Chapter Summaries

Sixteen-year-old Luo Heng awakened the Myriad Laws Check-in System and gained powerful cultivation resources and martial arts. After learning that Lei Tao was causing trouble at the Luo Family forge, Luo Heng set out to confront him while using a Stone of Enlightenment fragment to prepare his new skills.

• Luo Heng revealed to himself that he had secretly reached Body Tempering Ninth Level while disguising his cultivation as Body Tempering Fifth Level.
• The Myriad Laws Check-in System bound itself to Luo Heng, and he claimed a gift pack containing pills, a weapon, and a Stone of Enlightenment fragment.
• Luo Heng checked in for the day, month, and year, receiving pills, two ninth-grade martial arts, and the Great Devouring Art, which strengthened his primal energy.
• Luo Qing told Luo Heng that Lei Tao and the Lei Clan had attacked the Luo Family's East Street Forge and injured the second shopkeeper.
• Luo Heng chose to go to the forge to test his new martial arts, then used the Stone of Enlightenment fragment to assist his comprehension of Flowing Cloud and Soaring Goose Steps and Tiangang Thunderclap Fist.

Luo Heng confronted Lei Tao after the Lei Clan extorted the Luo Family Forge, then defeated Lei Tao and four attackers while concealing most of his true strength. He drove them off with a warning to Lei Li, leaving Qingyang Town’s younger generation stunned by his power.

• Luo Heng used the Stone of Enlightenment Fragment to master the beginner levels of Flowing Cloud and Soaring Goose Steps and Tiangang Thunderclap Fist.
• Luo Heng arrived at the Luo Family Forge, helped Luo Zhong up, and challenged Lei Tao to provide evidence that the Luo Family’s weapons were faulty.
• Lei Tao attacked Luo Heng, who evaded his strikes and countered with Tiangang Thunderclap Fist while the Great Devouring Art drained Lei Tao’s Primal Energy.
• Lei Tao ordered four Lei Clan men to attack, but Luo Heng knocked all four down with a punch each.
• Luo Heng used a hidden fraction of his strength to break Lei Tao’s arm, then warned him to tell Lei Li not to trouble the Luo Family again.
• The Lei Clan men fled with Lei Tao, while the spectators marveled at Luo Heng’s victory.

After defeating Lei Tao, Luo Heng rewarded the injured workers, cultivated toward the Earthen Yuan Stage, and taught Lin Dong the first form of his fist technique. Meanwhile, Lei Li planned to challenge Luo Heng publicly and force him to surrender his martial skills.

• Luo Heng ordered Luo Zhong to compensate the injured Forge Workshop workers and told him to direct any further trouble from the Lei Clan to Luo Heng.
• Luo Heng reviewed his battle gains, then swallowed ten Body Tempering Pills and cultivated as his breakthrough bottleneck began to loosen.
• Lin Dong and Qing Tan visited Luo Heng, and he taught Lin Dong the first form of the Tiangang Thunderclap Fist.
• Luo Heng checked Qing Tan and Lin Dong's information and vowed that the tragedies of the Original Work would not happen to them.
• Lei Li concluded that Luo Heng had gained powerful martial skills and proposed challenging him publicly to make him hand them over.

After defeating Lei Tao, Luo Heng cultivated toward the Earthen Yuan Stage and discussed the Lei Clan's threat with his parents. He accepted thirty Body Tempering Pills from Luo Yun and began cultivating with them, aiming to break through soon.

• Luo Heng circulated the Great Devouring Art and planned to visit the Symbol Master Tower in Flame City after reaching the Earthen Yuan Stage.
• Luo Yun and Su Yi arrived to check on Luo Heng, and he told them he had defeated Lei Tao using a profound fist technique.
• Luo Heng warned his parents that the Lei Clan would keep targeting the Forge Workshop and argued that the Luo Family should stand firm and use the other town forces as a deterrent.
• Luo Yun agreed that the Luo Family would fight if necessary, while Luo Heng assured his parents he could handle Lei Li.
• Luo Yun gave Luo Heng thirty Body Tempering Pills, and Luo Heng swallowed five and resumed cultivating with the Great Devouring Art.

Luo Heng accepted Lei Li’s public challenge and wagered the Lei Clan’s Ironwood Estate against his martial arts and cultivation. He began devouring fifty-five Body Tempering Pills to try to reach the Earthen Yuan Stage before their fight in three days.

• Lei Li arrived at the Luo Family estate and challenged Luo Heng to fight at the Martial Combat Stage.
• Luo Heng mocked Lei Li for challenging someone at a lower cultivation level and demanded a stake before accepting.
• Luo Heng wagered that Ironwood Estate would belong to the Luo Family if Lei Li lost; Lei Li demanded Luo Heng’s martial arts manuals, cultivation, and exile if Luo Heng lost.
• Luo Heng accepted the wager, and Lei Li set their fight for three days later before witnesses from Qingyang Town.
• After returning to his room, Luo Heng asked the System about devouring fifty-five Body Tempering Pills and began cultivating to pursue a breakthrough to the Earthen Yuan Stage.

Luo Heng used Ninth-Grade Mysterious Nether Water to break through to the Early Earthen Yuan Stage and condensed the Myriad Law Seal as his Natal Spirit Rune. He then used the Stone of Enlightenment to create a spiritual secret art, leaving him prepared for the coming battle with Lei Li.

• Luo Heng used his daily check-in to obtain a wisp of Ninth-Grade Yin-Sha Qi, Mysterious Nether Water, and began his breakthrough.
• Luo Heng endured the Mysterious Nether Water’s tempering and condensed the Myriad Law Seal, a growth-type Natal Spirit Rune with Analysis, Copy, and Deduction abilities.
• Luo Heng completed his breakthrough to the Early Earthen Yuan Stage with unusually powerful Primal Energy and a hundred-meter Spiritual Power perception range.
• Luo Heng checked his status and decided to hide his true cultivation during his upcoming battle with Lei Li.
• Luo Heng used the Stone of Enlightenment and the Myriad Law Seal to create the Refined Grade spiritual secret art Myriad Techniques Spirit Needle.

Luo Heng cultivated the Myriad Techniques Spirit Needle, broke through to the Earthen Yuan Stage, and received Yang Yuan Pills from his daily check-in. After Lin Dong and Qing Tan worried about his duel with Lei Li, Luo Heng sparred with Lin Dong and effortlessly exposed flaws in his attacks and defense.

• Luo Heng condensed three Myriad Techniques Spirit Needles and mastered the Refined Grade spiritual secret technique.
• Luo Heng checked in and received five Yang Yuan Pills, then invited Luo Qing in after sensing him outside.
• Luo Qing told Luo Heng that Lin Dong and Qing Tan were waiting in the front hall.
• Lin Dong and Qing Tan urged Luo Heng to avoid his duel with Lei Li, but Luo Heng reassured them and challenged Lin Dong to spar.
• Lin Dong attacked with First Appearance of Lightning and Bahuang Palm, but Luo Heng evaded both and tapped a weakness beneath Lin Dong's ribs.

Luo Heng trained Lin Dong and gave him Body Tempering Pills, then used Mysterious Nether Water to calm Qing Tan’s Slaying Demon Physique and help her begin controlling its yin-cold power. Qing Tan recovered and grew stronger, though Luo Heng warned that her condition would require further cultivation and opportunities.

• Luo Heng sparred with Lin Dong for half an hour, correcting his martial arts and helping him improve.
• Luo Heng gave Lin Dong five Body Tempering Pills and urged him to focus on becoming stronger.
• Qing Tan’s yin-cold power erupted, and Luo Heng used Spiritual Power and Mysterious Nether Water to guide it through a circulation route.
• After completing nine cycles, Qing Tan’s pain subsided, and she sensed that the power had become gentler and more controllable.
• Qing Tan’s strength rose to around the Body Tempering Third Level, and Luo Heng explained that his treatment was temporary and she would need further cultivation.

Luo Heng faced Lei Li in their public duel on the Martial Combat Stage, with Ironwood Estate and Luo Heng’s martial arts and future at stake. Lei Li attacked with overwhelming force, but Luo Heng’s movement technique let him evade and counter, surprising the witnesses as the fight continued.

• A large crowd and Qingyang Town’s major powers gathered to watch Lei Li and Luo Heng’s wagered duel.
• Lei Li arrived first and mocked Luo Heng for being late, but Luo Heng appeared before the agreed time and confidently accepted the wager.
• Lin Zhentian announced the stakes and rules, then declared the duel begun.
• Lei Li unleashed his Body Tempering Eighth Level Peak Primal Energy and charged Luo Heng with a punch and a leg sweep.
• Luo Heng evaded Lei Li’s attacks with Flowing Cloud and Soaring Goose Steps and countered with Mountain-Shaking Palm, astonishing Lin Zhentian and Luo Shan.

Luo Heng defeated Lei Li on the Martial Combat Stage after breaking through to Body Tempering Seventh Level and exploiting an opening in Lei Li’s ultimate skill. The Luo Family won Ironwood Estate, while the Lei Clan left humiliated with Lei Li badly injured.

• Lei Li escalated his attacks with Thunderstorm Strike, then began charging Rushing Thunder Light as Lei Bao urged him to finish the fight.
• Luo Heng charged past the edge of Rushing Thunder Light, broke through to Body Tempering Seventh Level, and stunned Lei Li with an attack on his Niwan Palace.
• Luo Heng struck Lei Li with Thunderbolt Strike, breaking his breastbone and sending him crashing through the stage railing.
• Lei Bao challenged Luo Heng over the severity of the blow, but Luo Heng pointed out that Lei Li had used a killing move, and Luo Cheng declared Luo Heng the winner.
• Lei Bao accepted the wager and left with Lei Li, surrendering Ironwood Estate to the Luo Family as the crowd cheered Luo Heng.

Luo Heng forced the Lei Clan to hand over Ironwood Estate after uncovering their delays and attempts to deceive him. With the estate secured, he sent Luo Qing to search for sabotage and headed toward Ironwood Mountain to investigate the Yang Yuan Stone Mine and the Fire Ancestor Demon Flower.

• Luo Heng told Luo Yun he would take possession of Ironwood Estate immediately, despite the Lei Clan's claim that the handover required another half month.
• Luo Heng, Luo Qing, and six Luo Family guards arrived at Ironwood Estate and defeated the Lei Clan Guards blocking the gates.
• Luo Heng confronted Lei Shan, exposed the Lei Clan's removal of good ironwood and his suspicions about the accounts, and demanded an immediate handover.
• Lei Shan yielded and ordered the estate guards to hand over the ironwood, account books, and title deeds.
• Luo Heng ordered Luo Qing to search the estate for hidden hazards, then went alone toward Ironwood Mountain to investigate the Yang Yuan Stone Mine and Fire Ancestor Demon Flower.

Luo Heng tracked the Yang Essence Qi to a Yang Yuan Stone deposit guarded by two Black Iron Demon Leopards, then tested his strength against them. He killed one with spiritual attacks and his Qingxuan Sword, while the other fled into the forest.

• Luo Heng entered Ironwood Estate alone and followed the growing Yang Essence Qi north toward the Yang Yuan Stone Mine.
• Luo Heng found a Yang Yuan Stone in the soil near a valley where two Early Heaven Yuan Realm Black Iron Demon Leopards prowled.
• Luo Heng struck both leopards with his Myriad Techniques Spirit Needles, then rushed the more disoriented one and injured it with Tiangang Thunderclap Fist.
• Luo Heng dodged the leopards’ attacks and wounded one in the eye with another Myriad Techniques Spirit Needle.
• Luo Heng used his Qingxuan Sword to pierce the injured leopard’s throat and kill it.
• The surviving Black Iron Demon Leopard retreated into the forest, and Luo Heng chose not to pursue it.

After defeating the Black Iron Demon Leopard, Luo Heng absorbed its Demon Spirit and broke through to the Mid-Earthly Yuan Stage. He found the Mine Vein’s rich core and planned to mine it for his family, though he found no Fire Ancestor Demon Flower.

• Luo Heng extracted the Black Iron Demon Leopard’s Demon Spirit and used the Great Devouring Art to absorb its energy.
• Luo Heng broke through from the Early to the Mid-Earthly Yuan Stage and checked his status panel.
• Luo Heng entered a hidden cave and discovered the Mine Vein’s core, filled with Yang Yuan Stones and Yang Yuan Essence Stones.
• Luo Heng searched the cavern for a Fire Ancestor Demon Flower but found only ordinary Fire Tinder Mushrooms.
• Luo Heng decided to mine the vein quickly to strengthen his family.

Luo Heng returned to Luo Manor after taking control of Ironwood Estate and revealed his Earthen Yuan Stage cultivation, First Seal Rune Master Spiritual Power, and the Yang Yuan Stone Mine Vein to his family. The family agreed to mine the vein in secret and prepare for Luo Heng’s next steps, including a trip to the Flame City Rune Master Tower.

• Luo Heng reported that Ironwood Estate had been secured and the Lei Clan’s hidden incendiary materials had been removed.
• Luo Heng revealed to Luo Yun, Su Yi, and Luo Shan that he had reached the Earthen Yuan Stage, then demonstrated his Spiritual Power as a First Seal Rune Master.
• Luo Heng showed his family a Yang Yuan Essence Stone and disclosed that he had discovered a Yang Yuan Stone Mine Vein beneath Ironwood Estate.
• Luo Shan and Luo Yun agreed to keep the mine secret, while Luo Heng explained that its resources could strengthen the family and support expansion into Flame City.
• Luo Heng said he planned to study at the Flame City Rune Master Tower, and Luo Yun cautioned him to act carefully.

Luo Heng gave his family improved martial arts manuals before leaving for Flame City, then visited Lin Dong to say farewell and offered to teach him the basics of the Talisman Master path. He sparred with Lin Dong to help him improve, while Qing Tan watched from nearby.

• Luo Heng presented his grandfather, father, and mother with tailored versions of martial arts manuals, and they praised their power and craftsmanship.
• Luo Heng told his family he planned to leave for Flame City and visit the Symbol Master Tower, then went to say goodbye to Lin Dong.
• Lin Dong told Luo Heng he had mastered First Appearance of Lightning and reached the seventh level; Luo Heng revealed his Spiritual Power and offered to teach him basic Talisman Master methods.
• Luo Heng and Lin Dong sparred, and Luo Heng gave him precise advice on his punches, transitions, and Primal Energy circulation.
• Qing Tan quietly watched Luo Heng and Lin Dong spar, blushing as she admired Luo Heng.

Luo Heng taught Lin Dong a method for cultivating Spiritual Power and warned him to protect the mysterious Stone Talisman before leaving Qingyang Town for Flame City. Along the way, he rescued Han Chong, a Symbol Master Tower member ambushed by the Black Skull Stronghold, and stayed to help him recover.

• Luo Heng gave Lin Dong the Concentration Technique, advised him to balance Spiritual Power practice with martial cultivation, and warned him that the Stone Talisman could attract danger.
• Qing Tan kissed Luo Heng goodbye, and he left Qingyang Town two days later bound for Flame City.
• Luo Heng checked in at a valley and received three Azure Spirit Grass and two Light Body Runes.
• Luo Heng found the badly wounded Han Chong beside a stream and used healing pills and the Great Devouring Art to stabilize him.
• Han Chong identified himself as a Two-Seal Symbol Master from the Flame City Rune Master Tower and said the Black Skull Stronghold had ambushed him while he escorted rune materials.
• Luo Heng said he would wait with Han Chong for two days before continuing to Flame City.

Luo Heng protected the injured Han Chong by ambushing and killing Chen Kui and four Black Skull Stronghold fighters who came to finish Han Chong and recover the Fire Cloud Crystals. Han Chong recognized how formidable Luo Heng was, and they planned to continue toward Flame City at dawn.

• Luo Heng revealed to Han Chong that he was a sixteen-year-old First Seal Rune Master with unusually refined Spiritual Power.
• Luo Heng sensed five pursuers approaching and told the wounded Han Chong to stay by the campfire while he confronted them.
• Luo Heng killed one of Chen Kui's men with a single attack, then used Spiritual Power needles and his sword to kill three more bandits.
• Luo Heng evaded Chen Kui's poisoned twin-halberd attack and killed him with a sword thrust through the heart.
• Luo Heng returned to Han Chong, confirmed that Chen Kui and all four subordinates were dead, and said they would leave for Flame City at dawn.

Luo Heng joined the Flame City Symbol Master Association after the Spirit Testing Array revealed that his Spiritual Power matched a Three-Mark Rune Master and carried the rare Analysis attribute. He settled into a Bamboo House, mastered basic talisman theory, and went to test the Symbol Master Tower, where someone interrupted Zi Yue’s warning with a mocking remark.

• Han Chong brought Luo Heng to the Flame City Symbol Master Association, where they learned that Flame City risked losing its Symbol Master Tower to Tianhuo City in the next Tower Battle.
• Master Yan tested Luo Heng and discovered that his Spiritual Power was at the Three-Mark Rune Master level despite his First Seal cultivation, with the rare Analysis attribute.
• Luo Heng accepted Master Yan’s offer to join as a core disciple and promised to help the association in the Tower Battle.
• Zi Yue showed Luo Heng to his Bamboo House, where he checked in for talisman supplies and quickly absorbed the fundamentals of talisman crafting.
• Luo Heng went to enter the Symbol Master Tower, and Zi Yue warned him about the spiritual pressure before an effeminate voice teased her for worrying about him.

Luo Heng entered the Symbol Master Tower for his first challenge and quickly climbed to the fourth floor, where he used the tower’s spiritual pressure and the Great Devouring Art to attempt a breakthrough to Two-Seal Symbol Master. His breakthrough shocked the disciples watching outside, including Mu Feng, Zi Yue, and Master Yan.

• Mu Feng questioned Luo Heng’s ability and predicted he would struggle to reach the fourth floor, but Luo Heng calmly entered the tower.
• Luo Heng’s Myriad Law Seal dissolved the spiritual pressure on the first floor, and he advanced rapidly through the lower floors.
• Luo Heng reached the fourth floor, where the pressure grew formidable, and sat down to cultivate.
• The Great Devouring Art absorbed the tower’s pure Spiritual Power as Luo Heng used the pressure to break through his First Seal realm.
• A powerful spiritual fluctuation lit the fourth-floor marker with golden radiance, stunning Mu Feng, Zi Yue, and Master Yan.

Luo Heng broke through to the Two-Seal Realm inside the Symbol Master Tower and climbed to the Sixth Floor, where he narrowly failed to enter the Seventh. He began stabilizing his cultivation on the Sixth Floor and vowed to reach the top after a month of preparation.

• Luo Heng completed his breakthrough to Two-Seal Symbol Master and advanced from the Fourth Floor to the Fifth.
• Luo Heng resisted the Fifth Floor’s Spiritual Power pressure and reached the Sixth Floor, astonishing Master Yan, Zi Yue, and the other observers.
• Luo Heng endured the Sixth Floor’s crushing pressure and approached the Seventh Floor’s boundary.
• The Seventh Floor’s pressure and golden lightning repelled Luo Heng, who retreated to the Sixth Floor without serious injury.
• Luo Heng sat on the Sixth Floor’s stone platform to stabilize his Two-Seal Realm and vowed to reach the Seventh Floor after a month.