Chapter Summaries

Jiang Zaiyue was captured by Fang Xin at the Snake Mother Gang’s slaughterhouse, while Qin Shi arrived in pursuit and unknowingly terrified Fang Xin with his presence. Fang Xin mistook Qin Shi for a Four Pillars Crowned One sent to arrest him and began searching for a way to surrender.

• Fang Xin attacked Jiang Zaiyue with Qi Serpents and Psionic auras, then captured him after exhausting his defenses.
• Qin Shi reached the slaughterhouse with Wang Yongjie and told him to wait outside while he investigated alone.
• Qin Shi sensed Fang Xin’s Psionic disturbance and identified him as a Psionicist inside the Snake Mother Gang hideout.
• Fang Xin sensed Qin Shi’s presence and believed the Four Pillars had sent a Crowned One to arrest him.
• Fang Xin panicked over his crimes and considered kneeling to Qin Shi in hopes of receiving a lighter sentence.

Fang Xin began a Snake Mother ritual while Qin Shi faced the threat inside the restricted zone and summoned help through the Four Pillars. The summoned follower, Zhang Qiang, rose from his wheelchair and promised Qin Shi that his strength was there.

• Fang Xin dragged the paralyzed Jiang Zaiyue to the workshop, prepared a blood-and-bones offering, and opened a gap toward the Netherworld to summon the Snake Mother.
• Qin Shi found Yuan Zheng paralyzed and learned that Fang Xin had advanced to the Saint Embryo Mid-stage and was performing a dangerous ritual.
• Qin Shi chose to remain in the restricted zone and followed the Four Pillars' instructions to summon a powerful follower.
• Ren You and Chen Ruofu discussed the missing teams as Ren You's teacher, the white-haired old man, warned about the Four Pillars' debts.
• Qin Shi completed the summoning ritual, and the white-haired old man stood up from his wheelchair and revealed himself as Zhang Qiang.

Qin Shi fought Fang Xin and the Serpent Mother’s mutated creatures while refusing the Serpent Mother’s offer of a trait. Zhang Qiang revealed his overwhelming strength and shattered the ritual’s portal, drawing the Serpent Mother’s apparition into reach so he could attack Her.

• Zhang Qiang rose from his wheelchair and told Qin Shi to hold off the enemies for half a minute while he warmed up.
• Qin Shi attacked the Serpent Mother’s animated creatures, then countered Fang Xin’s Qi Serpents with Wind Cry.
• The Serpent Mother offered Qin Shi the Qi of Six Desires, but he rejected the trait and drew Her anger.
• Zhang Qiang blocked Fang Xin’s attack, then battered the ritual’s portal until it shattered.
• The Serpent Mother’s apparition crossed the barrier, and Zhang Qiang struck at Her with the Universe Furnace Secret Codex.

Qin Shi defeated Fang Xin while Grandpa Zhang battered the Snake Mother, then refined her and obtained a Perfect-Grade Electric Shock Saber. Zhang Qiang returned from the restricted zone and reported it cleared, and Qin Shi was carried out exhausted but clutching his reward.

• Grandpa Zhang held the Snake Mother captive and taught Qin Shi to use his Body Refining Furnace as they fought.
• Qin Shi broke Fang Xin’s Qi Serpents, endured the Blood-Melting Art, and beat him to death with repeated punches.
• The Spirit Pillars granted Qin Shi their gazes, and Grandpa Zhang urged him to refine the weakened Snake Mother.
• Qin Shi approached the Snake Mother to refine her, while Grandpa Zhang was sent back outside the restricted zone.
• Zhang Qiang told Chen Ruofu and Secretary Huo that the restricted zone had been cleared and asked them to retrieve Qin Shi.
• Qin Shi was carried out on a stretcher, exhausted and holding a Perfect-Grade Electric Shock Saber.

After helping defeat the Snake Mother, Qin Shi received official praise and resources as he prepared to open his third great limit. Meanwhile, the white-haired old man and the Qin Family’s mirror-bound Old Ancestor considered the hidden conflicts around He Lanchán’s legacy, while Qin Shi began transforming in the hospital.

• Chen Ruofu credited Qin Shi with helping expose the Snake Mother Gang’s plan and arranged an Action Department senior inspector’s resource allotment for him.
• The white-haired old man praised Qin Shi’s progress and discussed how he should choose a martial body after opening his third limit.
• Qin Renying reported the failed attack to a Central City Qin Family descendant, then heard the mirror-bound Old Ancestor explain why he had given He Lanchán’s Void Meditation Method to Chen Ruofu.
• Qin Shi declined reporters’ interviews and drank Mineral Essence as he began opening his third limit, causing his bones, blood, and hair to transform.
• Qin Shi checked his Monument Panel and found that two achievements had upgraded and he had received the lucky badge “Disaster Always One Step Behind Me.”

Qin Shi reflected on the Old Martial Arts Faction’s limit-breaking path and continued cultivating after upgrading his perception and work-related abilities. Meanwhile, Xu Mo faced Lu Hui’s taunts at Yunzhou Cultivation Hall and resolved to keep improving ahead of an upcoming Inspection Department operation screening.

• Qin Shi considered how the Old Martial Arts Faction’s Seven Great Limits could produce grandmasters quickly, then assessed his upgraded abilities and Disaster Always One Step Behind Me badge.
• Qin Shi recalled Qin De, Zheng Que, Jiang Zaiyue, and others who had tried to kill him, vowed to settle those scores, and resumed cultivating with Mineral Essence.
• Lu Hui boasted to Xu Mo and Zhao Yunzhu that his Life Force had reached thirty-five and argued that Xu Mo could not compete with Qin Shi or Zheng Yun for Martial Arts New Star.
• After Lu Hui left, Xu Mo admitted that Lu Hui’s rapid progress had shaken his confidence, but resolved to keep working hard and try to catch up.
• Xu Mo and Zhao Yunzhu discussed the next day’s screening of an Inspection Department operation, noting that Zheng Yun would attend while Qin Shi likely would not.

Qin Shi received approval for his resource allotment and learned that the Martial Arts New Star selection would be a major contest over regional resources and a route toward the Stellar Cup. At the education committee’s activity, students watched footage of Inspection Department operations as they prepared for combat demonstrations and selection.

• Dean Zhou told Chen Ruofu that Qin Shi was exceptionally healthy, disciplined, and well suited to the Martial Artist path.
• Chen Ruofu informed Qin Shi that his resource allotment had been approved and asked him to represent Tai'an and the Inspection Department in the Martial Arts New Star selection.
• Chen Ruofu described Central City’s rising-star program and said he would arrange for Tan Cong to teach Qin Shi how to use his new saber.
• Chen Ruofu told Qin Shi that he would attend the education committee’s activity as an instructor and share his combat experience.
• Xu Mo and Zhao Yunzhu watched Zheng Yun arrive at the Youth Palace, while Lu Hui also assessed the powerful student.
• Education committee staff showed the students body-camera footage of operatives fighting criminals and escaping gang attacks.

Qin Shi joined an Elite Class combat session as an instructor after his role in the Xingjian Operation stunned the students. He demonstrated his combat judgment by coaching Xu Mo to defeat Lu Hui, then left the students convinced of his abilities as Zheng Yun asked him for pointers.

• The students watched footage of real combat before Qin Shi and other operation participants arrived as instructors.
• The Education Commission assistant and Yuan Zheng described Qin Shi's achievements in the Xingjian Operation, including killing Fang Xin and rescuing Yuan Zheng.
• Lu Hui challenged Qin Shi, but Qin Shi declined to spar and instead chose Xu Mo to demonstrate combat fundamentals.
• Qin Shi coached Xu Mo through Lu Hui's attacks, and Xu Mo countered by tackling Lu Hui to the ground.
• Qin Shi explained Lu Hui's weaknesses and advised him to build a foundation in a basic combat class, convincing the students of Qin Shi's skill.
• Zheng Yun asked Qin Shi to give him pointers.

Qin Shi explained the Old Martial Arts Faction’s changing traditions before demonstrating his overwhelming strength against Zheng Yun’s River Flood Waters Momentum. Zheng Yun was knocked unconscious, and Qin Shi asked the class if anyone else wanted guidance.

• Qin Shi told Zheng Yun that Old Martial Arts had adapted through different factions and would not simply be phased out.
• Zheng Yun challenged Qin Shi with his River Flood Waters Momentum, which he had learned at White Dragon Dojo in Jingzhou.
• Zheng Yun’s Mind Momentum pressured the students watching, but Qin Shi’s stronger presence shattered it immediately.
• Qin Shi struck Zheng Yun with an invisible force that made him collapse unconscious.
• Qin Shi told the students to carry Zheng Yun off to sleep, then asked whether anyone else needed guidance.

Qin Shi discovered that Lin Yunqing had spent nearly all of his 150 million in sponsorship money on an exceptional meditation room and rare cultivation resources, which greatly strengthened his Mental Power. While meditating, he heard a voice from the Netherworld resonance identify He Lanchán as a teacher, contradicting what he had been told about He Lanchán never having a master.

• Qin Shi explained that Zheng Yun had fainted from a mental shock, then impressed the Elite Class by demonstrating and teaching combat techniques.
• Yuan Zheng thanked Qin Shi, exchanged contact information, and told him that Yunhai Security had a three-year contract with the mysterious Primal Energy Company.
• Qin Shi noticed his balance rapidly falling, and Lin Yunqing revealed that she had spent his 150 million on rare cultivation resources and a meditation room at her villa.
• Qin Shi cultivated with Seven-Leaf Agarwood Saplings, Yan Tongxuan's manuscripts, and Spirit Purifying Jade, strengthening his Mental Power and Inner Scenery.
• Qin Shi tempered his mind against the imprisoned Snake Mother, then heard a clearer Netherworld resonance in which He Lanchán called someone 'Teacher.'

Qin Shi used Mental Resonance to witness He Lanchán’s conversations with his teacher, the historical deputy marshal branded as Dongxia’s Number One Traitor, then broke through the first layer of the Void Meditation Method. The chapter ended with Lin Yunqing failing to secure him an A-class contract and looking for another investor after spending her sponsorship budget.

• Qin Shi witnessed He Lanchán’s memories and learned that his teacher was the deputy marshal accused of treason, who had left a dangerous object at the end of the Ancient Sky Road.
• Qin Shi formed a Void Altar and refined the Snake Mother, using the resulting Pure Light to expand his Inner Scenery and strengthen his Mental Power.
• Qin Shi practiced Object Control and considered the Void Meditation Method’s seven layers, while wondering about the injustice suffered by the Fourth Legion.
• Lin Yunqing tried to persuade a Star Sea Giant Enterprise representative to give Qin Shi an A-class contract, but the representative offered only a B-class contract.
• Lin Yunqing rejected the B-class contract, predicted Qin Shi would soon enter Eastern Xia’s First Sequence, and hung up after using her 150 million sponsorship budget.

Lin Yunqing and Chen Yun competed to reward Qin Shi for helping them, and he mentioned that Nanhuang Dojo’s Fourth Senior Brother could find him sponsors. Qin Shi met Nie Zongwen, whose contacts and peculiar night-shift business left him wondering what had earned him the nickname “Sea State Night King.”

• Lin Yunqing worried about finding an investor, and Qin Shi examined her condition while giving her a massage.
• Chen Yun arrived and argued with Lin Yunqing over who had contributed more to Qin Shi’s training resources and deserved a massage.
• Qin Shi said Teacher Ren had promised that Nanhuang Dojo’s Fourth Senior Brother could help him find money and identified him as Nie Zongwen.
• Nie Zongwen returned to the dojo, avoided Yu Weiwei’s cooking, and said he had come to meet his new junior brother.
• Nie Zongwen welcomed Qin Shi, offered to use his business connections to find him resources, and showed him a contact list filled with detailed personal notes.
• Qin Shi saw Nie Zongwen’s Pegasus Club card and learned that the Sea State Night King’s work involved late-night shifts.

Qin Shi received support from Nie Zongwen and learned more about Nanhuang Dojo’s Universe Furnace Secret Codex and the risks of the Old Martial Arts path. Grandpa Zhang explained that reaching the Martial God required the universe’s recognition, then urged Qin Shi to represent Nanhuang Dojo in the Stellar Cup and enter the Ancient Sky Road.

• Nie Zongwen used his connections to arrange potential funding and resources for Qin Shi, then shared how he had forged the kidney secret treasure, the Blackwater Pool.
• Ren You learned that Qin Shi’s Body Refining Furnace covered more than eighty percent of his body and that he had renewed his blood four times, then brought him to meet Grandpa Zhang.
• Grandpa Zhang warned Qin Shi that failing to continue breaking limits could consume his Life Force and explained the seven limits and the goal of unifying the mortal body inside and out.
• Grandpa Zhang told Qin Shi that Martial Artists sought the universe’s recognition through the Ancient Sky Road, which opened during the supernatural tide.
• Grandpa Zhang asked Qin Shi to represent Nanhuang Dojo in the Stellar Cup Youth Division and promised him everything belonging to the dojo in return.

Master Zhang accepted Qin Shi as a student of Nanhuang Dojo after securing Hong Sheng’s permission, then revealed the Universe Furnace Secret Codex and tested Qin Shi’s understanding and ambition. Qin Shi chose to cultivate the lung hidden treasure first and began breathing in its medicinal smoke.

• Master Zhang told Qin Shi that Hong Sheng had agreed to loan him to Nanhuang Dojo, and Qin Shi respectfully called him Master Zhang.
• Master Zhang asked Qin Shi what he sought on the Martial Path, and Qin Shi said he would climb every peak and carve a path wherever none existed.
• Master Zhang showed Qin Shi the Universe Furnace Secret Codex’s vision and explained that he had never perfected its five hidden treasures.
• Qin Shi grasped the codex’s principles and chose to cultivate the lung hidden treasure, the Great Emperor Weapon, first.
• Ren You brought Qin Shi three bowls of powder, and Qin Shi heated them into smoke and inhaled it until a white cocoon formed around his lungs.

Qin Shi tempered his lungs with Devil Vine smoke and turned its hallucinations into a mental sparring ground, where Old Zhang entered to teach him the Universe Furnace Secret Codex. After Old Zhang beat him around, Qin Shi summoned He Lanchán to fight back, leaving Old Zhang pleading for help.

• Qin Shi endured the Devil Vine hallucinations while tempering his lungs, and the Monument Panel awarded him a Qi Consumption badge.
• Yu Weiwei and the white-haired old man watched Qin Shi cultivate as they discussed the dangers facing Psionicists and Nanhuang Dojo’s other disciples.
• Qin Shi used his Mental Strength to shape the hallucinations into an illusion and projected the white-haired old man into it as a sparring partner.
• Old Zhang entered Qin Shi’s illusion and demonstrated how to make the five organs resonate, then beat Qin Shi around the battlefield.
• Qin Shi summoned his Dao-Nature Incarnation, Super Little He, and watched as He Lanchán attacked Old Zhang while he sat aside eating imagined sunflower seeds.
• Old Zhang called for Yu Weiwei to save him, but she left to cook rather than interrupt the sparring.

Qin Shi learned that he had been entered directly into Hengzhou’s Top 100 Competition and grew determined to win its valuable champion’s rewards. Meanwhile, Luo Wenbin and Xu Dong discussed a list of dangerous competitors and planned to expose the mysterious Old Martial Arts Bro, who might also be Qin Shi.

• Yu Weiwei returned to the training room and found that the white-haired old man had nearly collapsed after enduring the illusion, then passed out when she offered him food.
• Qin Shi emerged from training with a deeper understanding of the Universe Furnace Secret Codex and assessed his progress on the Psionic and Martial paths.
• Yu Weiwei told Qin Shi that Master had entered him directly into the Top 100 Competition and explained the champion’s rewards, including Sacred Heart Potions and military training.
• Qin Shi opened Yu Weiwei’s encrypted competitor file, titled “This Scoundrel Must Die List,” and wondered why his name appeared on it.
• Luo Wenbin told Xu Dong how he had compiled the list, praised Qin Shi’s record, and admitted he had included the mysterious Old Martial Arts Bro among the top contenders.
• Xu Dong and Luo Wenbin discussed how the Old Martial Arts Bro would have to register under his real identity and might threaten Qiguang Hengda’s Martial Arts Department.

Ying Lin recruited Central City's Education Department director and his aide to undermine Nanhuang Dojo's successor in the Hengzhou Top 100 Competition. He committed his fortune to funding contestants and left plans underway to spread the challenge across all thirty-two Administrative Regions.

• Ying Lin used illegal virtual experiences and illicit drugs to escape the boredom of being confined to the little red mansion.
• Ying Lin called Uncle Mo and argued that they shared an interest in stopping Nanhuang Dojo's successor, but Uncle Mo warned that provoking Zhang Qiang could bring disaster.
• Ying Lin asked Uncle Mo for information on the Top 100 Competition contestants and proposed signing Zhou Yuanchen, but Uncle Mo refused to hand the young talent over.
• Ying Lin told Luo Bing to withdraw his five hundred Void Coins and buy cultivation resources to reward anyone who defeated Nanhuang Dojo's successor within the competition rules.
• Luo Bing agreed to arrange the resources, and Ying Lin ordered him to publicize the offer across all thirty-two Administrative Regions.

Luo Bing began converting Ying Lin’s Void Coins and seeking out Zhou Yuanchen, while Qin Shi strengthened his body and tested his combat abilities after half a month of cultivation. After unlocking Electronic Engineering, Qin Shi opened Entropy Sea Bank and discovered it had valued his future potential at an astronomical sum.

• Luo Bing accepted Ying Lin’s orders to exchange five hundred Void Coins, contact Zhou Yuanchen, and evaluate candidates for the Ying family’s support.
• Qin Shi completed half a month of cultivation, raising his Life Force to seventy-five points and his Mental Strength above eighty.
• Qin Shi used Combat Rewind to defeat simulated opponents and found he could sustain his full-power BOSS Phase Two for about six minutes.
• Qin Shi chose Electronic Engineering from the Divine Mecha reward and gained access to the cracked Entropy Sea Bank software.
• Qin Shi used Qin Yixiong’s identity to open an account, then learned Entropy Sea Bank had assessed his potential over the next fifty years as an enormous personal asset.

Qin Shi explored Entropy Sea Bank, learned that it valued his potential highly, and considered using the Netherworld to earn Void Coins. Meanwhile, the bank restricted Ying Lin’s access to rare resources after assessing his rising risk of death, leaving Luo Bing to settle for lower-grade supplies.

• Qin Shi examined Entropy Sea Bank’s services and discovered that his account held about a million Entropy Value Coins, worth roughly 1,700 Void Coins, while the bank ranked him as a Heroic Figure.
• Risk-control specialist SH18825444 reviewed Qin Shi’s account and sent it upstairs after the Karma Chain estimated a three-percent chance that he would become a Martial God.
• The risk-control specialist rejected Ying Lin’s request for Star Remnant Alloy and Void Crystal Marrow after the Karma Chain raised his assessed death probability.
• Luo Bing learned that the rare materials were unavailable and ordered lower-grade Mineral Essence and Energy Liquid instead.
• Qin Shi balked at the price of Star Remnant Alloy and considered mining resources through the Netherworld, while Super Little He reminded him that He Lanchán had been Entropy Sea Bank’s Ninth Energy Level Supreme VIP, the ‘Netherworld Mine Boss.’

Qin Shi began mining the Netherworld with the Void Meditation Method while preparing for the Top 100 Competition and seeking saber instruction. After Tan Cong taught him three saber stances, Qin Shi quickly combined them in practice, leaving Tan Cong and Wei Zheguang astonished.

• Qin Shi bought star remains and Void Marrow Crystals, then used the Void Meditation Method to mine safely, producing one Void Coin every three days through his Dao-Nature Incarnation.
• Lin Yunqing briefed Qin Shi on the Top 100 Competition contenders, including Zhou Yuanchen, Zheng Xu, Ji Yuqi, Pei Han, Xia Hong, and Xia Ying.
• Qin Shi went to the Inspection Department and asked Tan Cong to teach him saber combat, showing him his Pillar Deity-blessed Electric Shock Saber.
• Tan Cong explained weapon-combat principles and taught Qin Shi Tornado Stance, Prairie Fire Stance, and Light Devouring Stance.
• Qin Shi rapidly mastered the three stances and combined them in smooth practice, astonishing Tan Cong and confusing Wei Zheguang.