Chapter Summaries

Plot points and events

• Great Yuan Imperial Advisor Basiba overwhelms the people inside the Ming Emperor Mausoleum with his supernatural Dragon Qi Demonic Fiend. The Special Operations Forces and most explorers are immobilized; even powerful martial artists such as Wang Tianba, Fang Hansong, and Tang Ye cannot match him.
• Ye Zhen theatrically laments his fate, prompting irritation from the helpless explorers. When he names Pei Canghai—the founder of Human Immortal Martial Dao—as the only person who could defeat Basiba, the others point out that finding him is the real problem.
• Gu Chen, inhabiting Pei Canghai’s body, enters the mausoleum. Basiba recognizes him and explains that he has waited centuries for a rematch with the man who sealed him.
• Basiba reveals that he took the body and Dragon Qi of a Ming Emperor, Wu Mingzong, to strengthen himself while preparing for Pei’s return.
• Gu Chen unleashes Pei Canghai’s immense power: blood and qi from 1.08 million acupoints rise as a vast, dragon-shaped plume of Qi and Blood Wolf Smoke. The two opponents charge, beginning their long-awaited fight.

Character developments and interactions

• Gu Chen/Pei Canghai moves from observer to challenger, eager to experience the full strength of the Human Immortal body. His entrance transforms the despairing mood into hope and awe.
• Basiba shifts from mercilessly dominating his opponents to openly joyful anticipation of facing his old enemy. His confidence rests on the power he gained from the emperor’s Dragon Qi.
• Qin Miaowei is stunned to realize that the man she had dismissed as delusional may truly be Pei Canghai. Her understanding of him—and of her own judgment—changes abruptly.
• Ye Zhen remains melodramatic and self-congratulatory, claiming credit for predicting Pei’s arrival. The other explorers respond with annoyance, while also watching the newcomer in disbelief.
• The immobilized explorers, officials, and soldiers have little influence on events; they watch as the conflict shifts from their helpless defeat to a contest between two extraordinary powers.

Significant themes

• The gap between ordinary martial arts and supernatural power: National Martial Arts and even elite martial fighters prove ineffective against Basiba’s demonic aura.
• Legacy and prolonged rivalry: Basiba’s centuries of preparation culminate in a rematch with the man who sealed him.
• Mistaken judgment and hidden identity: Qin Miaowei’s disbelief gives way to the possibility that Pei’s seemingly absurd claims were true.
• Power and spectacle: The opposing forces—Basiba’s sinister imperial Dragon Qi and Pei’s commanding blood-and-qi dragon—visually embody their clash of martial paths.

Key plot points

• Gu Chen takes control of Pei Canghai’s Martial Dao Human Immortal body and immediately clashes with Great Yuan Imperial Advisor Basiba, whose Dragon Qi Demonic Fiend surrounds Wu Mingzong’s body.
• Their opening collision unleashes devastating shockwaves. The mausoleum’s occupants, initially immobilized by Basiba’s sinister energy, recover as Pei Canghai’s warm Qi and Blood Power reaches them and flee to safety.
• Pei Canghai and Basiba trade powerful punches and claw strikes. Their battle destroys the mausoleum’s buildings, paving, and surrounding landscape, with neither gaining the advantage.
• Once the spectators have escaped, Pei Canghai declares the mausoleum too cramped and rises into the air. Basiba follows, and their fight continues above the ruins.

Character developments

• Gu Chen / Pei Canghai: Gu Chen revels in the strength of the Human Immortal body, sensing that its immense Qi and Blood Power makes him extraordinarily durable and powerful.
• Fang Xiu, Liu Qing’er, Ye Zhen, and other martial artists: Witnessing the battle deepens their awe and strengthens their ambition to become Martial Dao Human Immortals.
• The spectators: Their initial terror gives way to relief and fascination; some film the duel despite its danger.

Significant themes

• The gulf between ordinary fighters and legendary power: Even the battle’s distant shockwaves threaten Light Strength and Hidden Strength practitioners.
• Power and destruction: The combatants’ strength is shown through the near-total devastation of the mausoleum.
• Aspiration: Seeing the Human Immortal’s abilities inspires younger martial artists to pursue greater mastery.

Character interactions

• The fleeing spectators exchange nervous jokes and gratitude at having survived, while Qin Miaowei anxiously asks who will win. The others admit they cannot tell.
• Pei Canghai challenges Basiba to move the fight elsewhere; Basiba accepts, and the two resume their evenly matched duel in the sky.

Key plot points and events

• The battle at the Ming Emperor Mausoleum draws an immediate response from the military. Armed helicopters and ground units with anti-aircraft guns and missiles arrive as videos of the fighters’ immense power spread online.
• The clash attracts worldwide attention. Foreign governments redirect satellites to observe the fight, while researchers marvel that both combatants can move faster than sound and speculate about their strength and extraordinary longevity.
• Basiba is repeatedly struck by missile and artillery barrages. His Dragon Qi Demonic Fiend shield withstands the attacks but begins to crack under their force.
• Basiba dives toward the ground forces, intent on destroying the trucks carrying anti-aircraft weapons. “Pei Canghai” intercepts him, but Basiba endures several punches to reach and overturn the trucks.
• With the battle generating rapidly increasing Origin Points, Gu Chen decides to end the confrontation. Through Pei Canghai, he detonates a thousand of the Martial Dao Human Immortal’s acupoints, unleashing a tremendous surge of Qi and Blood Power. Basiba is caught off guard as crimson light overwhelms his view.

Character developments

• Gu Chen / Pei Canghai: Gu Chen reveals that the Human Immortal system contains a hidden, high-risk trump card: acupoints can be detonated to multiply a fighter’s power. He shifts from sustaining the spectacle to preparing a decisive finish.
• Basiba: He proves resilient against modern weapons but becomes increasingly frustrated by the bombardment. He adapts by attacking the ground forces, exposing how the military threat can constrain even a powerful immortal.
• Military personnel: Initially reliant on their weapons, they become vulnerable once Basiba closes the distance; Pei Canghai’s intervention protects them.

Significant themes

• Traditional cultivation versus modern warfare: Missiles and artillery can pressure a supernatural fighter, but their effectiveness depends on distance, terrain, and protection.
• Public spectacle and global consequences: The battle becomes an online sensation and an international intelligence priority, suggesting that extraordinary martial power could reshape society and geopolitics.
• Power with concealed costs or limits: Gu Chen’s acupoint-detonation technique offers overwhelming strength, but its extreme nature hints that the Human Immortal system has dangerous contingencies.

Character interactions

• Pei Canghai repeatedly interrupts Basiba’s attempts to attack the helicopters and ground units, drawing Basiba’s attention back to the duel.
• The armed forces coordinate with Pei Canghai’s intervention, using successive missile and artillery barrages to weaken Basiba’s defensive aura.
• Gu Chen uses his control of Pei Canghai to unleash the trump card just as Basiba is focused on reaching the military trucks.

Chapter Summary

Key plot points and events

• Gu Chen continues channeling his mind and will through Martial Dao Human Immortal Pei Canghai, detonating nearly five thousand of Pei’s Acupoints to unleash overwhelming Qi and Blood Power.
• Pei catches up with Great Yuan Imperial Advisor Basiba and batters him until the Dragon Qi Demonic Fiend barrier around him shatters. Basiba is badly injured, but the black lotus mark on his forehead releases Dark Light that forces Pei back long enough for Basiba to escape toward a nearby river.
• Basiba plunges into the river, witnessed and filmed by anglers. Pei follows, briefly appearing in the air before flying off to recover. Armed helicopters arrive soon afterward, and authorities question the anglers.
• The tourists and staff who had disappeared beneath the Ming Emperor Mausoleum return safely, though the site is heavily damaged. Authorities question them as well.
• Footage of Basiba’s fall circulates online. Those who had been at the mausoleum conclude that Pei won the battle, and the internet erupts with speculation about Basiba’s survival and Pei’s whereabouts.
• Pei meditates in a hidden cave on Purple Paulownia Mountain to stabilize himself after the strain of detonating so many Acupoints. Gu Chen withdraws his mind and will from Pei and turns his attention to the gains from the encounter.

Character developments

• Gu Chen demonstrates the power and risks of directing Pei’s body in battle. After using nearly five thousand Acupoints, he recognizes the physical toll and leaves Pei to recover before inspecting what he has gained.
• Pei Canghai proves powerful enough to break Basiba’s defense and drive him into the river, but the victory comes at a serious cost to his body.
• Basiba is severely wounded and forced to retreat, yet his survival remains uncertain rather than confirmed; his dark lotus mark appears to be a potent defensive weapon.
• Qin Miaowei feels relief at Pei’s apparent victory, then becomes uneasy about her relationship with him. Learning that the man she treated as a delusional friend is actually a formidable Immortal leaves her unsure how to behave.

Significant themes

• Power and its price: Pei’s explosive strength turns the tide of battle but leaves him badly strained.
• The extraordinary entering everyday life: Anglers film a flying fighter, while officials and online audiences try to make sense of events beyond ordinary experience.
• Changing perceptions and social distance: Qin’s view of Pei shifts dramatically once she understands his true status.
• Uncertain victory: Basiba has been defeated in this encounter, but his previous survival and apparent resilience suggest the conflict may not be over.

Character interactions

• Pei relentlessly pursues and attacks Basiba; Basiba responds with the Dark Light from his forehead mark and escapes into the river.
• Anglers witness the supernatural fight’s aftermath and film Pei, turning the battle into a public spectacle.
• Qin reacts to the footage with relief, then reflects uneasily on how her casual familiarity with Pei conflicts with his hidden power.
• Authorities interview the returning tourists, staff, and anglers, while online commenters debate Basiba’s fate and ask where Pei has gone.

Key plot points and events

• After witnessing the battle at the Ming Emperor Mausoleum, Gu Chen discovers he has gained 650,000 Origin Points, bringing his total to 750,000.
• He spends 200,000 points to advance from the Five Organs Chapter to the Blood Changing Chapter, skipping two major cultivation realms. His bones become jade-like, and his blood turns pale gold and fragrant. The changes are powerful but difficult for him to control.
• Videos of Pei Canghai defeating Basiba spread online, attracting international attention and earning Gu Chen additional Origin Points.
• Government officials meet to assess the danger posed by the two superhuman fighters. They decide to recruit Pei Canghai, expel Basiba, and introduce National Martial Arts in schools and major examinations.
• Foreign governments also seek to obtain the power and longevity associated with Human Immortal cultivation. Meanwhile, officials and foreign agents race to find Basiba, fearing what he might do if he recovers.
• Basiba survives his catastrophic injuries thanks to the demonic transformation of his body. He drifts far downstream and is accidentally caught in a fishing net by a crew unaware of his identity.

Character developments

• Gu Chen makes a major leap in cultivation and gains extraordinary physical traits, but his new fragrant blood prompts him to joke that he has become “Tang Sanzang,” whose flesh is coveted in legend.
• Basiba is gravely injured and temporarily dormant, yet his unusual vitality keeps him alive. His recovery remains a looming threat.
• Pei Canghai becomes a public figure and a potential ally for the government because he is seen as comparatively well-intentioned.
• The fishing crew are introduced as skeptical, rough-edged men whose chance discovery of Basiba puts them at the center of the aftermath.

Significant themes

• Power and its consequences: Governments recognize that conventional weapons may not control Human Immortals, while their battles could devastate cities.
• The spread of supernatural knowledge: Online footage turns a secretive kind of power into a global spectacle.
• Political ambition: Nations and powerful individuals are drawn not only to immense strength but also to the promise of longevity.
• Chance and unintended consequences: Gu Chen’s cultivation brings an unexpected side effect, while Basiba’s survival places him in the hands of ordinary fishermen.

Character interactions

• Officials debate whether Pei Canghai and Basiba should be recruited or driven away, while foreign agents pursue Basiba for their own governments.
• Gu Chen privately examines his new body and reacts with humor and unease to its changes.
• The fishing crew joke about reports of supernatural fighters and an ancient imperial advisor—then discover a mangled body in their net, unaware that it is Basiba.

Plot points and events

• In response to the Ming Emperor Mausoleum incident, the Central Province Official makes National Martial Arts compulsory in schools, with at least five weekly classes and exam points attached. Martial-arts instructors become highly sought after.
• Fang Xiu’s Wing Chun White Crane schools attract a surge of students. She plans to open branches, invites Group Chat friends to help oversee them, and asks Gu Chen to serve as resident martial artist at her new Coastal City branch. He agrees.
• The authorities search the Jinling River for Great Yuan Imperial Advisor Basiba but find no trace. Current simulations point toward Wengzhou City and its waterways, prompting a new search effort.
• Western governments publicly demand that Central Continent hand Basiba over, while Central Continent insists that anything found within its ruins belongs to it.
• A river captain’s crew salvages a badly injured body they believe is Basiba and sells it to Master Jin. Rather than contact the authorities, Master Jin decides to auction the body to the highest bidder.
• Western agents move to secure Basiba, and Western nations announce a maritime joint exercise near Wengzhou City—an apparent cover for their efforts to obtain him.

Character developments and interactions

• Gu Chen welcomes the government’s decisive education policy and accepts Fang Xiu’s invitation, taking on a new role without much hesitation.
• Fang Xiu expands from running a successful school to planning a wider network of branches, drawing on her Group Chat connections. Liu Qing’er considers investing.
• Master Jin shows his pragmatism and disregard for the authorities: he treats the recovered body as a valuable commodity and consults his adviser, A Biao, before choosing to sell it.
• The Central Province Official and Western nations escalate from competing searches to an open political and covert struggle over Basiba.

Significant themes

• Martial arts as national policy: The incident transforms martial arts from a popular pursuit into a state-backed educational priority.
• Power, longevity, and ambition: Basiba’s body attracts governments and elites because of the promise of extraordinary strength and long life.
• Political rivalry and public messaging: Both sides use rhetoric about law, freedom, and rights to advance their interests.
• Profit over principle: Master Jin’s decision to sell the body highlights how criminal networks exploit the international scramble.

Plot points and events

• A proposed Western Nations Maritime Joint Exercise near Wengzhou City is widely understood as pressure on the Central Continent to surrender Basiba’s body. Officials have reportedly located it, while Western agents are also trying to obtain it.
• Gu Chen suspects the West wants to study Basiba’s unusual power and longevity—and considers whether Basiba may once have made a deal with them.
• Gu sees an opportunity in the impending exercise: he imagines using the conflict to generate Origin Points, perhaps by sending Pei Canghai after Basiba and letting warships be destroyed in the process.
• In a warehouse by the Qianhui River, Western agents negotiate with local boat-gang boss Master Jin to buy Basiba’s remains for fourteen million dollars.
• The supposedly dead Basiba awakens before the sale. He kills and consumes the fleshly essence of more than twenty gang members, restoring his mangled body.
• When Master Jin and the agents arrive, Basiba devours Master Jin, his adviser, and their men. He spares one Western agent, whom he recognizes from the Ming Emperor Mausoleum.

Character developments

• Gu Chen remains calculating and opportunistic, turning an international crisis into a possible way to gain power.
• Pei Canghai is presented as close to completing his Acupoints and as a plausible pursuer of Basiba, though he has not yet acted.
• Basiba is revealed to be alive, predatory, and able to regenerate by consuming human fleshly essence. His recognition of the Western agent hints at prior history.
• Ye Zhen (chat name: Ye Liangchen) grandly announces that he will defeat Basiba once he becomes a Martial Dao Human Immortal, prompting the group’s usual teasing.

Character interactions

• He Wu and Liu Qing’er share information about Basiba’s reported location and the Western Nations’ political pressure; Gu uses their messages to form his own theory.
• The group chat’s banter contrasts with the growing danger: Ye Zhen boasts, while Ji Taibao jokes about cooling his “overheated brain.”
• Master Jin’s men treat the remains casually until Basiba awakens. The Western agents’ business arrangement collapses into a massacre when Basiba turns on the group.

Significant themes

• Political pressure and competing interests: The maritime exercise is framed as a military pretext in the struggle over Basiba.
• Power as a commodity: The West wants to study or acquire Basiba’s abilities, while Gu sees the situation as a source of personal advancement.
• Monstrous survival and predation: Basiba’s recovery depends on consuming others, making his longevity horrifying rather than merely extraordinary.
• Complacency before danger: The guards’ dismissal of rumors and casual treatment of the body leave them unprepared for what it is.

Key plot points and events

• Great Yuan Imperial Advisor Basiba kills local kingpin Master Jin, his adviser, and dozens of men by draining their vitality with his Dragon Qi Demonic Fiend, leaving them as dried corpses.
• Western agents approach Basiba with an offer to join them, promising technology and political freedom. He sees through their claims and agrees only if they demonstrate their military strength against a Martial Dao Human Immortal.
• Western governments order their fleets—already assembled for a joint maritime exercise—to confront the Immortal. They hope to capture or kill him and obtain samples for research.
• Central Continent investigators connect the warehouse deaths to Basiba’s power. Authorities mobilize special forces and heavy weapons as rumors spread that Basiba is cooperating with the foreigners.
• Online debate erupts over whether an Immortal or a modern naval fleet would prevail.
• In Coastal City, Gu Chen reads the discussion and prepares to send Pei Canghai, the Martial Dao Human Immortal he created, against the fleet. He is eager both to gain Origin Points and to test the matchup firsthand.

Character developments

• Basiba remains ruthless and perceptive: he recognizes the Western agents’ real interest in his abilities and turns their recruitment offer into a demand for a military trial.
• Gu Chen is excited by the prospect of testing Pei Canghai against modern naval weapons, treating the confrontation as both an experiment and an opportunity.
• Pei Canghai is positioned as the central force in the coming clash; his previously damaged acupoints have largely recovered.

Significant themes

• Traditional power versus modern technology: The chapter frames the coming battle as a contest between a superhuman martial artist and a coordinated naval force.
• Political hypocrisy and opportunism: Basiba dismisses the foreigners’ language of freedom and democracy, believing they chiefly want access to his secrets.
• Public speculation and uncertainty: Online observers debate the possible outcome while officials prepare for a threat they cannot fully understand.

Character interactions

• The Western agents approach Basiba deferentially, but he exposes their motives and sets the terms of their proposed alliance.
• Basiba’s apparent contact with the foreigners alarms Central Continent’s authorities, who respond by investigating the deaths and preparing a military deployment.
• Gu Chen observes the public debate and decides to put his creation, Pei Canghai, directly into the confrontation with the Western fleet.

Key plot points and events

• Gu Chen checks on the recovery of Martial Dao Human Immortal Pei Canghai’s damaged acupoints, which are nearly healed.
• He attends the opening of Fang Xiu’s Wing Chun White Crane Fist branch in Coastal City. The gym has attracted wealthy patrons, officials, and media, reflecting the growing prestige of the martial arts school.
• Outside, Gu Chen runs into his former classmate Fang Xiaoyue and her boyfriend, Sun Leng. Sun assumes Gu Chen wants to enroll and boasts about his family’s connections, while Gu Chen lets him talk without revealing that Fang Xiu invited him as the gym’s Guardian Fist Master.
• Fang Xiu personally welcomes Gu Chen, and the ceremony begins. Sun and Fang Xiaoyue see Gu Chen standing prominently beside her, realizing he has far more status than they assumed.
• After the ribbon-cutting and photographs, Fang Xiu tells Gu Chen he should meet the gym’s other boxers and may need to demonstrate his ability to earn their respect. He agrees.

Character developments

• Gu Chen remains calm and unassuming, neither correcting Sun’s assumptions nor responding to his boasts. His quiet confidence contrasts with his growing influence.
• Fang Xiu appears capable and self-assured as she manages the high-profile opening, while showing that Gu Chen’s presence matters to her and the gym.
• Sun Leng is revealed as insecure and status-conscious: he tries to impress Fang Xiaoyue by flaunting his family’s connections, then is embarrassed when Gu Chen proves to be a central guest.
• Fang Xiaoyue is surprised by how much Gu Chen’s circumstances seem to have changed. She initially interprets his claim of being invited inside as an attempt to save face.

Significant themes

• Appearances versus reality: Gu Chen’s ordinary tracksuit and understated manner conceal his importance.
• Status and social connections: Sun relies on wealth and family influence, while Gu Chen’s standing comes from his actual relationship with the martial arts world.
• Unexpected consequences: Gu Chen’s earlier, seemingly casual actions helped create the reputation that now surrounds the gym.
• Recognition and respect: The gym’s boxers may still require Gu Chen to prove himself, despite his prominent position.

Character interactions

• Gu Chen and Fang Xiaoyue reconnect warmly, but Sun’s possessive introduction and boasting turn the encounter into a display of social rivalry.
• Fang Xiaoyue asks Sun to help Gu Chen enroll, inadvertently encouraging Sun’s performance.
• Fang Xiu’s enthusiastic welcome publicly establishes Gu Chen’s importance, reversing Sun and Xiaoyue’s assumptions.
• Fang Xiu then shifts from ceremony to business, explaining that Gu Chen must meet the gym’s fighters and earn their respect.

Key plot points and events

• While waiting at Fang Xiu’s martial arts hall, Gu Chen sends his consciousness into Pei Canghai’s recovered Martial Dao Human Immortal body, whose 1,080,000 acupoints have returned to full strength.
• Pei Canghai travels rapidly to Wengzhou City, where Gu Chen suspects Great Yuan Imperial Advisor Basiba may be coordinating with the Western Nations.
• At the port, Pei Canghai unleashes an immense display of qi and blood and publicly challenges Basiba. The spectacle draws crowds, officials, and widespread attention.
• Basiba appears and accepts the challenge, then flees toward the open ocean. Pei Canghai follows, and the port’s residents are relieved that the confrontation has moved away from the city.
• Central Province patrol ships pursue the pair, while officials direct satellites toward them. Online speculation spreads that Basiba may be luring Pei Canghai into a trap.
• The Western Nations’ joint naval fleet prepares for combat, placing its missiles on standby and launching fighter jets. The chapter ends with the fleet expecting a confrontation.

Character developments and interactions

• Gu Chen is confident in Pei Canghai’s restored strength and willingly pursues Basiba, despite suspecting the Imperial Advisor has powerful allies.
• Pei Canghai acts as Gu Chen’s formidable proxy, openly confronting Basiba and chasing him toward the sea.
• Basiba responds boldly to the challenge but chooses the ocean as the battleground, reinforcing suspicions that he has an ambush or alliance waiting.
• Their brief exchange—Pei Canghai’s public challenge and Basiba’s taunting reply—sets up an imminent showdown.

Significant themes

• Power and spectacle: Pei Canghai’s supernatural display becomes a public event, amplified by phones, satellites, and online discussion.
• Uncertainty and strategy: Neither the officials nor the public know whether Basiba is fleeing, luring Pei Canghai, or drawing him toward Western forces.
• Traditional strength versus modern military power: The chapter builds toward a clash between a Martial Dao Human Immortal and a heavily armed naval fleet.
• Collateral danger: The port’s panic shows how easily a duel between extraordinary fighters could endanger ordinary people.

Key plot points and events

• Pei Canghai pursues Great Yuan Imperial Advisor Basiba across the sea. Their repeated clashes—Pei’s powerful Qi and Blood against Basiba’s sinister Dragon Qi Demonic Fiend—send huge shock waves across the water.
• A Wengzhou Port patrol ship follows and records the fight, keeping its distance while reporting events to officials.
• The chase reaches the high seas, where Western nations are conducting a maritime exercise. More than forty fighter jets identify Pei as their target and fire anti-ship missiles.
• Gu Chen, controlling Pei’s Martial Dao Human Immortal body, meets the first volley with a punch. His Qi and Blood Power destroys the missiles, though the blast drives him backward and disperses some of his protective aura.
• Officials and researchers watching the satellite feed are astonished. They recognize that a single punch rivals a missile in destructive power and begin urging greater study of Central Continent’s martial traditions.
• A second, much larger missile volley approaches. Realizing his defenses may fail against dozens of missiles, Gu Chen draws on more power—even detonating newly formed acupoints—and unleashes a vast blood-colored field to intercept them.

Character developments

• Gu Chen/Pei Canghai moves from excitement at the chance to challenge modern aircraft to serious concern as he assesses the danger of a mass missile attack. He responds by pushing the body beyond its normal limits.
• Basiba remains a formidable, taunting opponent, but he is primarily the object of Pei’s pursuit before the Western forces interrupt the conflict.
• Western and Central Continent observers shift from watching the confrontation to recognizing the strategic significance of Qi and Blood Power.

Significant themes

• The chapter contrasts ancient martial power with modern military technology, questioning whether either can decisively overcome the other.
• It emphasizes the awe—and potential geopolitical consequences—of a previously underestimated form of human strength.
• Power comes with risk: Gu Chen’s extreme response to the missile barrage may protect him, but strains the body and its newly formed acupoints.

Character interactions

• Pei and Basiba exchange attacks while pursuing and fleeing, each meeting the other’s force directly.
• Pei/Gu Chen confronts the fighter squadron and its missile attacks, while unseen officials, military personnel, and researchers observe through live surveillance.
• The patrol-ship crew acts as a cautious intermediary, documenting the battle and reporting it without approaching the combatants.

Summary

• Key events: Nearly a hundred missiles devastate the sea around Pei Canghai, tearing apart the Qi-and-Blood swamp and making observers believe the Martial Dao Human Immortal has been killed. Central Province officials worry about losing a potential ally—and about Western nations recovering his body—while Western observers celebrate and order their fighters to search the impact site. Beneath the sea, however, Gu Chen survives, though the barrage leaves him wounded. After assessing how much punishment the body can withstand, he erupts from the water and destroys eight fighter jets in under twenty seconds, forcing the remaining pilots to flee.
• Character developments: Gu Chen shows both the limits and the extraordinary resilience of the body he created. He learns that ordinary missile attacks are unlikely to defeat it, though heavier weapons or nuclear arms may still pose a serious threat. He also shifts from enduring the bombardment to launching a devastating counterattack.
• Character interactions: Central Province officials view Pei Canghai as someone worth protecting and potentially recruiting, while Western officials regard him as a threat and a valuable research specimen. Gu Chen’s overwhelming aura unnerves the fighter pilots and briefly disrupts their reactions, giving him the opening to attack. Marine creatures are drawn to his blood’s apparent promise of evolution, but recoil when his power surges.
• Significant themes: The chapter contrasts modern military technology with individual power, showing that weapons capable of seeming overwhelming may not be enough against a superhuman opponent. It also highlights the political and scientific struggle to control extraordinary power—and the danger of underestimating an enemy who survives an apparent defeat.

Key plot points and events

• Martial Dao Human Immortal Pei Canghai survives a massive missile attack and destroys eight Western Nations fighter jets with his bare hands, stunning witnesses on both sides.
• The Western Nations fighters flee toward their joint fleet, but Pei Canghai pursues them at supersonic speed and destroys another jet.
• The fleet opens fire with missiles and artillery. Pei Canghai detonates one missile, then dives into the sea to escape the barrage. The fighters get away.
• In Coastal City, Gu Chen—controlling Pei Canghai remotely—considers attacking the warships underwater but worries they may have anti-submarine torpedoes.
• Fang Xiu arrives and tells Gu Chen that the newly recruited fist masters are gathered at the gym. She expects some to resent his appointment as Gym Guardian and wants him to demonstrate his strength.

Character developments and interactions

• Gu Chen / Pei Canghai: Gu Chen reveals astonishing resilience and power, turning the attack into a humiliating defeat for the Western forces. Even while strategizing against the fleet, he remains composed and focused.
• Western commanders and pilots: The pilots panic after witnessing Pei Canghai’s capabilities and urge the fleet to scatter and provide cover. The commanders initially doubt their reports, then react with alarm and order a full barrage.
• Central Continent observers: They celebrate the fighter jets’ destruction, seeing it as long-awaited retaliation for Western military provocations near their coast.
• Fang Xiu and Gu Chen: Fang Xiu teases Gu Chen about possibly falling for someone, then shifts to business, encouraging him to assert authority over the gym’s proud recruits.

Significant themes

• Tradition versus technology: A martial artist’s body and skill overcome modern aircraft and weaponry.
• Reversal and retribution: The Western forces’ overwhelming attack backfires, giving Central Continent observers a moment of vindication.
• Power and intimidation: Pei Canghai’s strength transforms both the battlefield and the confidence of those watching.
• Parallel responsibilities: Gu Chen must juggle a high-stakes military confrontation with his new role at the martial arts gym.

Plot points and events

• Fang Xiu introduces Gu Chen as the gym’s new Guardian Fist Master, expecting him to command respect and challenge the boxers’ pride.
• The gym’s experienced fighters dismiss Gu Chen as a frail “pretty boy.” Three senior boxers object to his appointment and propose settling the matter through sparring.
• Gu Chen is distracted: his awareness is largely occupied controlling Pei Canghai in a perilous battle against a Western fleet. His own body responds mostly on instinct.
• When Manifesting Strength boxer Li Jieren attacks, Gu Chen effortlessly dodges and knocks him seven or eight meters away with a light shoulder bump, stunning the gym.

Character developments

• Gu Chen appears absent-minded and unassuming, but his instincts and immense strength reveal his formidable ability even while his attention is elsewhere.
• Fang Xiu is confident in Gu Chen, based on seeing his skill before, and is pleased when he proves her judgment right.
• The gym boxers, led by Zhang Kui and two other Hidden Strength fighters, move from confidence and contempt to shock after Gu Chen’s effortless victory.
• Li Jieren accepts the challenge but is swiftly overwhelmed.

Significant themes

• Appearance versus ability: Gu Chen’s ordinary clothes and handsome, unthreatening appearance conceal extraordinary power.
• Skill and instinct: Even with most of his attention elsewhere, Gu Chen’s training and heightened instincts let him defeat an opponent immediately.
• Underestimating others: The boxers’ arrogance makes them misjudge Gu Chen before witnessing what he can do.
• Divided attention: Gu Chen’s simultaneous battle with the fleet contrasts with the seemingly simple sparring match at the gym.

Character interactions

• Fang Xiu publicly backs Gu Chen and invites the boxers to raise objections.
• Zhang Kui and two fellow senior fighters challenge Gu Chen’s appointment and call for a contest to determine the Guardian Fist Master.
• Li Jieren attacks Gu Chen; Gu Chen’s instinctive counter ends the spar in one move, leaving the gym silent and Fang Xiu vindicated.

Key plot points and events

• Gu Chen wins the contest for Gym Guardian Fist Master after effortlessly defeating two Manifesting Strength challengers. When one attacks from behind with Eagle Claw Technique, Gu Chen’s body counters instinctively with a casual palm strike, sending the man flying.
• Gu Chen appears distracted because most of his attention is controlling Martial Dao Human Immortal Pei Canghai’s body in a battle against warships, aircraft, missiles, and torpedoes over the Azure Sea.
• After evading the attacks and allowing the enemy forces to expend much of their ammunition, Gu Chen detonates another five thousand Acupoints. The resulting surge of Qi and Blood Power boosts his speed and strength enough to smash through a warship and punch a hole through its hull, leaving it to sink.
• Having already sacrificed more than ten thousand Acupoints, Gu Chen fears further damage to the body’s foundation. He withdraws toward the Central Province Continent to stabilize his Acupoints.

Character developments and interactions

• Gu Chen’s overwhelming ability is demonstrated in two ways: his body defeats lesser fighters without conscious attention, while his controlled power can devastate a warship.
• The challengers move from uncertainty to wariness and, after seeing Gu Chen’s effortless victory, one becomes fully convinced of the gulf between them. The other boxers are left confused by his unusual, seemingly effortless style.
• Fang Xiu calmly oversees the contest and gives the boxers room to decide whether to challenge Gu Chen.

Significant themes

• Vast differences in strength: Fighters who seem formidable are helpless before Gu Chen.
• Instinct and mastery: Gu Chen’s body can counter attacks precisely even when his attention is elsewhere.
• Power and cost: Detonating Acupoints grants immense strength, but risks lasting damage, making retreat a necessary act of restraint.
• Composure amid chaos: Gu Chen remains controlled and strategic while facing overwhelming military firepower.

Plot points and events

• The Western Nations’ Joint Fleet and its Falcon fighter pilots celebrate when the blood-colored figure who attacked them finally departs for the Central Province. The pilots are badly shaken, and the fleet begins rescuing survivors from the crippled Liya, the warship he destroyed.
• Aboard the American flagship Tir, Great Yuan Imperial Advisor Basiba agrees to Bob’s invitation. In exchange for the fleet’s help, Basiba promises to alter the sailors’ bodies as he did for the Great Yuan Imperial Family, potentially granting them longevity and unusual powers.
• Gu Chen returns his consciousness from Martial Dao Human Immortal Pei Canghai to his own body. Having already overwhelmed two Manifesting Strength challengers while focused elsewhere, he challenges the boxers competing for the Gym Guardian Fist Master position to attack him together. He promises the role to anyone who can last ten moves.
• With Gym Master Fang Xiu’s approval, Gu Chen faces the three Hidden Strength Boxers. He defeats each with a single slap, sending all three flying and shocking the gathered boxers.

Character developments and interactions

• The pilots and sailors reveal the lasting psychological impact of their encounter: even surviving the battle leaves them frightened and wary of Central Continent.
• Basiba remains composed and opportunistic, while Bob eagerly pursues the promise of power and extended life.
• Gu Chen is confident, impatient with hesitation, and willing to use overwhelming force to establish authority. Fang Xiu approves because a decisive victory will make the unruly boxers easier to manage.
• The challengers, especially Zhang Kui, initially dismiss Gu Chen as arrogant; his effortless victories immediately undermine their confidence and alter the balance of authority at the gym.

Significant themes

• Fear and power: The fleet’s panic contrasts with Gu Chen’s unshakable control over his opponents.
• Ambition and bargains: Bob’s pursuit of longevity and supernatural abilities shows how power can make dangerous alliances attractive.
• Authority proven through strength: Gu Chen uses decisive combat to establish his standing, while Fang Xiu sees that strength as a practical way to maintain order.

Key plot points and events

• Gu Chen is confirmed as the new Gym Guardian Fist Master of the Coastal City Wing Chun White Crane Fist Branch after defeating every challenger, including three Hidden Strength Boxers.
• Branch director Fang Xiu offers him a generous salary and annual profit share. Curious about his strength, she gets no clear answer from him.
• Fang Xiu notices Gu Chen’s unusual natural fragrance and asks about his perfume. He conceals its true cause: it is a sign of his advanced Human Immortal Martial Dao training. Flustered by her flirtation, he makes an excuse and leaves.
• Meanwhile, footage of Martial Dao Human Immortal Pei Canghai battling the Western Nations’ Joint Fleet spreads online. Viewers watch him evade fighter jets and missiles, destroy eight jets with his bare hands, and sink a warship.
• The video becomes a major sensation in Central Continent and overseas. Pei is hailed as “the strongest man in the world,” and many viewers become fans or aspire to learn martial arts.

Character developments and interactions

• Gu Chen demonstrates overwhelming strength but remains guarded about his abilities and the supernatural signs of his cultivation. He is uncomfortable with Fang Xiu’s direct romantic interest and worries that his secrets might be exposed.
• Fang Xiu accepts Gu Chen’s victory and recruits him into the branch’s leadership. Her professional curiosity turns into personal attraction: she compliments his scent and asks whether he has a girlfriend.
• Pei Canghai is not present in the branch scenes, but the leaked footage transforms him into a celebrated public figure and symbol of Central Continent’s martial power.

Significant themes

• Hidden power and secrecy: Gu Chen’s real cultivation and its visible effects must be concealed, while Pei Canghai’s abilities become public spectacle.
• The growing reach of martial arts: Extraordinary martial prowess challenges assumptions about what humans and modern military forces can do.
• Public fascination and national pride: The viral video inspires admiration, outrage toward the Western fleet, and enthusiasm for martial-arts training.
• Romance and social awkwardness: Fang Xiu’s bold flirtation contrasts with Gu Chen’s evasive, inexperienced response.

Plot points and events

• Footage of the naval battle leaks online, making Pei Canghai’s Martial Dao Human Immortal power a global sensation. Viewers celebrate him as possibly the world’s strongest person.
• The attention brings Gu Chen nearly a million Origin Points in one day, leaving him with almost 1.6 million. He decides to spend them strengthening his cultivation.
• Gu Chen considers advancing from Blood Changing to Acupoint cultivation, but recognizes that the breakthrough could cause a dangerous display of Qi and Blood. He searches for a secluded location and resolves to keep his identity hidden.
• Central Continent’s government holds an emergency meeting, ranks the Martial Dao Human Immortal’s combat power just below nuclear weapons, and approves efforts to court him and accelerate martial-arts research.
• Researchers develop a simplified training method, refined with guidance from Fang Hansong and Tang Ye, and begin testing it on elite special forces.
• After losing fourteen fighter jets and a warship, Western powers prepare for possible retaliation, putting air defenses, missiles, and nuclear forces on alert.
• Western laboratories collaborate with Demon Master Basiba to create human-animal hybrids: Werewolves, Vampires, and Lionmen, each with distinct strengths and weaknesses.

Character developments and interactions

• Gu Chen is pleased by the windfall but remains cautious. His ambition to grow stronger is balanced by his determination to conceal his identity and avoid reckless exposure. He recalls Fang Xiu mistaking his cultivation-induced scent for perfume.
• Pei Canghai becomes a global celebrity and a figure of immense political and military importance, though the chapter focuses more on others’ reactions to him than on his actions.
• Central Continent’s officials treat the Martial Dao Human Immortal as someone to be courted, not provoked. Fang Hansong and Tang Ye help researchers adapt the cultivation method.
• Western governments react to the Human Immortal with fear and urgency, while their scientists work with Basiba to develop potential countermeasures.

Significant themes

• Power reshapes politics: One person’s abilities can rival strategic weapons and unsettle the world order.
• Fame and influence: Public exposure of martial power generates both popular devotion and political consequences.
• Secrecy and ambition: Gu Chen wants to advance, but believes a powerful figure should remain hidden.
• Escalating arms race: Central Continent promotes mass cultivation while Western powers pursue engineered supernatural fighters, raising the stakes of the global contest.

Key plot points and events

• Central Continent selects elite Hidden Strength fighters to train in version 2.0 of Human Immortal Martial Dao. They learn to generate Qi and Blood Power, which can protect them from small-caliber bullets and briefly boost them to Transforming Strength-level combat.
• The government forms a powerful security force from these fighters and other personnel, curbing violent clashes among martial artists.
• In the West, Great Yuan Imperial Advisor Basiba helps governments use Demonic Bloodlines and modern biotechnology to create supernatural beings, including vampires, werewolves, Lionmen, and Lizardmen. Sightings fuel public protests, religious condemnation, and interest from would-be volunteers.
• The West accuses Central Continent of hoarding Human Immortal Martial Dao. Central Continent answers by recalling the West’s defeat at sea and exposing its experiments. The two sides trade accusations, threats, and revelations, entertaining the public while revealing how radically the world has changed.
• Gu Chen observes the competing paths—martial cultivation in Central Continent and biological transformation in the West—and prepares to use his system and Origin Points to break through to Martial Dao Human Immortal.

Character developments and interactions

• Gu Chen realizes that the martial method he created and Basiba’s involvement have transformed global affairs. After spending the month preparing his body and selecting a breakthrough site, he is ready to advance.
• Basiba works with Western researchers, applying his experience with Demonic Bloodline modifications to modern laboratories.
• Central Continent’s government turns martial cultivation into a public security tool, while Western governments pursue supernatural power through experimentation.
• The rival governments engage in an increasingly public war of words, each accusing the other of dangerous or selfish conduct.

Significant themes

• Tradition versus technology: Central Continent’s body-based cultivation contrasts with Western biotechnology.
• Power and responsibility: New abilities provoke both efforts to maintain order and risky, secret experiments.
• Public spectacle and secrecy: Protests, online debates, and political revelations expose hidden research and reshape public understanding.
• A world becoming fantastical: Martial arts and legendary creatures are no longer merely myths; they are emerging realities.

Summary

Key events

• Gu Chen travels to a remote cave outside Coastal City to conceal his breakthrough. Using 300,000 Origin Points to refine himself, he enters the Martial Dao Human Immortal Realm.
• His Qi and Blood Power forms an extraordinary 1,080,000 acupoints, far beyond the minimum ten thousand, arranged in the patterns of the Heavenly Dippers and Earthly Fiends. The breakthrough unleashes a vast, dragon-shaped plume of Qi and Blood that frightens nearby animals and destroys the cave ceiling.
• At Peak Martial Dao Human Immortal strength, Gu Chen easily blasts a passage through the mountain and discovers he can fly using his Qi and Blood Power. He suppresses its conspicuous aura and heads for Coastal City.
• Near the Official Secret Research Institute, he senses Human Immortal Martial Artists and hostile demonic auras. From the location, he identifies a clash between Central Continent Official Martial Artists and the Western Nations’ Modified Demon Soldiers, and watches from a rooftop.

Character development

• Gu Chen advances from Blood Changing to the Peak Martial Dao Human Immortal Realm in one step, gaining immense strength and aerial movement.
• His excitement at his new power gives way to caution: he recognizes that displaying his Qi and Blood would draw attention and deliberately reins it in. The breakthrough also eliminates the unusual fragrance that had embarrassed him around Fang Xiu.

Themes

• Power and transformation: The system’s Origin Power enables an unprecedented leap, with Gu Chen’s acupoint count exceeding ordinary limits.
• Control and concealment: Great strength is useful but conspicuous, so Gu Chen balances exhilaration with the need to stay hidden.
• Rising conflict: The encounter near the research institute signals a larger struggle involving Central Continent forces and Western modified soldiers.

Character interactions

• Gu Chen has no direct conversation with anyone in this chapter. His breakthrough’s pressure affects nearby wildlife, while his discovery of the battle connects him to the opposing factions through observation.