Chapter Summaries

Chen Yan challenged Lu Xuanzhi to a fight to the death and endured devastating injuries to overpower him, revealing his Immortal Body to the crowd. Lu Xuanzhi unveiled the Lu Prefecture’s Biochemical Martial Path, but Chen Yan struck down one of his five Black Dragons and mocked him.

• Chen Yan ignored warnings and attacked Lu Xuanzhi, trading blows with his Kun Mi Liu Ting and surviving its golden lightning unharmed.
• When Lu Xuanzhi seized his ankle, Chen Yan broke his own leg to counterattack, then let Lu Xuanzhi tear off his left arm before striking back.
• Chen Yan destroyed the severed limbs and regenerated them, revealing his Immortal Body and astonishing the hidden powerhouses and Military Martial elders.
• Lu Xuanzhi exposed five blood-soaked Black Dragons growing from his back and called his power the Biochemical Martial Path of Lu Prefecture.
• Chen Yan vanished from Lu Xuanzhi’s senses, reappeared behind him, and used eighth-grade Fist Intent to explode one Black Dragon’s head before mocking Lu Xuanzhi.

Chen Yan fought Lu Xuanzhi through devastating injuries, destroying his dragon heads and enduring his Golden Lightning. Lu Xuanzhi transformed into a grotesque mass of victims to suppress Chen Yan with resentment, but Chen Yan remained unaffected and taunted him as his Comedy Martial Path awakened.

• Chen Yan activated his Protective Runes and traded punches with Lu Xuanzhi despite being repeatedly wounded by Golden Lightning.
• Chen Yan destroyed Lu Xuanzhi's dragon heads one by one, while Lu Xuanzhi's arms and fists were shattered in their clash.
• Lu Xuanzhi transformed into a giant covered in the faces of people he had killed, using their resentment to suppress Chen Yan.
• Lu Xuanzhi revealed that one of the faces belonged to Ye Zhiqing's mother and mocked Ye Zhiqing, leaving her devastated.
• Ji Daowu drew his blade and threatened to strike Lu Xuanzhi if he attacked Chen Yan.
• Chen Yan revealed he had resisted Lu Xuanzhi's resentment and told him that his Comedy Martial Path awakened that day.

Chen Yan killed Lu Xuanzhi before the people of Xiaoyang City, awakening the power of their faith and gaining a new way to Break Limit. As Lu Ming'an called for Chen Yan's death, Zong Heng, Ji Daowu, and dozens of Military Martial elders fought off attackers, plunging Xiaoyang into chaos.

• Chen Yan asked the people whether Lu Xuanzhi deserved to die, and they roared their approval as he crushed Lu Xuanzhi's heart.
• Chen Yan swallowed the Faith Fruit, gaining the ability to turn the faith of an entire age into Limit-Breaking Energy.
• Lu Ming'an called for someone to kill Chen Yan, but Zong Heng killed a hidden attacker and warned that anyone who attacked Chen Yan would die.
• Li Muyun and Yin Youming blocked Lu Ming'an, while Ji Daowu killed a black-robed elder who tried to seize Chen Yan's Immortal Body.
• Lu Ming'an offered a Sunday Level Treasure Medicine for Chen Yan's death, prompting Tan Yishi and dozens of Military Martial elders to attack a powerful Seventh Order being in the clouds.

As powerful fighters attacked Chen Yan for his Immortal Body, he used the chaos to advance his Shatter fruit and bait his enemies. When a Sixth Order expert ambushed him, Chen Yan killed him and the expert’s daughter, advancing his Pushing Fist Intent to Ninth Grade and leaving the remaining fighters shaken.

• Ji Daowu and the Military Martial Guards fought to protect Chen Yan as Lu Ming'an accused them of treason and warned that they were endangering Great Xia’s alliance with Lu Prefecture.
• Chen Yan sensed the Shatter fruit growing in his Saint Breaking Realm and asked Sanjin and the Military Martial elders to pull away so he could draw in attackers.
• A gray-haired Sixth Order expert ambushed Chen Yan, but Chen Yan seized him and beat him to death despite the rescuers rushing toward them.
• Chen Yan killed the expert’s daughter as she fled through concealed space, and his Pushing Fist Intent rose to Ninth Grade.
• The people below cheered Chen Yan as Invincible, while Xi Congyun, Mu Zigui, Li Muyun, Yin Youming, and Lu Ming'an reacted to his strength and the political fallout.

Chen Yan vowed vengeance on the experts who had attacked him and honored the Military Martial Guards who died protecting him, while his battle won him the faith of the people. Elsewhere, Blood Sword Saint punished Ji Zixiao for attacking Chen Yan, and Chen Qi learned that Chen Yan had killed a Sixth Order expert.

• Chen Yan declared that he would kill everyone who had attacked him, then thanked the fallen Military Martial Guards and promised to avenge them.
• Chen Yan offered Treasure Medicines to the families of the dead guards, and Tan Yishi urged him to keep them, saying the guards had chosen to protect him.
• The people’s faith caused Chen Yan’s [Shatter] Character Saint Breaking Fruit to reach thirty-seven percent progress, and his name spread throughout the world.
• Blood Sword Saint caught Ji Zixiao outside Xiaoyang City, crushed him into a blood-red sword, and admitted he had rushed to protect Chen Yan.
• Xia Hanzhou berated Blood Sword Saint for failing to guard Chen Yan, and Blood Sword Saint proposed making amends by targeting Lord Lu’s newborn child.
• Chen Qi learned from the Golden Armored Giant that Chen Yan had killed Lu Xuanzhi, a Sixth Order expert, and demanded to know more.

Chen Qi learned that Chen Yan had killed Lu Xuanzhi and secured support in Xiaoyang, while Lord Chen decided the Chen Clan should let him suffer before offering help. After discussing Great Xia’s plans and True Realm with Xia Qi and King Xia Yue, Chen Yan trained with Lu Xuanzhi’s bloodline treasure and a new breathing technique, determined to build his own power through battle.

• Chen Qi discovered that Steward Hu and Chen Xiyuan were dead and realized Chen Yan had earned the support of Xunyang Faction and Xiaoyang’s people.
• Lord Chen told Chen Qi not to bring Chen Yan back yet, reasoning that Chen Yan should learn the Chen Clan was his future before he became loyal to it.
• Xia Qi and Xia Hanzhou discussed their plans with Chen Yan, who declared that the title of First Order General Star should be honored by his name and asked how to comprehend True Realm.
• King Xia Yue advised Chen Yan that a life-or-death battle or repeatedly stacking his True Intent could help him reach True Realm.
• Chen Yan absorbed Kun Mi Liu Ting from Lu Xuanzhi’s corpse, fusing it with Xun Ting and raising his thunderous Qi and Blood to peak Morning Star Level Class B.
• Chen Yan began cultivating Duan Yan Yin Qiong and tempering his body with Myriad Prison Nether Thunder, determined to forge his own Divine General’s rank through battle.

As the Lu Family and Aristocratic Alliance plotted to kill Chen Yan, the Xia Family remained silent and left him without official protection. Luo Puxin revealed that Lu Xunyang had chosen Chen Yan as his successor, prompting Military Martial Guard forces from several cities to march toward Xiaoyang to defend him.

• Lu Ming'an and Luo Dongli agreed to pursue Chen Yan, while Chen Changyuan said the Aristocratic Alliance would help but Luo Chen would not act openly.
• Luo Puxin persuaded the Lao City Military Martial Guard minister that Lu Xunyang had emerged from the Ancient God Forbidden Land, trained Chen Yan, and made him his successor, so the minister ordered all forces to Xiaoyang.
• Diners in Yixian City condemned Great Xia for abandoning Chen Yan, and a uniformed young man declared that the city's Military Martial Guard would protect him.
• Tens of thousands of Yixian City Military Martial Guards set out for Xiaoyang, while Chen Yuxu and Chen Yu prepared to follow.

Chen Yan and Jiang Yuan raided and destroyed an Aristocratic Alliance Underground Factory, stealing its Body Tempering Medicines and Dragon Constant Medicine before setting out for another. In Xiaoyang City, Dark Assassin prepared to kill Chen Yan, while Tan Yishi failed to deter the Aristocratic Alliance and gathered fighters publicly urging Chen Yan to appear and give his lecture.

• Lu Ming'an and Luo Dongli arranged for Dark Assassin to assassinate Chen Yan when he appeared in public, while Qu Youwu and Military Martial Guard experts entered Xiaoyang City to protect him.
• Jiang Yuan warned Chen Yan that becoming a Divine General would require Zhou Ming's recognition, then sealed communications to the Aristocratic Alliance's Thirteenth District Underground Factory.
• Chen Yan and Jiang Yuan attacked the factory, killed its defenders, took its Treasure Medicines and Dragon Constant Medicine, and destroyed the facility before heading to the next one.
• Tan Yishi met Luo Dongli and offered to keep Chen Yan from acting against the Aristocratic Alliance if they left him alone, but its executives rejected the offer.
• Tan Yishi called for Lu Ming'an, who refused to intervene and warned that Chen Yan would be attacked if he appeared; powerful fighters then publicly urged Chen Yan to come out and lecture on the Immortal Body.

Chen Yan used the Aristocratic Alliance’s stolen Treasure Medicines to strengthen his body and master [Duan Yan Yin Qiong], then stayed away from Xiaoyang City as his enemies waited for him. He exposed two of the Alliance’s underground factories before the crowd, leaving Luo Dongli’s plans in disarray.

• Chen Yan absorbed the Treasure Medicines, endured the damage to his body, and formed new Saint Breaking Fruits as he tempered himself.
• Chen Yan consumed a [Skill] Character Saint Breaking Fruit, reached the Heart-Entering level of [Duan Yan Yin Qiong], and greatly increased his power.
• Jiang Yuan asked Chen Yan if it was time to begin, and Chen Yan agreed as the crowd gathered in Xiaoyang City for his promised lecture.
• The Military Martial Guard, Zhang Ting, and Luo Dongli waited for Chen Yan, while an Aristocratic Alliance member publicly demanded that he appear.
• Chen Yan did not show up, and Luo Dongli concluded that he had fled; the crowd condemned the Alliance when an image revealed human remains in its No. 10 Underground Factory.
• Chen Yan’s voice identified the No. 10 factory and then showed the Alliance’s Thirteenth District, declaring that he was ridding the people of a scourge.

Chen Yan deceived the Aristocratic Alliance with a staged clue about the Thirteenth District while he trained on its Treasure Medicine and prepared to lecture on the Immortal Body. After the Alliance realized he had already destroyed multiple factories, its High Command rushed to defend what remained as Chen Yan taunted them.

• Luo Dongli blamed Chen Yan for framing the Aristocratic Alliance, then noticed the clock in his photograph showed 4:45 and sent Luo Feng and Chen Sanyuan to capture him near the Thirteenth District.
• Lu Menghan and Lu Ming'an suspected Chen Yan had planted the clock clue to lure the Alliance's experts away, while Chen Yan trained in Jiang Yuan's Training Room and increased his True Dragon Phases to 267.
• Chen Yan told Jiang Yuan that his Immortal Body lecture would be genuine, while Luo Dongli believed her deception had worked when Zong Heng and Qu Youwu left Xiaoyang City.
• Luo Feng informed Luo Dongli that the Thirteenth District had already been burned down, and a new image revealed another Aristocratic Alliance Underground Factory in flames.
• Luo Dongli and Chen Sanyuan realized Chen Yan had fooled them and targeted the Twelfth District, while Chen Yan taunted the Alliance and praised its Treasure Medicine.
• The Aristocratic Alliance's High Command flew out to defend its Underground Factories after Chen Yan's words enraged them.

Chen Yan used a series of feints to draw the Seventh Order experts away from Xiaoyang City, then appeared to deliver his lecture on the Immortal Body. The chapter ended as he began speaking beneath a golden radiance, with the danger from Zhang Ting still unresolved.

• Chen Yan’s voice revealed the location of an Aristocratic Alliance Underground Factory, drawing powerful experts away to raid it.
• Lu Menghan realized Chen Yan intended to clear Xiaoyang City so he could give his lecture, and Dark Assassin stayed behind to ambush him.
• Chen Yan appeared at the Tianbang Boxing Tournament and announced that he would lecture on the Immortal Body, but Dark Assassin’s strike hit Tan Yishi in disguise, who drove the assassin away.
• Chen Yan returned to the Tianbang Boxing Tournament and said Zhang Ting was the only Seventh Order left in Xiaoyang City, while the Grand Tutor believed Zhang Ting would not attack.
• Chen Yan appeared in the sky surrounded by golden light and began his lecture on the Immortal Body.

Chen Yan addressed the world about forging the Immortal Body through unbreakable will, then revealed that he had condensed 216 Extreme Stripes. His display stunned Xiaoyang and left Lu Menghan and Luo Dongli speechless as the crowd struggled to comprehend what they had seen.

• Chen Yan told the world that cultivating the Immortal Body required no teacher or fortuitous encounter, only a heart that never gave up.
• Ji Daowu recalled the old record of 144 Extreme Stripes and An Yunnan's 151, while Lu Menghan challenged Chen Yan to reveal his own total.
• Chen Yan explained that Lu Xunyang had predicted 216 Extreme Stripes could awaken the Immortal Body, and he rebuked Lu Menghan when she dismissed the possibility.
• Chen Yan declared that no one could call something impossible without trying it, then released his power and exposed the Extreme Stripes across his body.
• The onlookers saw that Chen Yan had condensed exactly 216 Extreme Stripes, and Luo Dongli, Lu Menghan, and the General Stars were left stunned.

Chen Yan revealed 224 Extreme Stripes, proclaimed the Will Martial Dao, and left Xiaoyang amid the crowd’s acclaim. As the Thunderous Treasure Land’s arrival drew near, he received a direct imparting of the Phantom Slaughter Dragon Style and killed Luo Dongli.

• Chen Yan displayed 216 Extreme Stripes, continued until 224 appeared, and declared that immortal will—not an immortal body—was the key to surpassing human limits.
• Chen Yan announced the Will Martial Dao, and the people of Xiaoyang rallied behind him as he walked out of the city.
• After Chen Yan left, a lightning hourglass appeared and the Previous State Lord’s projection began teaching the Phantom Slaughter Dragon Style, with only Chen Yan able to hear the imparting clearly.
• Chen Yan entered Xiaoyang in disguise, absorbed the martial art while climbing an office tower, and overheard Luo Dongli arguing with Chen Changyuan about killing him.
• Chen Yan opened Luo Dongli’s office door and snapped her neck.

Chen Yan returned to Xiaoyang after killing Luo Dongli, while the Lu Family planned to assassinate him after learning about the Will Martial Dao. He escaped the Aristocratic Alliance headquarters and met Sanjin outside the city, where he agreed to spend an hour with her before she returned.

• Chen Changyuan learned that Chen Yan had achieved 224 Extreme Stripes on the Will Path and confronted the masked figure who had stopped him from entering it.
• Lu Fusang revealed that he had awakened the Will Martial Dao and an Immortal Body, then ordered Lu Menghan to locate Chen Yan so his Soul Clone could help kill him.
• Lu Menghan used divination to find Chen Yan downstairs, but the backlash left her badly weakened.
• Chen Yan concealed himself after killing Luo Dongli, then left the Aristocratic Alliance headquarters through the Tianbang Boxing Tournament arena with Old Chi's help.
• Sanjin waited for Chen Yan in the wilderness, and he told her to return to Xiaoyang after an hour together.
• Sanjin offered Chen Yan a chicken drumstick, and he praised it before asking which shop she had bought it from so she could leave a bad review.

Chen Yan’s meal with Sanjin made him recognize that he was beginning to view people as numbers, reaffirming his connection to humanity. He then absorbed the first form of the Sunday Level martial art [Phantom Slaughter Dragon Style], while Xia Hanzhou rushed to Qin Prefecture after hearing Blood Sword Saint’s report.

• Chen Yan praised Sanjin’s dishes but told her to leave bad reviews, and Sanjin left in tears after he admitted the food had been excellent but overpriced.
• Blood Sword Saint reported Chen Yan’s plans and the Lu Family’s intended ambush to Xia Hanzhou, who then urged Shen Keqing to hurry to Qin Prefecture.
• After Sanjin departed, Chen Yan reflected on his growing detachment from others and concluded that humanity gave Martial Dao meaning.
• Chen Yan consumed the Character Saint Breaking Fruit and used its Skill Energy to understand the first form of [Phantom Slaughter Dragon Style], [Condensing Brilliance Style].

Chen Yan learned why the Thunderous Treasure Land and Phantom Slaughter Dragon Style had been prepared to help him survive his future Lightning Tribulation, while his Saint Breaking Fruit neared ripening. As Lu Fusang and Lu Menghan plotted to kill him, Chen Yan struck first and attacked Lu Menghan in the void.

• Xia Qi contacted Chen Yan through the Thunderous Treasure Land, explained the danger of his future Lightning Tribulation, and revealed that the State Spirit Mirror could simulate it.
• Chen Yan learned that performing the Phantom Slaughter Dragon Style during the tribulation could awaken the Founding Lord of Great Xia’s benevolent side, then saw his [Shatter] Character Saint Breaking Fruit reach 81/100.
• Jiang Yuan refused Chen Yan’s offer to work together and set out to raid six Aristocratic Alliance bases he had tracked.
• Lu Fusang met King Xia Chen in Tie Prefecture and said he intended to take revenge on Chen Yan, learn the Phantom Slaughter Dragon Style, and worship a general.
• Lu Menghan summoned Lu Fusang’s Soul Clone and waited for Dark Assassin to arrive, believing they could kill Chen Yan.
• Chen Yan punched open the void above him, found Lu Menghan inside, and plunged in; after a crash, he kicked out her headless corpse.

Chen Yan killed Lu Menghan and Lu Fusang’s Soul Clone, then disrupted the Aristocratic Alliance’s escape and resource haul while Dark Assassin was intercepted and killed by Blood Sword Saint. Lu Fusang summoned a vast Dharma Image and challenged Chen Yan to a fight to the death, and Chen Yan answered from outside Xiaoyang City.

• Chen Yan killed Lu Fusang’s Soul Clone with [Condensing Brilliance Style], though the technique badly burned his finger.
• Lu Fusang sensed his Soul Clone’s death and Lu Menghan’s death, then ordered Dark Assassin to kill Chen Yan.
• Blood Sword Saint seized Dark Assassin and crushed him into a tiny blood-red sword before he could reach Chen Yan.
• Chen Yan killed the Aristocratic Alliance members fleeing with Underground Factory resources, frustrating Jiang Yuan’s tracking and plans.
• Lu Fusang revealed his Gold Paper and gathered his Soul Clones to manifest a towering Dharma Image Phantom over Xiaoyang, challenging Chen Yan to a battle to the death.
• Chen Yan appeared outside Xiaoyang and shouted that he would fight.

Chen Yan prepared for his fight with Lu Fusang by testing the simulated Mie Fa Realm Lightning Tribulation and absorbing resources from the Aristocratic Alliance, while Lu Fusang arrived in Xiaoyang and displayed Will Pressure like Chen Yan’s. During the Previous State Lord’s lecture, Chen Yan advanced his understanding of [Condensing Brilliance Style] and initiated it.

• Chen Yan accepted Lu Fusang’s challenge to fight in Xiaoyang six days later, and the [Shatter] Character Saint Breaking Fruit reached eighty-three percent.
• Hu Yuan and Wang Yang heard Lu Fusang’s challenge, while Chen Qi sent Chen Musheng to meet Chen Yan in Xiaoyang.
• Ji Daowu and Jiang Miaoxuan urged Yin Youming to help Chen Yan prepare for Lu Fusang, and Yin Youming went to the Military Martial Guard while Chen Yan remained in seclusion.
• Chen Yan used the State Spirit Mirror to test a simulated Mie Fa Realm Lightning Tribulation, survived three Lightning Flames, and died to the fourth before deciding to rely on outside help and absorb the resources he had seized.
• Lu Fusang’s Soul Clone arrived in Xiaoyang, announced his intention to become a First Order General Star, and revealed Will Pressure like Chen Yan’s as the Previous State Lord began his lecture.
• Chen Yan studied and practiced [Condensing Brilliance Style] during the lecture, gained two [Skill] Character Saint Breaking Fruits, and initiated the technique.

Chen Yan strengthened his body and martial arts while preparing for his life-or-death battle with Lu Fusang, then trained his Fist Intent through sparring with Yin Youming and Li Muyun. Though his progress astonished the powerful General Stars who tried to help him, he still refused to withdraw, and Ji Daowu went to confront him.

• Wu Hao gave Lu Fusang an iron token containing insights on the Phantom Slaughter Dragon Style, while Zong Heng condemned him for aiding Lu Fusang.
• After two days and nights of cultivation, Chen Yan advanced his Condensing Brilliance Style, strengthened his body, and continued struggling against the State Spirit Mirror’s Lightning Tribulations.
• Yin Youming visited Chen Yan, learned the full force of his Will Pressure, and sparred with him to help him improve his Fist Intent.
• Chen Yan’s Fist Intent grew from three layers to five during their fight, and Yin Youming stayed to hear the lecture.
• Yin Youming and then Li Muyun were stunned by how quickly Chen Yan’s Fist Intent advanced, with Li Muyun seeing him progress from six layers to eight in an afternoon.
• Ji Daowu headed to the Military Martial Guard to speak with Chen Yan and said he would knock him out and carry him away if necessary.

Lu Fusang agreed to accept a Life and Death Post to fight Chen Yan, while asking Lord Lu to spare his younger sister from the Valley of Slaughter. Chen Yan learned of Lu Fusang’s resolve and, as allies gathered around him, heard that Xi Congyun would help only if Chen Yan went with him to Yun Prefecture.

• Ji Daowu left for the Military Martial Guard to support Chen Yan, while Yin Youming and Li Muyun struggled with the news that Chen Yan might face Lu Fusang.
• Lu Fusang told Lord Lu that Chen Yan was an extraordinary threat and asked for a Life and Death Post; Lord Lu agreed and spared Lu Fusang’s sister from next year’s Valley of Slaughter.
• Chen Yan overheard Lu Fusang’s words from within a Meridian End and resolved to face him despite the danger to Will Martial Dao.
• Ji Daowu visited Chen Yan, confirmed that Chen Yan still intended to fight Lu Fusang, and offered to spar with him.
• Mu Zigui told Chen Yan that Xi Congyun planned to injure Lu Fusang before the duel, but wanted Chen Yan to accompany him to Yun Prefecture as Deputy Minister of the Military Martial Guard.