qi Gang.
• Tao Yu’s protective force sent the formation’s practitioners flying, and Qiu Chuji realized his meridians and cultivation had been destroyed.

Tao Yu defeated the Quanzhen Sect’s elders, killing Zhao Zhijing and Yin Zhiping, and took Yang Guo with him rather than leave him on Zhongnan Mountain. As Tao Yu proposed opening a Taoist school, Xiao Longnv arrived at the scene.

• The Quanzhen Sect’s strongest formation rebounded from Tao Yu’s Indestructible Vajra Divine Skill, leaving the elders badly injured and Zhao Zhijing and Yin Zhiping dead.
• Hao Datong excused the deaths as Heaven’s will, and Tao Yu warned the surviving Quanzhen members that they might suffer the same fate.
• Tao Yu asked Yang Guo what he wanted to do, and Yang Guo chose to travel with him and learn martial arts.
• Tao Yu introduced himself as Yang Guo’s uncle and said he would teach him during their journey to Kunlun.
• Tao Yu told the Quanzhen Sect he planned to open a Taoist school, and Ma Jue tacitly accepted his proposal.
• Xiao Longnv emerged from the woods and asked Granny Sun what had happened, while Tao Yu and Cheng Lixue admired her beauty.

Xiao Longnv and Granny Sun left after Tao Yu rescued Yang Guo, while Tao Yu took control of Chongyang Palace and arranged to visit the Ancient Tomb. There, he met Mikasa, learned how she had survived among the giants and reached Zhongnan Mountain, and recognized the power of her Chosen One ability.

• Xiao Longnv mistook the fallen Taoists for Granny Sun's handiwork until Granny Sun explained that Tao Yu had defeated them.
• Granny Sun said goodbye to Yang Guo and returned toward the Ancient Tomb with Xiao Longnv, who agreed to speak with Tao Yu outside the tomb another time.
• Tao Yu took over Chongyang Palace, and Ma Yu and the other Quanzhen elders agreed to his plans to oppose the Nine Nether Abyss.
• Tao Yu recognized Mikasa and asked how she had reached Zhongnan Mountain; she explained that she had fought giants, escaped, and been rescued by Quanzhen disciples.
• Mikasa told Tao Yu that she had befriended Yang Guo while learning the language and staying with the Quanzhen Sect, and Tao Yu concluded that her strength came from being a Chosen One.

Tao Yu studied the Quanzhen techniques, deified Mystical Gates and Armaments and the Heavenly Dipper Formation, and offered to teach Yang Guo the Nine Yin Manual. On the way to the Ancient Tomb, he encountered Li Mochou and subdued her after she attacked him, hoping to use her knowledge of jade bees to persuade Xiao Longnv and Granny Sun.

• Tao Yu considered how knowledge could help him create stronger techniques and studied the Heavenly Dipper Formation for a way to use it alone.
• Tao Yu deified Mystical Gates and Armaments and the Heavenly Dipper Formation, gaining greater insight into natural formations and a way to improve the formation caster's recovery.
• Tao Yu offered Yang Guo a choice of internal cultivation methods, and Yang Guo chose the Nine Yin Manual.
• Tao Yu took Yang Guo, Mikasa, and Cheng Lixue toward the Ancient Tomb, where they encountered Li Mochou.
• Li Mochou admitted she knew how to raise jade bees, then attacked Tao Yu with poisoned needles; Tao Yu deflected them and sealed her vital points.

Tao Yu subdued Li Mochou, used a mental seed to ensure her obedience, and recruited her to raise Jade Bees. He offered Xiao Longnv and Granny Sun the Nine Yin Manual in exchange for their help, while Li Mochou revealed that upheavals across the Martial World and the approaching Martial Arts Tournament had led her to seek the Jade Maiden Heart Sutra.

• Tao Yu defeated Li Mochou and offered to spare her if she raised bees for him.
• Li Mochou agreed and asked to bring her junior sister, while Tao Yu promised to teach her stronger martial arts than the Jade Maiden Heart Sutra.
• Tao Yu implanted a mental seed in Li Mochou and demonstrated its punishment mechanism, making her accept him as her master.
• Tao Yu explained the situation to Xiao Longnv and Granny Sun and offered them knowledge of the Nine Yin Manual in exchange for helping Li Mochou raise bees.
• Li Mochou told Xiao Longnv that turmoil in the Martial World, giants in the north, a chasm in the East Sea, and the approaching Martial Arts Tournament had driven her to seek the Jade Maiden Heart Sutra.