Chapter Summaries

Meng Chuan overwhelmed Luo Qin in their Martial Practitioner duel, revealing overwhelming strength and a dramatic bodily transformation. The fight remained underway as Meng Chuan launched another forceful attack.

• Lu Zhuxiao waited confidently for Meng Chuan while United University students gathered to watch the duel.
• Ziyang True Monarch told Chen Qiushui that a troubling divination had led him to accompany Luo Qin, his disciple.
• Meng Chuan and Luo Qin clashed, with Luo Qin trying to establish his icy field and Meng Chuan suppressing it with his aura.
• Meng Chuan tested Luo Qin's strength in a palm collision, then told him he was no match and closed the distance with perfected Eight-Step Cicada Chasing.
• Meng Chuan expanded his body to a towering size and unleashed his Colored Dragon Probing Claw, startling the spectators and the two observers above.
• Meng Chuan rooted himself and drove forward with renewed force as the duel continued.

Meng Chuan decisively defeated Luo Qin in a brief arena battle, revealing the strength of his newly advanced Martial Artist body and Fist Blade. Afterward, he assessed his abilities, recognized that his movement technique needed improvement, and began absorbing insights from the fight.

• Meng Chuan shattered Luo Qin’s momentum with Azure Dragon Probing Claw and countered his sword attacks with his Fist Blade and Tiger Roar Lung Forging.
• Meng Chuan evaded Luo Qin’s Sword Qi, struck his shoulder with the Fist Blade, and nearly attacked his lower back before Ziyang Zhenren intervened and removed Luo Qin from the arena.
• Meng Chuan saluted the cheering crowd and left, gaining another insight from Reverse Tracing Pattern Observation that strengthened his Water Element imagery.
• Meng Chuan returned to Huaqing Pool, assessed his advantage over Luo Qin and his possible strength against higher-level Martial Artists, and concluded that he needed a more elusive movement technique.
• Meng Chuan began circulating Water Element Qi and reflected on Imagery World as a bridge connecting Martial Will with heaven and earth.

Meng Chuan gained the Crane Soaring Above Technique and learned to revisit the Beast King Chart’s icy Imagery World through the immortal crane’s mark. Meanwhile, Ziyang True Monarch’s worsening calamity omen led him to warn Chencang, where a demon horde then burst through the nest’s barrier.

• Meng Chuan resonated with the immortal crane in the Imagery World, received the Crane Soaring Above Technique, and strengthened his Water Element fist power.
• Meng Chuan realized the crane’s mark could let him return to the Imagery World, then considered how to find the keyhole to the imagery of Qi Jiguang Long Fist.
• Luo Qin told Ziyang True Monarch that his connection to the Beast King Chart had weakened, and Ziyang True Monarch treated his injured mind and urged him to cultivate his Divine Power.
• Ziyang True Monarch’s divination coin broke while revealing an omen of calamity, so he contacted Chen Qiushui and left with Luo Qin to return to the mountain.
• Huo Ting guarded the Chencang Demon Nest with the soldiers, but countless tentacles shattered its barrier and tens of thousands of Heavenly Demons surged out.

Qimu broke out of the Chencang Demon Nest, critically wounded Huo Ting and unleashed hordes of Heavenly Demons before Lu Ang confronted it. Meng Chuan and the students of United University were mobilized to help rescue Chencang’s residents and fight the demons, and Meng Chuan set out under the covert protection of Dong Yue.

• Qimu emerged from the suppressed Chencang Demon Nest, killed Huo Ting with a sudden attack and sent Heavenly Demons sweeping toward the city.
• Lu Ang arrived to block Qimu from spreading into the city, while a Withered Wood Puppet secretly moved with a purple tree-crown mark on its chest.
• Chen Qiushui summoned Meng Chuan and the students, and Elder Bai Qing briefed them on the outbreak and assigned them roles in the emergency response.
• Elder Bai Qing ordered the students to travel to Chencang, rescue residents and avoid confronting stronger demons without reinforcements.
• Meng Chuan messaged Xu Qingfeng and Meng Jiaolong, learned that Dong Yue would secretly watch over him, and boarded a vehicle bound for Chencang.

Meng Chuan entered the demon-stricken city of Chencang alone, where he quickly killed a middle-tier heavenly demon and learned that residents were trapped nearby. He set off to rescue them, confident he could defeat the three thorn spawn guarding the area.

• Meng Chuan declined offers to join a team, choosing to act alone because Dong Yue would secretly watch over him.
• At the Chencang shelter, Meng Chuan saw the devastation caused by the heavenly demons and entered the city after exchanging farewells with Lu Zhuxiao.
• Meng Chuan sensed a First-Limit Martial Daoist fighting a Tree Demon and its offspring, then killed the middle-tier Tree Demon with one strike.
• The martial daoist explained that the demons lacked true spirits and warned Meng Chuan about poison on the corpse; Meng Chuan collected its valuable hide.
• The martial daoist told Meng Chuan that over a dozen residents were trapped in Wishful Restaurant near three thorn spawn, and Meng Chuan asked him to lead the way.

Meng Chuan rescued residents and killed several Thorn Spawn during the siege of Chencang, discovering that one carried a valuable True Spirit. After learning the city was mostly under control and United University had suffered no deaths, he rested and prepared to face the remaining mid- and high-rank Heavenly Demons.

• Meng Chuan rescued a group of residents from a Thorn Spawn and introduced himself to Feng Yue of Yanhua Martial University as Northern United University's Meng Chuan.
• Meng Chuan fought two stronger Thorn Spawn, killing them with Qi Jiguang Long Fist and his unleashed physical strength.
• Meng Chuan captured the stronger Thorn Spawn's True Spirit and fed it to the Dragon Demon, planning to test the effects of Wood Essence Qi after it was digested.
• Meng Chuan collected the Thorn Spawn's hide, rested with nutrient paste, and checked the emergency-operation messages.
• Meng Chuan learned that more than half the Heavenly Demons had been cleared and that United University had suffered no deaths, though difficult mid- and high-rank enemies remained.

Meng Chuan hunted Heavenly Demons and headed toward a military battle with a peak upper-rank Green Wood Succubus, hoping to witness its strength. As Lu Zhuxiao and the others discovered it was a Void Heavenly Demon and targeted its core, Meng Chuan hid nearby and prepared to strike while the battle continued.

• Meng Chuan checked that his friends were safe, shared a picture of his collected Heavenly Demon materials, and then went out hunting again.
• After killing several Heavenly Demons and filling his backpack, Meng Chuan followed signal flares toward a battle where soldiers were fighting a powerful enemy.
• The Green Wood Succubus engulfed the adjutant in demonic qi and killed him, prompting the commander to order the troops to withdraw.
• Lu Zhuxiao and another teacher arrived to aid the commander, but the Green Wood Succubus evaded their attacks and seized their weapons with fungal threads.
• Meng Chuan hid nearby after realizing Old Dong could not be reached, then prepared a sneak attack as Lu Zhuxiao identified the enemy as a Void Heavenly Demon whose core lay between its brows.
• The Green Wood Succubus blocked the teachers’ attacks on its brow with fungal threads hardened into a bronze shield.

Meng Chuan used Final Liberation to kill the Green Wood Succubus and helped the Chencang Garrison clear the city. As the survivors rested, Lin Yue secretly carried a strange tumor taken from a Withered Wood Puppet, unaware that it was twitching inside his backpack.

• Meng Chuan ambushed the Green Wood Succubus, trapped its fungal threads with his muscles, and destroyed its head with a punch.
• Lu Zhuxiao recognized Meng Chuan, who collected the Green Wood Succubus's valuable core and explained his combat path as a form of Horizontal Training.
• Commander Wang thanked Meng Chuan for saving the city, and the Martial Practitioners joined the garrison in sweeping Chencang for remaining Heavenly Demons.
• Lin Yue hid from Meng Chuan while carrying a pale purple, gold-patterned tumor from a Withered Wood Puppet, hoping to study or sell it; the tumor twitched inside his backpack.
• After the city was nearly cleared, Commander Wang gave Meng Chuan a military recovery drink and thought that United University was the right place for him.

After the Chencang demon nest riot was brought under control, Meng Chuan returned to campus exhausted but satisfied with the lives he had saved and the resources he had gathered. The next morning, he entered the [Battling Japanese Pirates by the River] imagery and faced a powerful swordsman.

• Meng Chuan recovered briefly, then resumed hunting Heavenly Demons while Dong Yue watched over him on Uncle Bai's orders.
• The military, Police Station, and Martial University wiped out 99 percent of the Heavenly Demons in Chencang, and Meng Chuan left the city with the returning group.
• On the bus, Meng Chuan learned that his Qi Jiguang Long Fist had reached Mastery after the intense combat, then returned to United University and fell asleep.
• Meng Chuan woke before dawn, found the Dragon Demon's green spots had grown, and studied his fist arts before attempting to enter the river imagery.
• Meng Chuan entered the imagery as a Japanese pirate and faced a faceless swordsman whose swift blade forced him to sense for an opening.

Meng Chuan gained Commander Qi’s fist intent after facing him in the Imagery World, improving his Qi Jiguang Long Fist and obtaining a key to return. After discussing the remaining threats in Chencang with Dong Yue, Meng Chuan headed to United University’s resource office to exchange his spoils and buy Aperture-Armor Spirit Pills.

• Meng Chuan fought Commander Qi in the Imagery World and gradually learned how to use his fists against a long weapon, forming his fist intent.
• Meng Chuan returned to the Reality World with a new fist seal, and his Qi Jiguang’s Thirty-Two Style Long Fist proficiency rose from Mastery (2%) to Mastery (32%).
• Meng Chuan spoke with Dong Yue, who said the Demon Nest was not fully cleared and that Venerable Huo was out of danger while experts besieged the tree demon.
• Meng Chuan learned that Wu Hong remained a formidable opponent and considered mutating his Baihui Acupoint to gain more confidence.
• Meng Chuan checked the university’s increased exchange rate for resources from Chencang, collected his spoils, and set off for the resource office to trade them for credits and buy Aperture-Armor Spirit Pills.

Meng Chuan exchanged his haul from Chencang Demon Nest for thousands of credits, including a valuable core from a top-tier high-ranking Heavenly Demon, then bought Aperture-Armor Spirit Pills. The next morning, he discovered that the returned wood Essence Qi had changed his sinews and bones, giving his punches greater penetrating power.

• Meng Chuan exchanged his materials for 2,078 credits, astounding Chu Yanlong and the other people at the resource exchange.
• Meng Chuan handed over a core from a top-tier high-ranking Green Wood Succubus, which earned him another 2,000 credits and shocked everyone when he said he had defeated it with a sneak attack.
• Meng Chuan visited the Pill Room, examined an Aperture-Armor Spirit Pill, and bought four for 2,000 credits.
• The next morning, Meng Chuan saw green specks across his sinews and bones and realized the wood Essence Qi had altered his punch force.
• Meng Chuan tested a punch on a stone pier and found that his attacks now penetrated its surface and cracked it from within.

Meng Chuan successfully advanced Dragon Meditation to its third level by dividing his spiritual power into three, then began selling a Guoyi Fist lesson online after discovering his new status as its founder. The chapter left him checking flights to Jiang City after a Taiji training class mocked his paid course.

• Lin Yue scratched the mutated tree burl, drew blood, and unknowingly absorbed a green streak into his palm.
• Meng Chuan read that the Chencang Demon Nest riot had been contained and resolved to grow strong enough to protect people.
• Meng Chuan used mental differentiation to split his spiritual power into three and broke through to the third level of Dragon Meditation.
• Meng Chuan found his profile verified as the Founder of the New Guoyi Fist and recorded a paid instructional video.
• A Taiji training class account mocked Meng Chuan's course, so he began checking flights from Yong'an to Jiang City.

Meng Chuan broke through two more fist techniques, gained new traits, and fused them to strengthen the Five Skandhas Universe Method. The chapter left him continuing his training as his personal funds rose to 45 million yuan.

• Meng Chuan read reports about Zhao Linyuan suppressing a level-four Demon Nest and resolved to train harder toward the Eighth Great Limit.
• Meng Chuan broke through Beacon Smoke Fist and Candle Shadow Step Fist, gaining the Lost Track and Shadow Erosion traits.
• Meng Chuan tested both traits and found Lost Track useful for disrupting aura perception and linking movement techniques, while he considered Shadow Erosion disappointing.
• Meng Chuan fused the two traits into the Five Skandhas Universe Method, raising its first-limit-breaking proficiency from 60% to 80%.
• Meng Chuan practiced three borrowed boxing techniques until each reached beginner level and gained a low-level trait.
• Meng Chuan received 8 million yuan from the Chencang Municipal Government and 10 million yuan from short-video sales, bringing his personal funds to 45 million yuan.

Meng Chuan uploaded another affordable Guoyi Fist lesson, attended Chen Qiushui’s Martial Principle class, and continued training as he prepared to compete for the Martial Extreme True Successor position. After Dong Yue warned him against relying too much on his toughness, Meng Chuan checked his progress and found Tama Iron Body close to breaking its limit.

• Meng Chuan uploaded fifteen minutes of Guoyi Fist corrections for ten yuan, keeping the price low after seeing that many young students bought his lessons with saved pocket money.
• Meng Jiaolong and Xu Qingfeng lamented that Meng Chuan had moved beyond the Martial Practitioner class, while Li Tong urged the remaining students to catch up before their assessment.
• Meng Chuan asked Chen Qiushui about Martial Principle and told her he planned to mutate Baihui Acupoint soon to improve his chances at the June anniversary competition.
• Chen Qiushui recommended that Meng Chuan learn more True Technique fist techniques later and privately suspected he had a secret, while considering him as a potential match for Meng Jiaolong.
• After Pai Da, Dong Yue warned Meng Chuan that his toughness should not make him reckless, and Meng Chuan resolved to fight more cautiously.
• Meng Chuan checked his panel and saw Tama Iron Body had advanced from 60% to 61% of perfection.

Meng Chuan met with Yang Huan, who advised him on mutating his Baihui Acupoint and preparing for the Martial Extreme True Successor Tournament. After sensing Yang Huan’s interest in his unusual meridians, Meng Chuan resolved to protect his secrets and become more cautious as he grew stronger.

• Meng Chuan visited Yang Huan, who taught him how to use spirit and qi-blood to attempt the Baihui Acupoint mutation.
• Yang Huan advised Meng Chuan to practice against Tiger Form fighters and offered the campus teachers’ help as he prepared for the tournament.
• Yang Huan hinted that Meng Chuan’s unusual meridians resembled those of an old friend who had suffered a cultivation deviation, but Meng Chuan avoided letting him examine him.
• Yang Huan encouraged Meng Chuan to compete for the third-grade battle armor and warned him not to cozy up to everyone at headquarters.
• Back in his dorm, Meng Chuan recalled Yang Huan’s probing and resolved to conceal his secrets, grow stronger, and hide his edge.

Meng Chuan decided to keep a low profile after realizing that his talent had drawn Principal Yang’s attention, while Qimu began adjusting to Lin Yue’s body and Wu Hong received a tiger-tempered spear from Shang Ruyi. Two days later, Yang Huan eased Meng Chuan’s concerns before the Martial Extreme True Successor selection.

• Meng Chuan abandoned plans to submit his techniques for national rewards and resolved to focus on cultivation while avoiding unnecessary attention.
• Qimu examined Lin Yue’s body, discovered it lacked male anatomy, and prepared to integrate into society as the second step of his rebirth plan.
• Wu Hong grasped the Life-Severing Spear and overcame its tiger baleful aura as Shang Ruyi tested his progress after the mutation of his third acupoint.
• Shang Ruyi gave Wu Hong the spear, and Wu Hong named it Tiger Soul.
• Two days later, Yang Huan joined Meng Chuan at breakfast, reassured him that he would not interfere with his cultivation, and invited him to seek help if needed.

Meng Chuan reconciled with Principal Yang, then faced a much harsher spear lesson in the Imagery World and resolved to learn basic spear techniques. He completed the transformation of his Baihui Acupoint, gaining sharper thoughts and a new ability to sense and absorb energy from the heavens, but he could not remember a brief sensation of his soul leaving his body.

• Meng Chuan accepted Principal Yang's guidance and promised not to disappoint him in the Martial Extreme True Successor matter.
• Commander Qi began teaching Meng Chuan how to establish a lower-body foundation against long weapons, then knocked him into the sea with a single spear strike.
• Meng Chuan decided to learn basic spear infantry techniques from Huo Yonglin before challenging Commander Qi's spear again.
• Meng Chuan completed the Earth Stance's first great aperture by filling and transforming his Baihui Acupoint.
• Meng Chuan found that the transformed Baihui sharpened his thoughts and let him sense sunlight's energy, while he could not recall the momentary sensation of his soul leaving his body.

Meng Chuan measured his qi and blood at 1,413 points and continued preparing for the Martial Extreme True Successor match. After revealing a lower figure to Chu Yanhu, he packed for his trip to Fengtian and resolved to be cautious against Wu Hong.

• Meng Chuan trained his fist techniques, learned that his Baihui Acupoint mutation had let his will produce an oppressive force, and planned to break through the Danzhong Acupoint.
• Luo Guanyun praised Meng Chuan's rapid progress but worried that the Thunder Seed's growing demands could eventually harm him, so he planned another trip to the Island Country.
• At the end of May, Meng Chuan chose the Guanyuan Acupoint as his next target and went to Northern United University's testing hall to measure his qi and blood.
• Chu Yanhu told Meng Chuan his qi and blood had reached 706 points; Meng Chuan's test showed 1,413, though he first told Chu Yanhu it was around a thousand and then admitted it was 1,200.
• Meng Chuan recalled his even sparring matches with Chu Yanlong, packed for his flight to Fengtian, and decided to approach Wu Hong cautiously.

Meng Chuan showed Chu Yanlong his overwhelming full-release power, prompting Chu Yanlong to bet on him to win the Martial Extreme True Successor contest despite the widespread belief that Wu Hong would prevail. Meanwhile, Sui Chunqiu welcomed Principal Zhao and Sect Leader Chen to Northern United University's anniversary and confirmed preparations for the upcoming student matches and contest.

• Meng Chuan and Chu Yanlong sparred to a draw, and Chu Yanlong asked how Meng Chuan had killed a high-ranking Heavenly Demon.
• Meng Chuan demonstrated his nearly five-meter-tall full-release form and stopped a devastating five-colored punch just before Chu Yanlong's chest.
• After Meng Chuan left, Chu Yanlong called Chu Yanhu and told him to bet all their credits on Meng Chuan.
• Wu Hong remained the public favorite for the Martial Extreme True Successor title after gaining Zhenwu's Tiger Soul Spear, while Chu Yanlong doubted he could defeat Meng Chuan.
• Sui Chunqiu welcomed Zhao Wuyin and Chen Tuan to Northern United University's anniversary celebration and later asked Li Zhenyue to ensure the student matches and successor contest went smoothly.

Meng Chuan arrived at Northern United University for the anniversary and Martial Extreme True Successor Tournament, where Professor Li Zhenyue recognized his Five Elements Fist and invited him to visit the university’s research lab. The chapter left Meng Chuan preparing for the celebration and reflecting on bearing his burdens while appreciating his master’s support.

• Sui Chunqiu and Li Zhenyue discussed the tournament, and Sui revealed Meng Chuan and Wu Hong’s ties to Luo and Shang, as well as Meng’s study of Li’s Five Skandhas Universe Fist.
• Meng Chuan arrived at Northern United University with Luo Guanyun and the others, and Luo promised to show him around the main campus.
• Meng Chuan cultivated the Dao Heart Demon-Seeding mental art before the tournament to conserve his mental strength for Tiger Form.
• Li Zhenyue met Meng Chuan, recognized his Five Elements Fist, and invited him to visit the Five Elements Fist Research Lab after the anniversary celebrations.
• Luo Guanyun told Meng Chuan he would support his decisions, and Meng reflected on his master’s care before heading to the Martial Arts Summit Plaza.