Chapter Summaries

Meng Chuan trained with Lu Zhuxiao and broke through to mastery in Eight-Step Cicada Chasing, gaining precise control over his movements. After missing lunch and class time to practice, he headed for the cafeteria, while Lu Zhuxiao received a warning from Principal Yang about skipping class to coach him.

• Lu Zhuxiao taught Meng Chuan the principles of Eight-Step Cicada Chasing and chased him through the movement area until Meng began using technique instead of brute strength.
• Lu Zhuxiao kept coaching Meng through the next class period, while Chen Jingyi covered the practical combat class after finding Meng absent from the arena.
• After Lu Zhuxiao left for lunch, Meng practiced alone and broke through Eight-Step Cicada Chasing to mastery, discovering that he could move his heavy body with greater lightness and precision.
• Meng checked his panel, saw Eight-Step Cicada Chasing at Mastery (1%), and hurried to the cafeteria before planning to train his punches.
• Principal Yang called Lu Zhuxiao about an anonymous report that he had skipped class, and Lu admitted he had given Meng extra coaching before Yang warned him not to repeat it.

Meng Chuan prepared to master Running Thunder Scattered Hands on his eighteenth birthday while his family planned a celebration, and Luo Guanyun arranged the energies needed for Meng Chuan to learn the Qingming Dragon-Locking technique. The chapter left Meng Chuan training alone, intent on reaching the Ninth Breakthrough.

• Lu Zhuxiao finished his call with the principal and wondered which student had reported him.
• Meng Chuan told Meng Yongzhi he had decided to attend United University despite another Special Grade Martial University branch being built near Yong'an.
• Yong'an's officials ended the Grandmasters' rotating Demon Nest guard duty after concluding that Li Xiao had escaped through an unknown Node, and replaced it with patrols.
• Luo Guanyun paid for the Qingming Two Energies that Zhao Shousui required to teach Meng Chuan the Qingming Dragon-Locking technique.
• Xue Na bought seafood for Meng Chuan's eighteenth-birthday gathering while Meng Chuan practiced Dragon Meditation and failed to reach its second level.
• Meng Chuan trained Running Thunder Scattered Hands, which had reached 99% proficiency, and resolved to master it to approach the Ninth Breakthrough.

On his eighteenth birthday, Meng Chuan used an enlightened state to incorporate Lu Zhuxiao’s Azure Dragon Probing Claw into Running Thunder Scattered Hands and broke through to the Ninth Gate. As he celebrated with friends and family, he reflected on his growing responsibilities and the approaching National Martial Arts Grand Examination.

• Meng Chuan entered Morning and Evening Enlightenment while practicing Running Thunder Scattered Hands and used the state to unleash Azure Dragon Probing Claw, breaking a giant tree apart.
• After his qi and blood surged, Meng Chuan practiced to settle it and saw that Running Thunder Scattered Hands had advanced to Proficient at 33%.
• Meng Chuan reached the 256-point qi and blood threshold for the Ninth Gate, a month before the Supernova Competition’s second stage.
• Meng Chuan named his blended move Thunder Dragon Probing Claw and returned home on his eighteenth birthday.
• Meng Chuan celebrated with friends and family, while Xue Na left the gathering after reflecting on his coming of age.
• Meng Chuan and his friends discussed the National Martial Arts Grand Examination at the end of July and how it would shape their futures.

Meng Chuan reached the Ninth Gate, developed new techniques, and practiced under Lu Zhuxiao before Luo Guanyun tested his ability to withstand a Grandmaster’s aura. The chapter ended with Meng Chuan under crushing pressure as he faced the possibility of destruction or rebirth.

• At Meng Chuan’s birthday dinner, he revealed he had reached the Ninth Gate, astonishing his friends, while Zheng Zhenzhen worried about a possible clash between him and her brother at Taihang.
• After the guests left, Meng Jiaolong and Zheng Zhenzhen fought privately, while Xue Na teased Meng Chuan about which girl he liked and he fled to practice.
• At Yugao High School’s martial arts arena, Meng Chuan showed Lu Zhuxiao his Fire Dragon Probing Claw and revealed his qi and blood had reached 277.1 after his breakthrough.
• Lu Zhuxiao demonstrated Yaksha Probing the Sea, which Meng Chuan learned and began incorporating into his fighting style.
• That night, Luo Guanyun tested Meng Chuan’s hardening technique with his Grandmaster aura, recognized his Ninth Gate breakthrough, and increased the pressure until Meng Chuan’s body strained under it.

Meng Chuan fought Luo Guanyun, who praised his progress and urged him to compete for a seeded position at the Supernova competition. After learning about Luo Guanyun’s bet with Zhao Shousui, Meng Chuan continued training until his Qi-Nurturing Armor-Clad Art neared perfection, then asked Li Weigang to help him break through.

• Meng Chuan fought Luo Guanyun in the Overload state, and Luo Guanyun praised his skill and reviewed the battle with him.
• Luo Guanyun urged Meng Chuan to compete for a seeded position and explained that Zhao Shousui would teach him the Qingming Dragon-Locking Technique after the competition if he defeated Zhao’s disciple.
• Luo Guanyun and Zhao Shousui argued over their bet, which would halve the price of the Qingming Two Energies if Meng Chuan won.
• Seven days later, Meng Chuan’s Qi-Nurturing Armor-Clad Art reached 99% Greater Accomplishment after his daily purple-qi cultivation.
• Meng Chuan went to the Gang Zi Club and asked Li Weigang to strike him hard so he could reach perfection and begin breaking through his limit.

Meng Chuan endured Li Weigang’s Danshan True Qi strikes until the Qi-Nurturing Armor-Clad Art reached perfection, gaining a powerful Purple Qi Armor that could block True Qi. Afterward, he reflected on his training and began considering how to shape his body through mastery of hard-skill cultivation.

• Li Weigang struck Meng Chuan’s acupoints with Danshan True Qi until the Qi-Nurturing Armor-Clad Art reached perfection and its Flower of Flesh trait advanced to intermediate.
• Meng Chuan manifested Purple Qi Armor, which blocked Li Weigang’s test strike, though sustaining it strained his body.
• Meng Chuan learned that the armor was a hard-skill killing move best reserved for critical moments and continued his training before leaving.
• Meng Chuan reflected on the techniques he had copied from Chen Jingyi and judged his sparring progress, thinking he might surpass her even with weapons.
• After practicing alone the next night, Meng Chuan admired his hardened physique and wondered whether he could control his body’s shape through mastery.

Meng Chuan tested the immense defense of his perfected hard skill, continued tempering his spiritual power, and prepared to travel for the next stage of the competition. He left for the trip approaching a Ninth Gate breakthrough, while his training and plans for studying at Northern United University remained ahead.

• Meng Chuan imagined developing different muscle forms for daily life, strength, and speed, and considered how other hard skills might give him greater control over his body.
• Meng Chuan tested his Purple Qi Armor with Xu Qingfeng's Ink Jade Pestle and his own attacks, finding that his perfected hard skill could withstand tremendous force.
• Meng Chuan decided to tell Teacher's Wife that he no longer needed his protective clothing and considered giving it to Meng Yiyi; he then visualized a second little yellow dragon as he trained his mind.
• Meng Chuan watched Professor Chen Yu's lecture on the relationship between body and spirit, reflecting on his Shiva Elephant Washing technique before falling asleep.
• On July 1, Meng Chuan prepared with Teacher Luo to travel for the competition, measured his qi and blood at 298.8, and trained by repeatedly striking the Silicon Gold Stake.

Meng Chuan trained Yaksha Probing the Sea but could not yet channel his Heart Fire Fist Momentum through it. Yang Huan then offered him admission to Northern United University's Grandmaster Class without an entrance examination, and began examining Meng Chuan's approach to borrowing techniques from other boxing styles.

• Meng Chuan practiced Yaksha Probing the Sea with Lu Zhuxiao, improving the move but failing to imbue it with Heart Fire Fist Momentum on his own.
• Yang Huan gave Meng Chuan official paperwork admitting him to Northern United University's Grandmaster Class without an entrance examination.
• Meng Chuan agreed to enroll and called Luo Guanyun, who was summoned to come sign the paperwork in person.
• Meng Chuan asked Yang Huan for advice on combining techniques from different boxing styles with his own Fist Momentum.
• Yang Huan recognized Meng Chuan's wild-path method and asked him to demonstrate the move he had learned.

Meng Chuan learned about martial techniques from Yang Huan, who also used the Holy Eye Revealing Truth to uncover the dangerous Thunder Seed inside Luo Guanyun and advised him to let Meng Chuan choose his own path. The chapter ended with Meng Chuan telling his aunt and uncle that Northern United University had admitted him to the Grandmaster Class without an entrance exam.

• Luo Guanyun arrived at Northern United University and found Meng Chuan grappling with Yang Huan, who then lectured both of them about the levels of martial techniques.
• Yang Huan revealed his Holy Eye Revealing Truth and identified the resentment and active Thunder Seed inside Luo Guanyun, warning him to avoid cultivating or activating it.
• Yang Huan advised Luo Guanyun to explain the Thunder Method’s risks and benefits to Meng Chuan and respect whatever choice his disciple made.
• Yang Huan considered how the Thunder Method might help Meng Chuan overcome his weak spirit and wondered whether their meeting was arranged by fate.
• Meng Chuan returned home and told Meng Yongzhi and Xue Na that Northern United University had admitted him to the Grandmaster Class without an entrance exam.
• Principal Zong congratulated Meng Chuan and told him to keep the Education Bureau’s reward for his training.

Meng Chuan visualized Qi Jiguang's Thirty-Two Style Long Fist and relived a battle against Japanese pirates, then practiced the techniques until he improved his Kongtong Long Fist. Three days later, he and Luo Guanyun arrived near Wu'an City, where they were preparing to face the region's martial culture and nearby Taihang Mountains.

• Meng Chuan used the Mental Sketching Method to experience a battlefield vision and felt he had mastered Yaksha Probing the Sea, though the strain exhausted his mental strength.
• Meng Chuan recovered by cultivating Dragon Meditation, then practiced Qi Jiguang Long Fist and successfully performed Yaksha Probing the Sea.
• Luo Guanyun watched Meng Chuan train, postponed a planned heart-to-heart, and decided to teach him the Thunder Method after his upcoming competition.
• Meng Chuan practiced Kongtong Long Fist late into the night and advanced it from Beginner to Proficient while Luo Guanyun watched.
• Three days later, Meng Chuan and Luo Guanyun arrived near Wu'an City, and Luo Guanyun explained the area's deep martial culture and strategic history.

Meng Chuan met Hanhai Technology’s representative to discuss a strategic cooperation agreement, while Luo Guanyun negotiated for better support. The chapter left Hanhai weighing Meng Chuan’s exceptional potential after Luo revealed his exam-exempt place in Northern United University’s Grandmaster Class.

• Zhao Shousui picked up Luo Guanyun and Meng Chuan with his disciple Wang Ye, and later advised Meng Chuan to wait until after the competition to learn the Qingming Dragon-Locking Body.
• Meng Chuan practiced martial arts at the hotel before Hanhai Technology marketing manager Yu Chenguang arrived with a strategic cooperation agreement.
• Luo Guanyun read the agreement and rejected its three-million-a-year support as too meager, demanding practical benefits instead.
• Yu Chenguang explained Hanhai’s support and product offers, while Luo Guanyun argued that Meng Chuan did not need supplements and could choose other partners.
• Luo Guanyun told Yu Chenguang that Meng Chuan had received an exam-exempt place in Northern United University’s Grandmaster Class and asked what rival Tiangong Artifacts would offer for him.

Meng Chuan and Luo Guanyun negotiated a lucrative wagering agreement with Hanhai, then Meng Chuan watched a prediction video about the Supernova Competition’s North Division. The video began ranking contenders, leaving Meng Chuan waiting to hear whether he was predicted to advance.

• Luo Guanyun pushed Hanhai to raise Meng Chuan’s compensation, and the company proposed a wagering agreement with bonuses tied to his competition results.
• Meng Chuan accepted and signed the agreement, which promised a potential upgrade to Hanhai’s Dawn Voyage level if he placed in the top three.
• Luo Guanyun reminded Meng Chuan to keep training, and Meng Chuan practiced Dragon Meditation before preparing a protective suit for Meng Yiyi.
• Meng Jiaolong sent Meng Chuan a link to a competition prediction video, and he watched Zheng Chengcheng receive the North Division’s top ranking.
• Meng Chuan considered Zheng Chengcheng’s strength and continued watching to find out whether the blogger predicted that he would advance.

Meng Chuan prepared for the northern competition, reunited with Meng Yiyi, and won his first second-stage match at the Taihang True Dragon Martial Competition Center. He advanced to the next round, where his master urged him to fight cautiously as the opponents grew stronger.

• Meng Chuan watched Lao Lu predict the top contenders, including Jueming and Xu Nuo, and learned that Lao Lu ranked him tenth while suspecting he had reached the Ninth Gate.
• Meng Yiyi visited Meng Chuan, agreed to leave her dangerous mountain research, and took the protective suit he gave her.
• Meng Chuan and Luo Guanyun arrived at the competition center, where Meng Chuan drew number 66 and prepared for his first match.
• Meng Chuan defeated his first opponent after exchanging more than a hundred moves, while Meng Jiaolong and Xu Qingfeng watched from Yong'an.
• Luo Guanyun told Meng Chuan to stop using opponents to practice his punches and to fight steadily in the matches ahead.
• Meng Chuan joined Meng Yiyi in the spectator stands, where she praised his win and urged him to protect his health.

On the fifth day of the competition, Meng Chuan drew Xu Nuo in the crucial round of sixteen and prepared to face him despite warnings about his dangerous saber. Elsewhere, Li Xiao met with a Heaven Beyond Heaven leader to arrange the awakening of Gods, while the story left Meng Chuan and Xu Nuo facing off in the arena.

• Meng Chuan dismissed Wang Ye's prediction that they would place fourth and fifth, and focused on the threats posed by Zheng Chengcheng, Jueming, and Xu Nuo.
• Meng Chuan drew Xu Nuo, while Wang Ye was matched against the woman carrying a three-section staff.
• Li Xiao met Grandmaster Chen and agreed to take a copper mirror to the connected Node at Two-Gate Gorge as part of a plan to awaken Gods.
• Luo Guanyun warned Meng Chuan that Xu Nuo's saber carried dangerous Killing Intent and urged him to wait for an opening instead of charging in.
• Meng Chuan and Xu Nuo entered the arena as their fans chanted rival slogans, and Xu Nuo asked where Meng Chuan's spear was.

Meng Chuan fought Xu Nuo in the deciding round, using his fists and unusual aerial movement to overcome the saber expert’s attacks. Xu Nuo unleashed his Howling Moon: Thousand Mountains Sever technique, and Meng Chuan took the blade qi head-on.

• The referee made Xu Nuo surrender his concealed weapons and had Meng Chuan hand over the Ink Jade Pestle, leaving him to fight with his gauntlets.
• Xu Nuo opened the match with a fierce saber charge, but Meng Chuan dodged in midair and countered with a punch that tore out Xu Nuo’s hair.
• Meng Chuan unleashed a barrage of punches, used [Combined Force] to injure Xu Nuo’s hand, and forced him to retreat with blood pouring from his shoulder.
• Xu Nuo merged his wolf soul with his saber and launched Howling Moon: Thousand Mountains Sever at Meng Chuan.
• Meng Chuan took Xu Nuo’s rapidly approaching blade qi head-on.

Meng Chuan defeated Xu Nuo with his Overload state and learned that powerful institutions were already competing to recruit him. The day’s final match ended with Wang Ye circling and entangling his opponent for hundreds of exchanges, leaving Luo Guanyun baffled.

• Meng Chuan overwhelmed Xu Nuo with his Overload-enhanced strength, and the referee stopped his final strike before Xu Nuo could be seriously hurt.
• Xu Nuo warned Meng Chuan about the monsters at Fengtian Headquarters and lost consciousness before medical staff carried him away.
• Two Central Military Academy officers discussed recruiting Meng Chuan and considered matching the contracts offered by Hanhai and Northern United University.
• Luo Guanyun praised Meng Chuan’s durability, warned him about the Heavenly King’s grandson, and restored his strength with True Gang.
• Jueming easily defeated his opponent, and the day’s final bout began between Wudang’s Wang Ye and Xu Nuo’s classmate.
• Wang Ye used Wudang Taiji force and flowing footwork to evade and entangle the girl in black stockings through hundreds of exchanges, prompting Luo Guanyun to question Elder Zhao about his disciple.

After Wang Ye’s Qingming Dragon-Locking Body stirred up his buried desires, Zhao Shousui explained the technique’s risks to Meng Chuan. The quarterfinal draw paired Wang Ye with Meng Chuan, but Wang Ye forfeited, leaving Meng Chuan free to watch Jueming and Zheng Chengcheng’s match as Zhao Shousui tried to recruit him to Wudang.

• Meng Chuan learned that the Qingming Dragon-Locking Body released a practitioner’s deepest desires, and Zhao Shousui described how it had changed Wang Ye.
• The quarterfinal draw matched Jueming against Zheng Chengcheng, then paired Wang Ye with Meng Chuan.
• Wang Ye cited his injured face and forfeited to Meng Chuan, giving Meng Chuan a bye in the next round.
• Meng Chuan and Wang Ye went to a martial arts gym to spar while Luo Guanyun and Zhao Shousui continued drinking.
• Zhao Shousui offered to cover Meng Chuan’s Qingming Two Energies and recruit him into Wudang’s Dao-Seeking Class, but Luo Guanyun did not agree.

Zhao Shousui learned that Meng Chuan had joined Northern United University’s Grandmaster Class, prompting him to consider whether Wudang should follow its example in recruiting talent. After training with Wang Ye, Meng Chuan continued practicing and watched Zheng Chengcheng and Jueming begin their Buddhist-sect rivalry.

• Luo Guanyun told Zhao Shousui that Meng Chuan had signed a Grandmaster Class contract with Northern United University’s Yong’an Branch School at Heavenly King Sui’s suggestion.
• Zhao Shousui concluded that Wudang needed to consider competing more aggressively for talented students and planned to consult its headmaster.
• Meng Chuan sparred with Wang Ye for hundreds of exchanges, overwhelmed him, and asked whether Wudang hard-body arts could reshape the human body.
• Wang Ye said no one he knew could transform their physique that way, and Meng Chuan wondered if the ability he envisioned might be unique to him.
• After Wang Ye left, Meng Chuan trained until night and returned the next morning to watch Zheng Chengcheng face Jueming.
• Zheng Chengcheng cited the Mahavairocana Sutra and challenged Jueming’s Shaolin approach before their match began.

Meng Chuan prepared to face Zheng Chengcheng in the Supernova Competition finals after watching Zheng defeat Jueming, and trained against a simulated dragon momentum under Luo Guanyun’s guidance. As his rising fame brought crowds and business offers, Hanhai Grandmaster Shen Shuo promised him an extra reward if he defeated Zheng.

• Jueming argued with Zheng Chengcheng over Buddhist cultivation before Zheng unleashed his Yellow Dragon Momentum and defeated him.
• Luo Guanyun explained the Buddhist debate to Meng Chuan and renewed his resolve to overcome the flaws in his own martial arts.
• Meng Chuan defeated an opponent from the Central Military Academy, then trained against Luo Guanyun’s simulated Dragon Momentum ahead of the finals.
• Meng Chuan asked Meng Yongzhi and Xue Na to have the fan crowd outside their apartment dispersed and posted a statement urging fans to calm down.
• Zheng Zhenzhen warned Meng Chuan that her brother’s Buddha Vow Crosses Dragon Momentum could damage both the body and the mind.
• Shen Shuo told Meng Chuan he would seek an additional reward for him if he defeated Zheng Chengcheng.

Meng Chuan faced Zheng Chengcheng in the Northern Region final, trading fierce attacks with his opponent’s Golden Dragon momentum and knocking away his treasured sword. Zheng Chengcheng’s fist momentum struck Meng Chuan’s heart and forced him back, leaving their championship battle unresolved.

• Grandmaster Shen wished Meng Chuan luck and encouraged him to keep training, while Yu Chenguang promised to attend the final.
• Meng Chuan and Zheng Chengcheng entered the Northern Region final before a packed arena, where Yanhua Martial University principal Zheng Yulan served as guest judge.
• Meng Chuan activated his Overload state and attacked Zheng Chengcheng, who answered with his Dragon-Crossing Fist Momentum and treasured sword.
• The fighters clashed amid white mist and golden light; Zheng Chengcheng’s sword rain wounded Meng Chuan, while Meng Chuan struck the dragon and dodged its attacks.
• Meng Chuan knocked Zheng Chengcheng’s treasured sword away and targeted the dragon beneath him, but Zheng Chengcheng’s fist momentum hit Meng Chuan’s heart and staggered him.