Chapter Summaries

Meng Chuan watched Arthur defeat Markeyev and became eager to face the French fighter, then easily beat his university senior Xie Canglan. As Meng Chuan continued competing, he returned to extracting and studying mutated cells from his opponents, alarming viewers with his fighting style.

• Great Chu’s hosts reviewed the Generation Ranking and tried to deflect criticism of Meng Chuan’s conduct during his match.
• Arthur used his speed and spear to defeat Markeyev, revealing a powerful new application of his law that worried the tournament’s leading contestants.
• Meng Chuan declined Yang Yuelian’s offer to gather intelligence on Arthur and said he welcomed facing opponents with hidden strengths.
• Meng Chuan defeated Xie Canglan in a few moves, using his control of the water element to turn Xie Canglan’s attack against him and force him to concede.
• Meng Chuan continued matching with opponents and extracted and examined their mutated cells, prompting shocked reactions from the livestream audience.

Meng Chuan refined his cultivation and awaited stronger opponents as the first round eliminated two thousand contestants. The chapter ended with him watching the highly anticipated showdown between Sevis Long and Wang Chongyi.

• Meng Chuan replenished the energy spent on two more Limit Breaking mutations and observed how his five viscera were developing their own Five-Aspect Qi, which could let him unleash True Martial Fist Intent almost instantly.
• Meng Chuan checked the Generation Rankings, found Colby still in first place, and saw that his own 79 victory points put him at rank 611.
• The Intelligent Brain announced that two thousand contestants had been eliminated, leaving three thousand to compete for the next round; Meng Chuan planned to seek out Western powerhouses in the coming matches.
• Viewers learned that only Wen Yanhui of Silla's hundred contestants had advanced, while commentators praised Sevis Long of Stan State as a formidable Fourth Great Limit fighter.
• Meng Chuan stopped matchmaking to watch Sevis Long face the undefeated Wang Chongyi, whose weapon-combat skills he hoped to study.

Sevis Long defeated Wang Chongyi after revealing his true form as a colossal red dragon, while Wang Chongyi’s Taiji Spear forced him to show his full strength. Watching the battle, Meng Chuan recognized the spear’s principles and felt eager to fight Sevis Long himself.

• Li Wenshu predicted that Sevis Long could win and would reveal his true strength against Wang Chongyi.
• Sevis Long charged Wang Chongyi barehanded and overwhelmed him with his immense strength, prompting Wang Chongyi to unleash his Taiji Spear.
• Wang Chongyi adapted to Sevis Long’s attacks and used Yin-Yang Reverse Practice through his spear to wound Sevis Long’s chest.
• Sevis Long transformed into a colossal red dragon and crushed Wang Chongyi beneath a powerful claw, winning the match.
• Meng Chuan recognized the power behind Wang Chongyi’s spear technique and resolved that he would eventually fight Sevis Long.

Sevis Long’s overwhelming strength stunned viewers and left Wang Chongyi questioning how he could ever defeat him, while Meng Chuan resolved to improve his life-evolution research and hard-body arts before facing Long. After the second round eliminated two thousand contestants and set a brutal top-one-hundred target, Thomas rebuilt his confidence through a string of wins, only to be matched against Meng Chuan.

• Sevis Long’s replay showed him killing Wang Chongyi with one effortless claw, leaving Great Chu’s viewers shaken and Wang Chongyi despairing over his defeat.
• Meng Chuan studied Long’s strength, concluded he would need to fight at full power, and resumed intensive Horizontal Training while seeking a fourth-tier life-evolution opponent to advance his research.
• Seven days later, the tournament eliminated contestants ranked 1,001st through 3,000th and announced that only one hundred of the remaining thousand would advance after the next fifteen days.
• Great Chu’s commentators highlighted Chen Zhiming’s first-place ranking, Liaohuo’s third, Wang Chongyi’s seventh, and Meng Chuan’s thirtieth as their contestants prepared for the harsher round.
• Thomas returned to the arena after Sevis Long’s defeat and fought for ten hours to restore his confidence and public image.
• Thomas queued for another match at noon and was paired with Infinite Fist · Meng Chuan.

Meng Chuan faced America’s Thomas in his first match against a fourth-tier opponent, enduring Thomas’s relentless telekinetic spear formation while studying its weaknesses. After breaking free and overpowering Thomas, Meng Chuan pierced his chest, leaving the outcome unresolved.

• Thomas welcomed the chance to fight the famous Meng Chuan, hoping a major victory would restore his reputation after losing to Sevis Long.
• Meng Chuan studied Thomas’s record during preparation, while audiences and contestants across the world gathered to watch their heavily publicized match.
• Thomas attacked with eighteen Divine Power-enhanced spears, trapping Meng Chuan in a gravity net and forcing him to withstand repeated strikes.
• Meng Chuan broke the gravity net with a halberd strike, waited for Thomas’s mental power to weaken, then used the Prajna Dragon Elephant’s power to close the distance and batter him.
• Thomas claimed his Divine Power-protected body had survived Meng Chuan’s assault, but Meng Chuan pierced his chest and told him to shut up.

After defeating Thomas, Meng Chuan used what he learned from the Western life-evolution system to experiment on his own brain with Master Dingguang’s guidance. His first controlled neuronal-cell changes succeeded, strengthening his spiritual power and concentration as he prepared to continue refining his method.

• Meng Chuan defeated Thomas, then studied his brain in the mental arena until the world collapsed and he returned to the preparation room.
• The broadcast commentators and other contestants reacted to Meng Chuan’s victory, while Sevis Long welcomed the prospect of facing him and Chen Zhiming began to regard him as an opponent.
• Meng Chuan spoke with Master Dingguang about integrating cellular mutation into the Qi-Blood Martial Dao, and Dingguang demonstrated possible changes while warning him to stop if anything went wrong.
• Meng Chuan entered the cultivation room and began altering his neuronal cells with Martial True Intent, deliberately leaving the glial cells and Sea of Consciousness barriers untouched.
• The neuronal changes increased Meng Chuan’s spiritual power, thought speed, and concentration, and he felt energized rather than mentally fatigued.

Meng Chuan completed a major transformation of his brain and body, gaining stronger comprehension and abilities while adapting Western life-evolution techniques to Zhenwu. As the World Youth Championship narrowed to its top hundred, he remained absorbed in cultivation, while his fellow contestants worried about the next round.

• Meng Chuan completed his brain transformation, improved his comprehension, and raised the completeness of his self-created divine art from 61% to 66%.
• Over ten days, Meng Chuan transformed cells throughout his body, defeated two fourth-tier contestants, and became a global sensation with more than 1.3 billion fans.
• Meng Chuan grew to eight meters tall, greatly increased his physical defenses, and learned to project and concentrate his source-energy aura through martial arts.
• Meng Chuan planned to develop Evolution Methods for the Destruction Law's branch laws, starting with Soul Devouring, and coveted Arthur's Judgment ability.
• The third elimination round ended with 900 contestants eliminated; Great Chu retained 57 of the top 100, while Wu Hong finished 689th after losing his chance to advance.
• Wu Hong encouraged Xie Canglan and the other Northern United University contestants, who doubted their chances against 17 fourth-tier competitors and looked to Meng Chuan as their remaining hope.

Meng Chuan claimed a Millennium Snow Lotus with his top-hundred reward and prepared to fight for the top ten as the fourth round began. After Chen Zhiming killed Malkiev with one sword, Meng Chuan studied the strike and began adapting its wrist technique to his halberd.

• The Intelligent Brain told Meng Chuan he had advanced into the top hundred and could redeem rewards, so he claimed the Millennium Snow Lotus to help his master.
• The competition committee announced that the fourth round would use intelligent matchmaking to eliminate ninety contestants and select the top ten.
• Chen Zhiming faced Malkiev and killed the fourth-rank fighter with a single sword strike, shocking viewers around the world.
• Meng Chuan watched Chen Zhiming's replay and analyzed the speed and penetrating power of his sword technique.
• While waiting in the matchmaking queue, Meng Chuan practiced with Demon-Subduing and identified Chen Zhiming's wrist flick as the key to his attack speed.

Zhao Yingchun and other world leaders watched the competition as Great Chu’s contestants continued to impress, while Sevis Long defeated Lilith with overwhelming force. In preparation room 0006, Meng Chuan turned Chen Zhiming’s sword technique into a powerful Halberd-Draw Slash, advanced his understanding of Heavenly Dragon Breaches the City, and resolved to cultivate in seclusion until he reached Level Four.

• Zhao Yingchun concealed his true condition from President Plance and planned to use Seraph’s desire for the Mountain Whisper laws to draw him into a mistake.
• Yang Xuelin defeated Harry Quet, and the Roman State’s Chief Executive considered how Great Chu’s proposed federation might benefit his people.
• Sevis Long brushed off Lilith’s seduction, then shattered her summoned deities and defeated her with a single palm strike.
• Lu Xiaoyao and other elite contestants entered matchmaking, while True Lord Yuntai Guan Miao set down his knife after seeing Lu Xiaoyao move in his livestream.
• Meng Chuan studied Chen Zhiming’s sword strike, developed the Halberd-Draw Slash, and raised Heavenly Dragon Breaches the City’s proficiency from 5% to 46%.
• Meng Chuan resolved to enter seclusion after the competition and treasure ground were finished, and not emerge until he had reached Level Four.

Meng Chuan fought Haiselin in the Nine Luminaries celestial phenomenon and used the match to sharpen his halberd techniques and study how to make his Draw Slash fiercer. He defeated her, climbed in the rankings, and queued for another match while reflecting on how his technique could continue to improve.

• Meng Chuan entered the Mountains and Seas World’s Nine Luminaries celestial phenomenon, sensed its dense yin-yang and Five Elements auras, and improved his understanding of the Five Elements Martial Principle.
• Haiselin challenged Meng Chuan to a contest of weapon techniques, and he agreed so he could practice the halberd technique he had recently comprehended.
• Meng Chuan countered Haiselin’s attacks and controlled the fight while studying how to make his Draw Slash faster and fiercer.
• Meng Chuan struck Haiselin with a powerful Draw Slash, disarmed her, and finished the match by hurling his halberd through her chest.
• Meng Chuan rose in the rankings, queued for another match, and considered how continued practice might transform his Draw Slash.

Meng Chuan developed a way to control and reclaim the force of his strikes, improving his understanding of the Dao, while Cui Yunyu urged him to use his cosmic law in the upcoming competition. He chose to keep the Law of Destruction concealed and learned that cosmic energy originated in the universe’s primordial light.

• Meng Chuan studied Wang Chongyi’s fight against Thomas and devised a method to stop opponents from borrowing the force of his attacks.
• Meng Chuan practiced releasing and reclaiming power with his halberd and fists, then advanced his Sit-and-Forget Dragon Demon Prison Suppression and gained insight into the Dao of Control.
• Cui Yunyu warned Meng Chuan that he might face Arthur and encouraged him to use his law-based Divine Power in the competition.
• Meng Chuan decided to disguise the power of Destruction to avoid revealing the law he cultivated and attracting the attention of cosmic invaders.
• Meng Chuan considered how Dao Heart Demon Seeding absorbed energy and concluded that cosmic energy came from the light released after the universe’s early darkness.

Meng Chuan considered the nature of cosmic energy before defeating Mu Nianxin in the Great Chu tournament with overwhelming physical speed and True Martial Fist Intent. After the match, Mu Nianxin realized his final punch had used no aura from heaven and earth, leaving her wondering how he had performed it.

• Meng Chuan reflected on cosmic energy and his cultivation, then entered matchmaking and was paired against Mu Nianxin, who needed a victory to keep her top-ten hopes alive.
• Before the match, Meng Chuan chose to fight without equipment and decided to test whether Mu Nianxin could gain insight from his Zhenwu Path.
• Mu Nianxin attacked with Sword Qi Thunder Sound, but Meng Chuan's body and defenses withstood her techniques as he transformed into Limitless True Demon form.
• Meng Chuan overwhelmed Mu Nianxin with a rapid series of strikes, then defeated her with True Martial Fist Intent: Water.
• After returning to her preparation room, Mu Nianxin reflected on her defeat and noticed that Meng Chuan's final punch had drawn in no aura from heaven and earth.

After defeating Mu Nianxin, Meng Chuan reflected on how Zhenwu Will let him pierce her True Gang and continued seeking ways to study laws and improve the Zhenwu Path. He was matched against Arthur, and their highly anticipated battle began in the Night Without Borders, where Arthur sensed Meng Chuan’s immense Martial Momentum and charged at him.

• Meng Chuan concluded that Zhenwu Will let him pierce barriers rooted in rules and perception, and he told Yang Yuelian she could share his previously discussed ideas with Mu Nianxin.
• The tournament standings stabilized, with Meng Chuan in sixth place and Arthur in fifth, while Meng Chuan continued searching for a chance to study the Soul Devouring and Judgment laws.
• On the ninth day of the fourth round, the Intelligent Brain matched Meng Chuan against Arthur, and both their supporters and Mu Nianxin watched the anticipated duel.
• Before the match, Meng Chuan ruled out killing Arthur to obtain the Judgment law and decided he would need to learn how Arthur’s body absorbed cosmic energy.
• In the Night Without Borders, Arthur used his source-energy magnetic field to sense Meng Chuan’s vast Martial Momentum, then unleashed his power and charged toward him.

Meng Chuan used his altered vision and lightning-fast halberd techniques to defeat Arthur, then studied the nature of Arthur’s instant-death Divine Power. The chapter ended with Meng Chuan preparing to investigate Arthur further while spectators debated the power behind his final strike.

• Meng Chuan’s mutated eyes let him see Arthur through the Night Without Borders celestial phenomenon, and he launched a lightning-charged assault that kept Arthur on the defensive.
• Arthur unleashed his Withered Chrysanthemum technique and let Divine Power enter Meng Chuan, but Meng Chuan countered with Zhenwu: Bing Fire Yang Thunder and subdued him.
• Meng Chuan identified Arthur’s instant-death Divine Power as a form of internal breath resembling his own Destruction Divine Power, then prepared to question Arthur about its source.
• Li Wenshu and Warden You wondered what power had empowered Meng Chuan’s final strike, while Li Wenshu suspected it was still Martial Arts.
• Meng Chuan rose to fifth on the Generation Ranking, while Arthur remained seventh despite his defeat.

After defeating Arthur, Meng Chuan used what he learned from the Law of Judgment to create an Evolution Method for Soul Devouring and successfully fused it with his cultivation. He then began exploring how to merge Soul Devouring into Dao Heart Demon Seeding and how martial arts might absorb cosmic energy beyond Yuan Qi.

• Arthur woke in the Reality World, remembered Meng Chuan’s overwhelming victory, and decided to focus on cultivation rather than risk another match.
• Meng Chuan realized he had learned how to integrate Judgment and strengthen laws with divine power by studying Arthur.
• Over the next three days, Meng Chuan developed a method for guiding Soul Devouring divine power with Zhenwu Will and fused the law into his body.
• Meng Chuan and Daoxin began merging Soul Devouring into Dao Heart Demon Seeding, overcoming the law’s resistance with Destruction Divine Power.
• As the fusion drew in cosmic energy and strengthened his qi and blood, Meng Chuan wondered how Fist and Foot Combat Arts could absorb energy beyond Yuan Qi.

Meng Chuan traced the Zhenwu Path’s deadlock to the meridians and the roots of Stake Techniques, while the World Youth Championship’s top ten became settled. After fully assimilating Soul Devouring into Destruction, he learned to conceal the destructive power inside a Soul Devouring attack, though doing so required Daoxin’s control.

• Meng Chuan reasoned that new Stake Techniques might reshape the meridians to let martial techniques absorb more kinds of cosmic energy.
• Mu Nianxin defeated Haiselin and later Long Ying, while Riel and Markeyev also won their matches, leaving the championship’s top ten largely settled.
• Meng Chuan’s panel revealed that Dao Heart Demon Seeding had become Final Ruin, Vanishing of Myriad Laws, and that Soul Devouring had developed the Soul Puppeteer ability.
• Meng Chuan tested Soul Devouring’s effects, finding that it could suppress and influence souls but consumed substantial mental strength.
• Meng Chuan hid Destruction inside Soul Devouring with Daoxin’s help, creating a disguised attack that could destroy both body and soul.
• Meng Chuan concluded that improving his control and cultivation could let him wield the fused powers more effectively and aid his study of the Sitting in Forgetfulness Art.

Meng Chuan learned that the World Youth Championship finals would begin in fifteen days, with Chen Zhiming and Liaohuo among his opponents in Group One. He left to train for the finals, determined to win the championship and use his rewards to obtain a Divine Parasol Tree Core for Yang Yuelian.

• Meng Chuan entered the newly created Phantom Heaven Martial Realm, where the top ten contestants lent their Martial Dao fortune to help establish it.
• The Intelligent Brain divided the contestants into two groups, placing Meng Chuan with Chen Zhiming, Liaohuo, Arthur, and Riel; the finals were set to begin in fifteen days.
• Markeyev and Arthur weighed their chances in their difficult groups, while Liaohuo expected to qualify and dismissed Meng Chuan as a threat.
• Meng Chuan welcomed the chance to face Liaohuo and Chen Zhiming, then told Yang Yuelian he was confident he could defeat them.
• Yang Yuelian gave Meng Chuan mind-nourishing pills and training supplements before he left for the Martial Arts General Association to prepare.
• Meng Chuan decided to spend five exchange opportunities on a Divine Parasol Tree Core for Yang Yuelian and resolved to train hard enough to win the championship.

As the World Youth Championship finals approached, Sevis Long revealed his ambitions for the Pangu Divine Temple and his respect for Meng Chuan, while Colby received Saraf’s offer of Vitality’s Divine Power. Meng Chuan finished cultivating with 129 Star Veins and prepared to push [Samantabhadra Elephant Body] past its limit.

• Online spectators favored Chen Zhiming and Liaohuo to advance over Meng Chuan, while Sevis Long looked forward to fighting him.
• Sevis Long told Ao Shuang he wanted to clear the Heaven-Opening Tower, enter the Pangu Divine Temple, and pursue the Dao of the Flesh; he judged Meng Chuan capable of lasting a hundred moves against him.
• Ao Shuang reflected on Blue Star’s struggle against the Cosmos’s invasion as Xun San arrived to discuss armor-forging technology with her.
• Saraf gave Colby the Divine Power of Vitality, but Colby chose to continue training without using it and resolved to win through his own strength.
• Meng Chuan cultivated inside the Crimson Refinement Banner, reached 129 Star Veins, and entered the Dharma Realm to attempt to break the limit of [Samantabhadra Elephant Body].

Meng Chuan broke through the Samantabhadra Elephant Body and challenged Zhao Linyuan’s Heavenly Abyss Vision, surviving its second move long enough to receive the upper volume of a powerful water-aspect art. With the World Youth Championship finals beginning soon, he practiced Cold Abyss Soul Lock and postponed cultivating the new art until after the tournament.

• Meng Chuan broke through the Samantabhadra Elephant Body, gaining the Elephant-Riding Stance trait and greatly increasing his strength and toughness.
• Meng Chuan entered the Heavenly Abyss Vision and endured Zhao Linyuan’s Cold Abyss Soul Lock before breaking free and counterattacking with Vast Sea Throw.
• Zhao Linyuan unleashed Myriad Rivers Return to the Abyss, overwhelmed Meng Chuan, and inscribed the upper volume of the Heaven Abyss Calamity-Cleaving Sky-Subduing Dao-Union Art into his consciousness.
• Meng Chuan woke the next day, practiced Cold Abyss Soul Lock, and studied the newly received art, deciding to begin cultivation after the tournament.
• The World Youth Championship finals were set to open on March 1st at 8:30 a.m.

As the World Youth Championship finals began, Meng Chuan received a bye and watched Liaohuo fight Arthur. Liaohuo exposed Arthur’s ambush and answered his ultimate spear technique with a startling transformation, leaving the outcome of their match unresolved.

• Zhao Yingchun welcomed Ao Shuang and Plance to the VIP lounge, where Ao Shuang assessed Blue Star’s young fighters and discussed their potential.
• The Intelligent Brain explained the finals format, and Meng Chuan studied footage of Chen Zhiming and Liaohuo while preparing for the matches.
• The first matchups were drawn: Meng Chuan received a bye, while Liaohuo faced Arthur and Wang Chongyi faced Colby.
• Meng Chuan watched Liaohuo’s match as Arthur tried to ambush him, but Liaohuo sensed him and forced him into a direct fight.
• Arthur unleashed his Blood Chrysanthemum spear technique, but Liaohuo dodged it with an ape-like transformation and brought down a massive elephant-hoof strike.