Chapter Summaries

After defeating Venom, Meng Chuan consumed its valuable Primordial Core with Dragon Demon and resumed his daily cultivation. News of his victory spread nationwide, drawing reactions from his family, Lu Zhuxiao, Principal Sui, and the hostile Li Xiao, who began considering his next move.

• Meng Chuan reviewed Venom’s appraisal, discussed upcoming spirit-related pills with Shen Shuo, and fed Venom’s true spirit to Dragon Demon to refine into water essence qi.
• Meng Chuan practiced the Demon-Planting Mind Method while news of his victory over a Titled Heavenly Demon surged across the internet and made him a national role model.
• Lu Zhuxiao watched the report and struggled to believe that a Second Limit expert had defeated a Titled Heavenly Demon.
• Meng Yongzhi and Xue Na watched Meng Chuan’s battle video, worried about his safety, and decided not to call him.
• Sui Chunqiu learned of Meng Chuan’s victory and trusted that he would survive and fulfill his potential.
• Li Xiao angrily blamed Heaven Beyond Heaven for failing to kill Meng Chuan and considered dealing with him personally as he contemplated the humans’ coming move against the Mountain Range Divine Lord.

Li Xiao considered his plans if the Mountain Range Divine Lord fell, while Meng Chuan trained and traveled to Shaoshi Mountain to meet the Eighteen Arhats. The chapter left Meng Chuan preparing to carry out his plan after discussing its risks with Luo Guanyun.

• Li Xiao set aside thoughts of Meng Chuan and considered turning to other sleeping Gods if the Mountain Range Divine Lord fell.
• Meng Chuan practiced the True Martial Demon-Subduing Nine Forms, gaining Vitality and Blood and refining his control over Fist Momentum.
• Meng Chuan flew to Shaoshi Mountain, landed without raising dust, and began exploring its public peaks.
• Meng Chuan called Luo Guanyun, who warned him about fighting titled Heavenly Demons before he became a Martial Arts Master.
• Meng Chuan explained his plan to join forces with the Eighteen Arhats and use the Dharma Realm Trapping Square, and Luo Guanyun urged him to be cautious about their Demonic Infection.

Meng Chuan studied Shaolin’s Book Cliff and entered a vision of the ancient monk Kasyapa, who analyzed the modern Qi-Blood Martial Dao. Outside, Meng Chuan’s body began glowing on the cliff, drawing a crowd who thought he was becoming a Buddha.

• Luo Guanyun warned Meng Chuan to behave at Shaolin and sent him to meet Dharma Master Bai Bao at Moon Terrace Garden.
• Meng Chuan arrived at Shaoshi Mountain, took photos with enthusiastic fans, and searched its natural wonders for martial insight.
• At Book Cliff, Meng Chuan uncovered the Two Aspects Stone Book and was drawn into a vision of Kasyapa.
• Kasyapa questioned Meng Chuan about the modern era, then analyzed Qi-Blood Martial Dao and praised its supposed Buddhist founder, Zhang Sanfeng.
• As Meng Chuan listened intently to Kasyapa, an orange-yellow radiance surrounded his body on Book Cliff, and tourists gathered to watch.

Meng Chuan triggered Patriarch Kasyapa’s Buddha Rhyme at Shaolin’s Book Cliff, drawing astonished attention from Shaolin elders and monks. He remained inside the imagery through the night, debating the Qi-Blood Martial Dao with Kasyapa as his spiritual power gradually drained.

• News spread that Meng Chuan appeared to be becoming a Buddha at Shaoshi Mountain, while Chen Tuan understood his path could draw on both Daoism and Buddhism and Zhao Shousui grumbled that he had not made news at Wudang.
• At Shaolin, Venerable Shi learned that Meng Chuan had triggered Patriarch Kasyapa’s manifestation and went to Book Cliff, where he recognized Meng Chuan’s awakening as a supreme level of insight and judged that he possessed great wisdom roots.
• Dharma Master Bai Bao heard that Meng Chuan had manifested Patriarch Kasyapa and decided that Luo Guanyun had been right about Meng Chuan’s Buddhist insight, so he no longer planned to test him.
• Inside the imagery, Meng Chuan debated the Qi-Blood Martial Dao with Patriarch Kasyapa, repeatedly countering the patriarch with principles drawn from reality and learning unconventional insights in return.
• After an entire night, Meng Chuan and Patriarch Kasyapa sat in contemplation as Meng Chuan’s spiritual power continued to drain, leaving him waiting for a further change in the imagery.

Patriarch Kasyapa’s insight produced the Formless Sutra, while Meng Chuan realized that his martial principles were taking shape as divine mountains beneath his martial firmament. Kasyapa passed the new sutra to Meng Chuan before his mental energy ran out, but Meng Chuan struggled to understand its Buddhist teachings.

• Patriarch Kasyapa awakened from his insight and formed deeper scripture in pebbles, then explained its principles of qi, blood, and formlessness to Meng Chuan.
• Meng Chuan saw his martial principles appear as divine mountains beneath his martial firmament and recognized that he had entered the self-recognition realm of fist and foot combat arts.
• Meng Chuan reasoned that uniting the different schools’ martial principles would eventually lead to the recognition of heaven and earth realm.
• Meng Chuan described his cultivation insights to Patriarch Kasyapa, who praised the qi-blood martial dao and felt hopeful about humanity’s future.
• As Meng Chuan’s mental power began to weaken, Patriarch Kasyapa passed on the newly comprehended Formless Sutra and began explaining it.
• Meng Chuan needed several repetitions to understand even a little of the sutra, and his panel showed no change.

Meng Chuan learned the Formless Sutra from Patriarch Kasyapa’s trace at Book Cliff and gained a major breakthrough in his martial cultivation. He returned to his body with greatly increased qi and blood as the monks crowded around to ask what he had understood.

• Meng Chuan realized his War Soul trait let him communicate with Patriarch Kasyapa and listened as the patriarch taught him the Formless Sutra.
• Meng Chuan gained the Formless Sutra as a secret art, advanced his Fist and Foot Combat Arts into Self-Recognition, and exhausted his mental power before returning to his body.
• Venerable Shi and the monks watched Meng Chuan draw in vital energy and nearly solidify his Martial Momentum into an Imagery Realm.
• Meng Chuan absorbed the surge of qi and blood, lit about twenty more acupoint stars, and increased his qi and blood by nearly two thousand points.
• The monks questioned Meng Chuan about his comprehension, and he told them he had gained some insights but no divine art.

Meng Chuan thanked Patriarch Kasyapa for his enlightenment and climbed Shaoshi Mountain with Venerable Shi, who learned that Meng Chuan had recovered a lost Formless Sutra for Shaolin. After receiving permission to explore most of the temple, Meng Chuan visited its inner Mahavira Hall and noticed signs of demonic infection among the Arhats.

• Meng Chuan thanked Patriarch Kasyapa and reflected on the Buddhist martial principles he had learned, while Shaolin monks discussed his reputation.
• Venerable Shi introduced himself to Meng Chuan and escorted him up the mountain toward Dharma Master Bai Bao.
• Meng Chuan recited the Formless Sutra, and Venerable Shi realized that Patriarch Kasyapa had passed down a distinct version of the lost scripture.
• Venerable Shi gave Meng Chuan a sealed Bodhidharma Zen Jade Disc that let him travel freely through most of Shaolin Martial University.
• Meng Chuan visited the inner Mahavira Hall, noticed missing figures among the Eighteen Arhats, and recognized Patriarch Mahakasyapa beside Sakyamuni Buddha.

Meng Chuan visited Shaolin’s Mahavira Hall, met Dharma Master Bai Bao, and requested several Buddhist martial arts. Bai Bao offered him the Medicine Master Pure Six Faculties Perception Method, while Meng Chuan’s other requests remained under discussion.

• Meng Chuan examined the Mahavira Hall’s statues, recognized Patriarch Bodhidharma and the Kinnara King Bodhisattva as historical martial figures, and bowed to them.
• After Meng Chuan left the hall, a Shaolin monk cleaned up after him, performed penance for his perceived disrespect, and decided it could not be tolerated.
• Meng Chuan went to Moon Terrace Garden, met Bai Bao, and showed him his muscular physique when Bai Bao remarked that he looked slimmer than Luo Guanyun had described.
• Bai Bao asked about Luo Guanyun and offered Meng Chuan access to other Shaolin enlightenment sites, but Meng Chuan explained that Shi had already given him a jade access disc.
• Meng Chuan asked to learn mental-power arts, the Eighteen Arhats martial arts, and the Two Classics of Tendon Transformation and Marrow Cleansing.
• Bai Bao recommended the Medicine Master Pure Six Faculties Perception Method for purifying the senses and overcoming inner demons, and Meng Chuan eagerly agreed to learn it.

Meng Chuan settled at Shaolin under Dharma Master Bai Bao’s guidance, exchanging his Saha Brahma Horizontal Training Method for a promised Shaolin Divine Art or Peerless Technique. After beginning his Buddhist studies, he used a moment of insight to develop a new hard-body technique centered on blood vitality, leaving its core idea as replacing old blood with new.

• Dharma Master Bai Bao judged Meng Chuan unready for the Medicine Master Pure Six Faculties Perception Method and arranged for him to study the Eighteen Arhats martial arts and Buddhist teachings at Shaolin.
• Meng Chuan asked to learn the Two Classics of Tendon Transformation and Marrow Cleansing because his natural foundations were only upper-tier, and Bai Bao agreed to seek the abbot’s permission.
• Meng Chuan demonstrated the Saha Brahma Horizontal Training Method, and Bai Bao offered to exchange it for a Shaolin Divine Art or Peerless Technique while restricting access because of its Demonic Infection.
• Bai Bao warned Meng Chuan to conceal the Precious Appearance Golden Venerable Technique at Shaolin, and Meng Chuan moved into Moon Terrace Garden without practicing it.
• At dawn, Meng Chuan gained sudden insight while practicing punches and began designing a hard-body technique, rejecting harmful blood-based approaches before settling on replacing old blood with new.

Meng Chuan created and tested Blood Hard Qigong, a technique that replaced old blood with more vital new blood and seemed to improve his strength and possibly extend his lifespan. After feeling a dramatic surge in power, he considered how the technique might help his aging relatives, but resolved to master it before letting them try it.

• Meng Chuan decided the risks of activating his blood were manageable and began creating Blood Hard Qigong with the Tiger Saliva Jujube.
• Meng Chuan endured intense internal heat and pain as he tested acupoint routes, then established the technique's blood-replacement cycle.
• After recovering, Meng Chuan practiced the route and expelled old blood through his pores, discovering that his new blood nourished and renewed his body.
• Meng Chuan suspected the technique could extend lifespan and considered using external Pai Da to stimulate his uncle, aunt, and Principal Zong, but decided to wait until he had mastered it.
• Meng Chuan found that later blood-replacement cycles had diminishing effects, then unleashed a palm strike with power far beyond his expectations.

Meng Chuan named the martial art and Limit-Breaking Trait he had created, then visited Shaolin’s Martial Monk Academy to study Arhat martial arts and speak with Liaochen. He learned that nine of the Eighteen Arhats had suffered Demonic Infection, while Shaolin’s Grandmasters were still handling the crisis at Bestowing Longevity Temple.

• Meng Chuan named his new martial art Blood-Exchange Body-Tempering Method and its Limit-Breaking Trait Flower of Blood.
• Meng Chuan met Jueming at the Martial Monks' Courtyard and learned that Master Huiyuan would teach him Arhat martial arts.
• Meng Chuan met Liaochen, a Third Limit Martial Arts Master, and discussed the National Talent Database and Demonic Infection.
• Liaochen told Meng Chuan that nine of the Eighteen Arhats were infected and that Shaolin’s Grandmasters had been sent to Bestowing Longevity Temple.
• Meng Chuan asked Liaochen when the crisis would be resolved, hoping Shaolin’s core item could help his Soul Summoning plan.

Meng Chuan clashed with Huiyuan after the monk accused him of disrespecting the Buddha, and their confrontation erupted into a destructive battle across the Martial Monk Academy. White-Brow Abbot rescued Huiyuan, while Meng Chuan continued raging in the ruined training ground until his power began to fade.

• Huiyuan recognized Meng Chuan as the man he believed had desecrated the Buddha and demanded that he repent in the Mahavira Hall.
• Meng Chuan refused to yield, and Huiyuan attacked him with the Vajra Demon-Subduing Palm.
• Meng Chuan transformed into a twenty-meter giant and overpowered Huiyuan, then chased and struck him repeatedly across the training ground.
• White-Brow Abbot rescued Huiyuan before Meng Chuan could finish him, while Shi saw the Inner Demon in Meng Chuan's eyes.
• Meng Chuan's Final Liberation weakened, and his giant body began shrinking as his attacks slowed.

Meng Chuan’s rampage coincided with the Buddha’s manifestation, but the golden light could not prevent Papiyas from taking part of his heart and drawing him into Mahesvara Heaven. Bai Bao carried Meng Chuan to Moon Terrace Garden, where he warned that resisting the Inner Demon would require help of the heart, while Meng Chuan awoke in darkness.

• Meng Chuan continued pounding the training ground as Heaven-Linking Peak shook and golden Buddha light descended over Shaoshi Mountain.
• The Buddha’s light calmed the monks and drove Papiyas’s disturbance from Huiyuan, but Meng Chuan collapsed as his mind was pulled toward another dimension.
• Liaochen told Jueming that two Papiyas had descended, and he sensed that part of Meng Chuan’s heart had been taken to Mahesvara Heaven.
• Divine Monk Bai Bao silenced the witnesses and brought Meng Chuan to Moon Terrace Garden, where he told Venerable Shi that Meng Chuan would need help of the heart to resist Papiyas.
• Meng Chuan opened his eyes in complete darkness and wondered where he was.

Meng Chuan realized the Inner Demon had trapped his soul in a realm born from his uncontrolled rage and the power of Final Liberation. After enduring the darkness by training his Martial Will, he collapsed, and a mysterious transformation began around him as he rested.

• Meng Chuan recognized that his rage had allowed the Inner Demon to steal his soul, leaving his body unconscious while he searched the dark realm for a way back.
• Bai Bao chanted sutras beside Meng Chuan’s body and sent Buddhist power through a gap in the void to help him endure the ordeal.
• Meng Chuan understood that Final Liberation had empowered the Inner Demon, accepted that his recklessness had brought the punishment, and used his Martial Will to keep moving.
• Meng Chuan punched through the darkness until the realm revealed traces of his own powers and the Five Elements Martial Principle, but his soul became too exhausted to continue.
• As Meng Chuan fell asleep, lightning and the forces of the realm gathered into a radiant mass that absorbed the darkness and began to transform.

After Rebirth Nirvana restored Meng Chuan, he discovered that the Inner Demon had taken over his Dao Heart and invaded his body. He defended his Sea of Consciousness with his dragons and Mysterious Iron walls, then used the energy gathered by Nirvana Rainbow Transformation to keep fighting the dark-golden heart.

• Bai Bao sensed that Meng Chuan's Inner Demon remained despite a burst of rainbow vitality, and warned that another calamity was coming.
• Meng Chuan awoke with Rebirth Nirvana active and found a black shadow embodying his Dao Heart waiting outside him.
• Meng Chuan attacked the shadow, but it reformed as a dark-golden heart and plunged into his body to seize his Sea of Consciousness.
• Meng Chuan ordered his two Dragon Demons to attack the heart and absorb its corrupting mist while he repaired the Mysterious Iron walls.
• Meng Chuan realized Rebirth Nirvana's conversion effect had made his mental power seemingly inexhaustible, giving him strength to defend the walls and strike back.

Meng Chuan fought the Inner Demon in his Sea of Consciousness while Dharma Master Bai Bao and Patriarch Kasyapa’s aid strengthened him. Transformed into a three-headed, six-armed figure, Meng Chuan struck back with a spear, leaving the battle at its climax.

• Meng Chuan realized Dharma Master Bai Bao was supporting him with Buddhist power and pressed his attack while protecting his Sea of Consciousness and spiritual foundation.
• Dharma Master Bai Bao intensified his support with the Baby Buddha, then had Venerable Shi fetch Patriarch Kasyapa’s kasaya and prayer beads; he burned one bead to aid Meng Chuan.
• Inside Meng Chuan’s Sea of Consciousness, his spirit transformed into a three-headed, six-armed form bearing the faces of Meng Chuan, the Baby Buddha, and Patriarch Kasyapa.
• Meng Chuan used a Fire-Tipped Spear to tear through the black mist and wounded the Inner Demon, while the two Dragon Demons devoured escaping mist.
• The Inner Demon took Meng Chuan’s appearance and copied his movement techniques, but Meng Chuan feinted with a thrown spear and charged with a second spear.
• Meng Chuan poured his power into a decisive spear thrust and struck the Inner Demon.

Meng Chuan defeated the Inner Demon and discovered that the pale red mist left in his Sea of Consciousness was Yuan Qi siphoned by Daoxin. After he returned to his body, the Yuan Qi began surging into his Martial Firmament, and he rushed out to deal with the turmoil.

• Meng Chuan ripped apart the Inner Demon, recovered the badly shriveled Dao Heart, and returned it to his Primordial Spirit for nurturing.
• The Dragon Demons devoured the Inner Demon's black mist, while Meng Chuan ended his borrowed power and reflected that [Rebirth Nirvana] had entered a one-year cooldown.
• Dharma Master Bai Bao reassured Venerable Shi that Meng Chuan was safe, returned Patriarch Kasyapa's relics, and instructed Venerable Shi about illuminating the heart.
• Meng Chuan identified the pale red mist in his Sea of Consciousness as Yuan Qi that Daoxin had siphoned, and Daoxin eagerly absorbed some of it to recover.
• Meng Chuan awoke and tried to rise, but the Yuan Qi surged through his Martial Firmament, so he rushed outside while the two monks watched in confusion.

Meng Chuan converted the yuan qi released after defeating the Inner Demon into blood qi, greatly increasing his strength, and concealed the source of his gains from Venerable Shi. He discovered that his mental power had also risen substantially, while he remained anxious about Shaolin’s response to the damage he caused.

• Meng Chuan practiced to convert the stored yuan qi into blood qi, illuminating 37 additional stars and raising his total blood qi above 22,000 points.
• Meng Chuan resolved to restrain how much of his power he liberated until he could build the body concert hall, and added Huiyuan to his must-kill list.
• Worried about the cost of demolishing the Martial Monk Academy, Meng Chuan returned to his room and met Venerable Shi and Master Bai Bao.
• Venerable Shi asked how Meng Chuan had recovered and gained blood qi, and Meng Chuan attributed it to practicing fists and improving his combat arts during the Inner Demon ordeal.
• Master Bai Bao asked about Meng Chuan’s spirit, and Meng Chuan found that his mental power had increased by a fifth.

Meng Chuan gained greater control over his spiritual power and learned to use his heart-intent to manipulate magnetic fields, demonstrating a new Martial Intent Realm. Master Bai Bao and Shi let him remain at the temple to train and warned him to keep his emotions and temperament in check.

• Meng Chuan realized his spiritual power moved in sync with his intent and, with guidance from Master Bai Bao and Shi, comprehended how to perceive and influence magnetic fields.
• Meng Chuan used his will to shape his Martial Momentum, producing visible flames, freezing winds, and a fire serpent without using martial techniques.
• Shi invited Meng Chuan to train in the temple's training rooms and told him to study without causing more trouble.
• Master Bai Bao asked whether Meng Chuan hated or resented Huiyuan, then cautioned him that unchecked emotions could obstruct martial progress.
• Meng Chuan concluded that he should act according to what he could accomplish rather than let anger control him, and he resolved not to become complacent about his new gains.

Meng Chuan learned that Shaolin had assigned him half the cost of repairing the Martial Monk Academy, but Northern United University and Principal Yang had already agreed to pay. After checking his Dao Heart and speaking with Chen Qiushui, he resumed training and demonstrated that he could visibly gather magnetic-field power into his hand.

• Meng Chuan accepted responsibility for half the Martial Monk Academy's damage, then learned Northern United University would cover the billion in repair costs; he declined to meet Huiyuan for an apology.
• Meng Chuan and the two monks agreed that Jueming would retrieve Arhat techniques for him to study, and the monks advised him on magnetic fields and the Imagery Realm.
• Meng Chuan cultivated and found that his damaged Dao Heart still siphoned blood and qi, leaving him to wonder why it stored them and whether its spiritual feedback was genuine.
• Meng Chuan told Chen Qiushui he planned to repay the school, but she explained Principal Yang had chosen to cover the costs; he also reported that his blood energy had surpassed twenty thousand.
• Jueming arrived at Moon Terrace Garden the next morning and watched as Meng Chuan manipulated the magnetic field, drawing visible azure radiance into his palm.