Chapter Summaries

Meng Chuan used his hidden Kidney Water momentum to defeat Zheng Chengcheng and win the Northland division championship, earning a direct place in the Supernova Competition’s Modu finals. Afterward, Zhao Shousui promised to begin teaching him the Qingming Dragon-Locking Body the next day.

• At Two-Gate Gorge, Blood-Drinking Demon Sword Li Xiao met Fang Jianxing, who called himself Mirror, and examined the Demon Nest’s linked Nodes before Li Xiao invited him to join the Demon Summoning Hall.
• Meng Chuan and Zheng Chengcheng exchanged punishing attacks as Meng Chuan resisted the Buddhist chant and worried that Principal Yin might be watching the livestream.
• Meng Chuan unleashed five layers of Tide Mark and his Kidney Water tendrils, entangled Zheng Chengcheng, and struck him out of the arena to claim the Northland championship.
• Zheng Yulan congratulated Meng Chuan and spoke to the audience, while Meng Chuan celebrated backstage with Luo Guanyun and Zhao Shousui.
• Zhao Shousui told Meng Chuan to visit him after the next day’s celebration banquet so he could begin training in the Qingming Dragon-Locking Body, and asked for the promised fifteen million.

After winning the Northland contest, Meng Chuan earned a large prize and focused on improving his cultivation, while Heavenly Kings Zheng Yulan and Sui Chunqiu met to discuss his recruitment and the mysterious fate surrounding him. The next morning, Meng Chuan experienced an unexpected enlightenment that brought his Five Skandhas Universe Fist to major accomplishment.

• Lu Ang praised Meng Chuan, awarded the contest prizes, and urged him to represent Northland in Modu.
• Meng Chuan spent part of his winnings on cultivation supplies, then resolved to earn enough to obtain a Bone-Strengthening Dragon God Pill.
• Zheng Yulan and Sui Chunqiu met in Meng Chuan's room, and Sui Chunqiu questioned what Zheng Yulan had seen in Fate and Karma.
• Zheng Yulan took Zheng Chengcheng back toward Yanhua Mountain, while Sui Chunqiu encouraged Meng Chuan to train for the next Martial Extreme True Successor contest.
• Meng Chuan practiced on the hotel rooftop and entered an unexpected Morning and Evening Enlightenment.
• Meng Chuan's Five Skandhas Universe Fist reached major accomplishment.

After mastering the Five Skandhas Universe Fist, Meng Chuan’s blood vitality surged to nearly 400 points, and he received a valuable new potion as a reward for his tournament performance. At the banquet, Jueming invited him to Shaolin, while Lu Ang promised a favor to whoever won the championship for the Northern Lands.

• Meng Chuan practiced his fist techniques until he could control his increased blood vitality, which had risen to nearly 400 points.
• Grandmaster Shen Shuo told Meng Chuan he had received twenty million from their wager and promised to send him a new potion made with Golden Muscle Jade Dew and Heavenly Demon true marrow.
• Meng Chuan transferred thirty million to his master and five hundred thousand to his aunt, then told Luo Guanyun that his unusual meridian capacity might let him surpass the normal blood-vitality limit.
• Meng Chuan demonstrated his mastered Five Aggregates Fist to Luo Guanyun, who advised him to consult his grandmaster teacher before deciding when to cultivate a True Technique and break through.
• At the Four Seas Lake Banquet, Meng Chuan struggled to handle requests from fans and acquaintances while Jueming befriended him and urged him to join Shaolin; Meng Chuan declined but agreed to visit someday.
• Lu Ang announced that he would grant one promise to any contestant who won the championship for the Northern Lands, and Meng Chuan said he would not underestimate the competition.

After winning the Northland championship, Meng Chuan received an offer from Lu Ang to certify him to teach Guoyi Fist online. He then began learning the Qingming Dragon-Locking Body from Zhao Shousui, whose explanation left him with a method for controlling the art’s dangerous Dragon Demon.

• Lu Ang met Meng Chuan privately and offered to certify him as a Northland Basic Fist Techniques Promotion Ambassador so he could post paid instructional videos.
• Zhao Shousui prepared the Qingming Two Energies and asked Wang Ye to estimate how quickly Meng Chuan would get started with the Qingming Dragon-Locking Body.
• Meng Chuan arrived with Luo Guanyun, stripped down for instruction, and heard Zhao Shousui explain the art’s origins and its connection to the energies from Wudang’s Demon Nest.
• Zhao Shousui explained that the Dragon Demon could be controlled by studying the Twelve Dragon-Subduing Diagrams and performing Pai Da at proper intervals.
• Zhao Shousui demonstrated his perfected Dragon-Locking Body and explained how mastering the art could improve Meng Chuan’s bone structure and break part of the body’s limits.

Meng Chuan practiced the Qingming Dragon-Locking Body under Zhao Shousui’s guidance, and the Qingming Two Energies unexpectedly helped him advance Dragon Meditation to its second layer. The Dragon Demon kept growing far beyond the expected cycle, leaving Zhao Shousui astonished by how overnourished it had become.

• Meng Chuan questioned Zhao Shousui about hardening arts, gaining insights into his goal of mastering his body and overcoming the Thunder Seed’s drawbacks.
• Zhao Shousui instructed Meng Chuan to inhale the Qingming Two Energies and form a Dragon Demon while guiding the Azure Sky Energy through his body.
• Meng Chuan endured the Dragon-Fallen Energy with little difficulty, expelled the remaining energy, and advanced Dragon Meditation to its second layer.
• The Dragon Demon stirred Meng Chuan’s violent urges, so Zhao Shousui calmed him and directed him to visualize the Twelve Dragon-Subduing Diagrams.
• Meng Chuan’s Dragon Demon continued roaming his meridians for more than an hour, and Zhao Shousui examined him before exclaiming that it was overnourished.

Meng Chuan began training in the Qingming Dragon-Locking Body as Zhao Shousui used the Dragon-Capturing Style to beat Dragon Energy from his enormous Dragon Demon. After recovering overnight, Meng Chuan returned to boxing and wondered whether his perfected Meng Family Baji could eventually become a True Technique or even a Divine Art.

• Zhao Shousui explained that Meng Chuan's abundant innate [Essence] had produced an unusually large Dragon Demon and warned that it would make his cultivation slower but potentially more powerful.
• Meng Chuan began the Dragon-Capturing Style beating, and Zhao Shousui struck him for three hours while Azure True Qi forced Dragon Energy from the Dragon Demon.
• The beating left the Dragon Demon shrunken and listless, and Zhao Shousui told Meng Chuan to digest the excess Dragon Energy through boxing and undergo another beating within seven days.
• Zhao Shousui and Wang Ye departed for Wudang Mountain while Meng Chuan and Luo Guanyun stayed overnight before returning to Yong'an.
• Meng Chuan woke the next morning, found the Dragon-Locking Body had not yet registered on his panel, and practiced Meng Family Baji despite lingering soreness.

Meng Chuan practiced Qi Jiguang's Thirty-Two Style Long Fist, gained the War Soul trait, and returned to Yong'an after being admitted to United University's Grandmaster Class. He resumed training at home while Luo Guanyun sought work to afford a powerful third-grade Zhenwu for him.

• Meng Chuan's practice drew him into a battlefield vision, where he fought Japanese pirates and advanced Qi Jiguang's Thirty-Two Style Long Fist to Proficient, gaining the Intermediate War Soul trait.
• Meng Chuan discovered that the Dragon Demon in his Middle Dantian had grown after absorbing Heart Fire Essence Qi, and Zhao Shousui told him to make it return the energy through Pai Da.
• Yang Huan announced that Meng Chuan had been recruited into United University's Grandmaster Class without an entrance exam, prompting celebration at Ping'an Middle School and among students at the preparatory school.
• Luo Guanyun flew Meng Chuan back to Yong'an and said he would work at the Demon Nest to earn money toward buying Meng Chuan the third-grade Zhenwu Fist Blade: Moon Over the Bridge of Helplessness.
• Xue Na prepared dinner for Meng Chuan, who ate and then went to practice his fist techniques at home.

Meng Chuan took Shen Shuo’s potion to advance his Duo-Mo Iron Body, but the Dragon Demon devoured the unused growth energy and transformed it into Dragon Energy, helping him reach the entry level of the Qingming Dragon-Locking Body with the Flower of Bone trait. The change triggered Dragon Demon Hooking Desire, leaving him struggling to control a sexual urge as he asked Zhao Shousui for help.

• Meng Chuan went to Gang Zi Club for Pai Da, and he promised Li Weigang he would thank the club if he won the national championship.
• Meng Chuan received Shen Shuo’s potion and drank it while preparing to advance his Duo-Mo Iron Body.
• The potion advanced Meng Chuan’s Duo-Mo Iron Body, but his body could not absorb its secondary-development energy, so the Dragon Demon devoured it.
• The Dragon Demon returned the energy as Dragon Energy, advancing Meng Chuan’s Qingming Dragon-Locking Body to entry level and revealing the Flower of Bone trait.
• Meng Chuan felt Dragon Demon Hooking Desire take hold, restrained the restless Dragon Demon, and called Zhao Shousui for advice.
• Meng Chuan told Zhao Shousui that he could barely control his urge to find someone and test his Duo-Mo Iron Crotch.

Meng Chuan suppressed the unruly Dragon Demon after the Dragon-Locking Body rapidly advanced, then learned to keep the creature subdued with the Dragon-Capturing Style. The chapter ended with his qi and blood reaching 406.3 as he prepared for his final push toward becoming a Martial Artist.

• Meng Chuan used Zhao Shousui’s Calming Technique and his breathing method to overcome the Dragon Demon’s urge, and his Qingming Dragon-Locking Body advanced to proficient.
• Meng Chuan discovered that the Dragon Demon could poke its head out of his body, frightened Xue Na, and repeatedly forced it back into his Middle Dantian.
• Zhao Shousui advised Meng Chuan to seal his Middle Dantian with qi and blood and use the Dragon-Capturing Style to subdue the creature.
• Meng Chuan observed that the Dragon Demon emerged whenever his attention was stimulated, while a blank mind left it limp and sleepy; Shen Shuo agreed to investigate the medicine’s unexpected effects and offered compensation.
• Luo Guanyun told Ren Ping that Meng Chuan had won prize money and given him most of it, and Ren Ping said taking Meng Chuan as a disciple had turned his luck around.
• At Yugao High School, Meng Chuan tested his qi and blood at 406.3 and realized that striking the Dragon Demon every few days kept it from emerging.

Meng Chuan learned how the Yuanshen Thunder Seed Method had damaged Luo Guanyun’s health and resolved to master control over his body before cultivating it. After hearing Luo Guanyun’s past, Meng Chuan remained determined to pursue the method and find a way to help his teacher.

• Meng Chuan practiced his boxing and Dragon Meditation while learning that Demonic Path Grandmaster Li Xiao had fled into the wilderness and was being pursued by a Venerable-level expert.
• Luo Guanyun invited Meng Chuan to dinner, and Meng Chuan suspected his teacher wanted to warn him about the Yuanshen Thunder Seed Method.
• Ren Ping welcomed Meng Chuan to Luo Guanyun’s home and explained that Luo Guanyun no longer needed to patrol the Demon Nest at night, though he still hoped to earn more money there.
• Ren Ping recounted how Luo Guanyun became a celebrated martial prodigy before the Thunder Seed began consuming his blood and vitality, forcing him to cultivate a water-aspect technique to restrain it.
• Meng Chuan decided to build up Traits that would give him complete control over his body before cultivating the Thunder Method, and resolved to delay becoming a Martial Arts Master if necessary.

Meng Chuan reaffirmed his decision to cultivate thunder arts as Luo Guanyun revealed a dangerous Demonic Skill and explained how its principles might help overcome the Thunder Method’s drawbacks. By mid-August, Meng Chuan’s friends had received their university results, and they gathered for a feast where they discussed Northern United University’s upcoming placement test.

• Luo Guanyun explained that Meng Chuan needed to strengthen his spiritual power to control the Dragon Demon, and Meng Chuan told his master he had already chosen to cultivate thunder arts.
• Luo Guanyun showed Meng Chuan the tortoiseshell’s Spirit Platform Demon Seed: Fear Chapter, warned him not to cultivate it, and demonstrated how its principles might combine with the Thunder Method.
• Luo Guanyun advised Meng Chuan to ask Principal Yang about developing his unusual meridians and warned him to keep training before university began.
• By mid-August, Meng Chuan’s Running Thunder Scattered Hands reached 80% proficiency, and he learned that his friends had been accepted to their chosen schools while Wang Yue chose another year of preparation.
• Meng Chuan treated his friends to a Yongfu Feast, where Meng Jiaolong told him Northern United University would use a placement test to allocate free credits, and Xu Qingfeng worried about competing with older students.

Meng Chuan prepared to enter Northern United University, learned how valuable credits would be, and continued strengthening his body and planning to improve his mental power. As he left Yong'an behind, Chu Yanhu prepared to compete for first place in the Martial Practitioner Class, believing the incoming Northland champion could not yet match him.

• Chen Jingyi warned Meng Chuan that Chu Yanhu was the strongest Martial Practitioner in the Grandmaster Class and was close to becoming a Martial Artist.
• Meng Chuan spent the end of August training at home, packed for university, and took the Shiva Elephant Washing manual to show Teacher Luo.
• Meng Chuan completed another Pai Da session with Li Weigang, raised his Qingming Dragon-Locking Body proficiency to 30%, and felt his strength increase after absorbing the last wisp of Heart Fire Essence Qi.
• Li Weigang advised Meng Chuan to earn credits through campus missions and to approach off-campus missions cautiously before becoming a Martial Artist.
• Chu Yanlong told Chu Yanhu that he should claim first place in the Martial Practitioner Class, and Chu Yanhu agreed that the Northland champion could not yet defeat him.

Meng Chuan left home for Northern United University as Demon Nest disasters spread and Great Chu announced Level Three combat readiness nationwide. After registering as a Grandmaster Class student, he began learning about the university’s demanding assessments and privileges.

• Meng Chuan left [Shiva Elephant Washing] for Teacher Luo and departed for Li Mountain with Meng Yongzhi and Xue Na the next morning.
• Meng Chuan heard reports of Demon Nest disasters and Great Chu’s Level Three combat-readiness notice, then promised Meng Yongzhi he would help if trouble reached home.
• Meng Chuan said goodbye to Meng Yongzhi and Xue Na, climbed the mountain alone, and arrived at Northern United University.
• Meng Jiaolong helped Meng Chuan register, collect his Grandmaster Class access card, and head toward the dormitory while explaining the university’s assessment system.
• Meng Jiaolong told Meng Chuan that Grandmaster Class students faced dynamic evaluations and could lose their status if they no longer showed potential to become Martial Arts Grandmasters.

Meng Chuan settled into Huaqing Pool, met the Northern United University Grandmaster Class through its group chat, and trained until Running Thunder Scattered Hands advanced to Great Mastery. He and Xu Qingfeng then headed to the True Dragon Pavilion for their first class gathering and placement test.

• Meng Chuan moved into his villa at Huaqing Pool, discovered its Starry Soup hot spring, and joined the Grandmaster Class group chat.
• Shi Ying welcomed Meng Chuan, Meng Jiaolong, and Xu Qingfeng, while Chen Qiushui announced a placement test at the True Dragon Pavilion the next morning.
• Meng Chuan trained through his first day at the university and set goals to win the Modu championship and become a Martial Artist.
• Meng Chuan practiced Running Thunder Scattered Hands the next morning until it advanced from Mastery to Great Mastery, while a hidden guard observed him.
• Meng Chuan and Xu Qingfeng ate breakfast and arrived early at the True Dragon Pavilion, the Grandmaster Class's exclusive training facility.

Meng Chuan arrived at United University's Grandmaster Class and met its students, instructors, and the Dragon Demon's conspicuous manifestation. Chen Qiushui announced that the class would replace equal credit distribution with a competitive tiered system, leaving the returning students to face a sharp change in their benefits.

• Meng Chuan and Xu Qingfeng entered the True Dragon Pavilion, where Meng Chuan sized up the students and Chu Yanhu silently judged him in return.
• The Dragon Demon's snake head emerged from Meng Chuan's waist, startling the class before Meng Chuan pushed it back inside and explained it was related to his technique.
• Chen Jingyi explained that tiered credits had made the class tense, and Meng Jiaolong arrived with Chen Qiushui and Shi Ying.
• Meng Jiaolong, Xu Qingfeng, and Meng Chuan introduced themselves, and the Dragon Demon's head emerged again during Meng Chuan's introduction.
• Chen Qiushui outlined her martial theory classes and announced that the class would immediately replace equal monthly credits with a tiered allocation, ranging from 150 credits for first place to 20 for last.

Meng Chuan defeated Chu Yanhu in the Grandmaster Class ranking match and secured first place. Afterward, Shi Ying explained how the class’s one-on-one boxing instructor system worked, while Meng Chuan browsed the available instructors.

• Chen Qiushui set the rules for the ranking matches, warning the students not to deliberately injure one another before leaving Shi Ying to oversee them.
• Chu Yanhu claimed he would take first place, but Meng Chuan challenged him and refused his offer to settle for second.
• Chu Yanhu attacked with a powerful Dragon Claw, and Meng Chuan countered with his Molten Core Flame-Burst Fist, overpowering him with fire and lightning techniques.
• Meng Chuan returned to normal and asked Shi Ying whether he had won; Chu Yanhu nodded, and the other students competed for the remaining ranks without challenging him.
• Meng Chuan browsed Northern United University's boxing instructors, and Shi Ying explained that Grandmaster Class instructors taught students through a one-on-one master-disciple system.

After Meng Chuan won first place, Chen Xu attacked him with Martial Momentum, prompting Lu Zhuxiao and Luo Guanyun to retaliate and secure compensation for Meng Chuan. Meng Chuan signed a mentoring contract with Lu Zhuxiao and began training under her, ending the chapter by planning to find a Pai Da teacher.

• Meng Chuan chose Lu Zhuxiao as his mentor, and she immediately approved his request and joined him at True Dragon Pavilion.
• Chen Xu tried to intimidate Meng Chuan with Martial Momentum, but Meng Chuan resisted and warned that Luo Guanyun would come; Lu Zhuxiao then struck Chen Xu with a golden spear.
• Luo Guanyun arrived, beat Chen Xu, and helped Meng Chuan obtain twenty million from him as compensation before Chen Qiushui took the matter to the university authorities.
• Meng Chuan and Lu Zhuxiao signed a mentoring contract, and Luo Guanyun entrusted Meng Chuan's training to her.
• Lu Zhuxiao assessed Meng Chuan's boxing and spent the afternoon correcting his long-fist techniques; Meng Chuan then said he wanted to find a Pai Da teacher before setting his training schedule.

Meng Chuan arranged to learn hard-body Pai Da from Steel Spear General Dong Yue, hoping to strengthen his training despite its high cost. He learned that reaching the Earthly Fiend Ranking could bring him monthly credits, and agreed to pay Dong Yue 200 credits a month for instruction.

• Lu Zhuxiao arranged for Meng Chuan to meet his friend Dong Yue for hard-body training, and later explained that ranking on the Earthly Fiend Ranking could earn Meng Chuan monthly credits.
• Manager Shen told Meng Chuan that compensation—a mid-level Heavenly Demon core—had been delivered to his home.
• Lu Zhuxiao praised Meng Chuan’s rapid improvement and explained Northern United University’s Earthly Fiend and Tiangang rankings and their credit rewards.
• Meng Chuan visited Dong Yue’s dorm, where he also saw Chen Jingyi training with Luo Meng nearby.
• Meng Chuan described his hard-body training needs, and Dong Yue agreed to teach him at the Grandmaster Class discount after Meng Chuan offered 200 credits a month.

Meng Chuan received precise Pai Da from Dong Yue, who taught him about the Six Great Acupoints and the mutations required for bodily control. He improved his cultivation and qi-blood, then ended the chapter opening his door to find Chu Yanhu following a burly young man.

• Dong Yue used the Dragon-Capturing Style to beat Meng Chuan’s Dragon Demon into a dried-corpse state while answering his questions about hard techniques and acupoints.
• Dong Yue explained how the Baihui and Danzhong Acupoints worked and told Meng Chuan that complete bodily control would require mutations throughout the body.
• Dong Yue changed their Pai Da sessions to once every five days and allowed Meng Chuan to settle his credits at the end of the month.
• Meng Chuan applied expensive Hunyuan Body-Forging Ointment, practiced boxing with Xu Qingfeng, and triggered Morning and Evening Enlightenment during training with Lu Zhuxiao.
• Meng Chuan’s Five Skandhas Universe Fist reached Major Mastery (25%), and his qi-blood value rose to 483.0 Ninth Gate.
• After training and soaking in the hot spring, Meng Chuan answered the door and saw Chu Yanhu following a burly young man.

Meng Chuan accepted Chu Yanhu’s apology and later let his Dragon Demon consume a costly Heavenly Demon Core under Dong Yue’s supervision. He then visited the Ten Thousand Martial Arts Pavilion to search for a blood-related hard art or an internal-training technique, but the chapter left him still looking for one.

• Chu Yanlong brought Chu Yanhu to apologize to Meng Chuan and offered him Hunyuan Body-Forging Ointment, which Meng Chuan accepted.
• Chu Yanlong warned Chu Yanhu to avoid grudges with Meng Chuan, whom he believed could become dangerously powerful.
• Yang Huan joined Principal Yin and Huo Ting to suppress a Level Three Demon Nest near Chencang, leaving Meng Chuan waiting for his return.
• Meng Chuan gave his Dragon Demon a mid-rank Heavenly Demon Core while Dong Yue watched, and the creature swallowed it before curling up to digest it.
• Meng Chuan saw that his Iron Cloth Shirt was at 99% mastery and decided to seek another hard art to support his training.
• Meng Chuan searched the Ten Thousand Martial Arts Pavilion for blood-related methods and internal hard techniques, but found no blood-related cultivation methods and began searching the hard technique section.