Chapter Summaries

Meng Chuan trained the Duo-Mo Iron Crotch Skill with Li Weigang and reached its entry level, while planning to continue collecting limit-breaking traits from the Duo-Mo hard skills. Meanwhile, Luo Guanyun uncovered the Parasite Society’s plan in Daban, and Meng Chuan headed to Yugao High School for boxing practice after reaching Great Accomplishment in his Qi-Nurturing Armor-Clad Art.

• Meng Chuan tested Rock Arm’s damage reflection and early warning effects, then decided to train Duo-Mo Iron Crotch to cover a weakness in his defenses.
• Meng Chuan amazed the Gang Zi Club members by lifting and curling an enormous tungsten-steel barbell before asking Li Weigang to teach him the Duo-Mo Iron Crotch Skill.
• Li Weigang explained the relevant acupoints and performed Pai Da on Meng Chuan, who protected his vital spot with the Qi of Kidney Water.
• Three days later, Meng Chuan reached entry level in Duo-Mo Iron Crotch and saw its Rock Pivot limit-breaking trait on his status panel.
• Luo Guanyun learned that the Parasite Society had planted Demon Seeds in Daban to harvest them on New Year’s and set out to meet an old friend.
• A month later, Li Weigang warned Meng Chuan he would be away for the holiday, and Meng Chuan headed to Yugao High School after his Qi-Nurturing Armor-Clad Art reached Great Accomplishment.

After reaching Great Accomplishment in Qi-Nurturing Armor-Clad Art, Meng Chuan sought to help expose Black Water Company but was told the operation did not need unaffiliated Martial Practitioners. Grandmaster Wang’s lesson inspired Meng Chuan to rethink how physical conditioning and breaking limits shaped movement techniques, and he advanced Eight-Step Cicada Chasing to Mastery; Lu Zhuxiao decided to report his talent to the principal.

• Meng Chuan called Long Jiu to offer help against Black Water Company, but Long Jiu explained that the Martial Association was leading the operation and warned him to stay vigilant against Demonic Path followers.
• Long Jiu told Meng Chuan that Wang Xuan had been sentenced to death for treason and other crimes after leaking Police Station intelligence to the Demon Summoning Hall.
• Meng Chuan attended Grandmaster Wang’s lecture on movement techniques and bodily limits, then shared his Raft Boat Theory and gained insight into how breaking limits trained the body.
• Meng Chuan practiced Eight-Step Cicada Chasing under Lu Zhuxiao’s guidance and advanced from Proficient to Mastery after Lu corrected his movements.
• Lu Zhuxiao praised Meng Chuan’s rapid progress and decided to report his potential to the principal so United University could keep him.

Lu Zhuxiao reflected on Meng Chuan’s potential to become United University’s Martial Extreme True Successor, while Meng Chuan arranged another sparring session with Zheng Zhenzhen. At the martial arts hall, Zheng Zhenzhen found Meng Jiaolong with him, and their jealous argument erupted into a fight that Meng Chuan had to stop.

• Lu Zhuxiao considered Meng Chuan a possible future Martial Extreme True Successor and decided to urge Principal Yang to guide and recruit him.
• Meng Chuan agreed to meet Zheng Zhenzhen for a sparring session and promised to treat her to a meal before the New Year.
• Zheng Zhenzhen arrived at Infinite Martial Arts Hall and found Meng Jiaolong there with Meng Chuan.
• Meng Jiaolong taunted Zheng Zhenzhen, and the two women began fighting on the ring while Meng Chuan cleared the spectators away.
• Meng Chuan intervened, caught Meng Jiaolong’s kick, blocked Zheng Zhenzhen’s claw, and told them to fight outside.

Meng Chuan used his newly developed earth and water techniques in training and sparring as he prepared for upcoming competitions. On Lunar New Year’s Eve, his family discussed Meng Yiyi’s fieldwork near the dangerous Taihang Mountain Demon Nests, and she reassured them that soldiers had protected her group.

• Meng Chuan subdued Meng Jiaolong and Zheng Zhenzhen with his earth-element techniques, then agreed to take them for malatang and continued sparring with them in the days that followed.
• On February 6, Meng Chuan broke through the limit of Billow Fist, gained the Marsh Breath trait, and used its Tide Mark effect with Layered Wave Rock-Shattering Fist to destroy a boulder from within.
• Meng Chuan’s family gathered for Lunar New Year’s Eve, where Meng Yiyi’s attempt to cook shredded potatoes turned out to be a mixture of potatoes and ginger.
• Meng Chuan asked Meng Yiyi about her fieldwork in the Taihang Mountains, and she explained that her group had collected samples in the outer reaches with advance permission and protection from nearby soldiers.
• Xue Na warned Meng Yiyi to stay careful near the Demon Nests, while Meng Yiyi and Meng Chuan caught up with each other as the family watched television.

Meng Chuan broke through to the Eighth Gate by mastering the Five Skandhas Universe Fist and resolved to choose the Yuanshen Thunder Seed Method as his True Technique. After returning to school, he revealed his breakthrough to Xu Qingfeng, who was stunned.

• Meng Chuan advanced the Five Skandhas Universe Fist to the proficient stage, entered the Eighth Gate, and destroyed a dead tree while testing his strength.
• Liu Sanduo found the shattered tree and wondered whether Meng Chuan had already reached the Ninth Gate before cleaning up the mess.
• Meng Chuan practiced Dragon Meditation, then learned from his master that he should aim to reach the Ninth Gate and become a Martial Artist before turning twenty.
• At school, Meng Chuan confirmed that his qi and blood were fifteen points above the Eighth Gate threshold and decided to choose the Yuanshen Thunder Seed Method as his True Technique.
• Meng Jiaolong and Xu Qingfeng watched Meng Chuan train before asking him to spar, and Meng Chuan told Xu Qingfeng he had reached the Eighth Gate.

Meng Chuan proved he had reached the Eight Passes, then learned from Principal Yang about martial principles, the Five Skandhas Universe Fist, and a possible path to earning the Golden Tiger Medal. The chapter ended with Yang Huan explaining the upcoming competition for sponsored slots, which Xu Qingfeng had only claimed to already possess.

• Meng Chuan defeated the students challenging him on the platform, confirming to Xu Qingfeng and Lu Zhuxiao that he had reached the Eight Passes.
• Lu Zhuxiao sent Meng Chuan to meet Principal Yang, who taught him about the Five Skandhas Universe Fist, the Dao Follows Nature realm, and the value of building a foundation across all five elements.
• Yang Huan suggested that if Meng Chuan improved the Five Skandhas Universe Fist, he might earn a Golden Tiger Medal, though the honor was difficult to obtain.
• Yang Huan told Meng Chuan that the New Year Grand Competition would take place in five days and determine three sponsored slots for the National Martial Arts Supernova Competition.
• Meng Chuan learned that Xu Qingfeng had been bluffing about already having a sponsored slot, since the competition would decide who received the available places.

Meng Chuan advanced his martial arts through training and endured intensified Pai Da from Li Weigang, while the First Supernova Tournament schedule revealed a provincial contest with a two-million-yuan prize for each national qualifier. The chapter ended with Liu Shuxue learning that Meng Chuan was a formidable opponent who might choose her in the upcoming competition.

• Meng Chuan bought ingredients for Five Elements Soup, then advanced Luo Family Baji to 83% by incorporating Five Elements theory and new traits into his technique.
• Meng Chuan attended Pai Da at Gang Zi Club, where Li Weigang used True Qi to intensify the treatment and offered to teach him hard skills, including Wei Tuo Carrying Mountain Skill, for free.
• Meng Chuan checked his training progress and saw that Duo-Mo Iron Leg had reached 84%, then read the announcement for the First Supernova Tournament and resolved to secure a place among Qin Province's top ten.
• At the Liu Family ancestral residence, Liu Shuxue asked Liu Yang why the Luo Family was involved in United University's competition slots, but Liu Yang did not explain.
• Liu Sanduo warned Liu Shuxue that Meng Chuan was his friend's disciple and was invincible among peers, advising her to surrender if Meng Chuan chose her.

At Qingshui Myojin Shrine, Xinsi harvested the Demon Seeds from a crowd of unwilling victims, intending to become the new master of Fear. Luo Guanyun confronted him, but Xinsi’s ritual suddenly distorted and the harvested Seeds changed course.

• Liu Sanduo worried that Meng Chuan would seriously hurt his niece, but she insisted she was ready to face him.
• Across Daban, people carrying God Seeds were compelled to travel through the storm to Qingshui Myojin Shrine, where Xinsi prepared to claim the power of Fear.
• Fang Jianxing spoke with a white-haired girl about the Demon Summoning Hall’s envoy and Shuten, while privately considering how to profit from the Thunder Seed.
• Luo Guanyun recalled that his Thunder Seed could dominate and consume Demon Seeds, but he had been unable to implant one into a host a second time.
• Xinsi harvested the crowd’s Demon Seeds and declared himself the new master of Fear, but Luo Guanyun struck him down with lightning and demanded answers.
• As thornlike tendrils erupted from Xinsi, the blood-red Seeds suspended in the rain abruptly twisted away from his grasp.

Luo Guanyun killed Xinsi but lost control of the Thunder Seed, broke through to Grandmaster, and was immediately corrupted by an Inner Demon. In Yong'an, Meng Chuan sat as a judge at United University's New Year Grand Competition, where he watched Zong Ping defeat Xiao Liu and overheard officials discussing Demon Nests and fleeing Demonic Path practitioners.

• Luo Guanyun absorbed the [God] nourishment, killed Xinsi with lightning, and took the remaining tortoise shell.
• The Thunder Seed went out of control, but Luo Guanyun used the Mysterious Yin Moon-Reflecting True Art and his blood and qi to suppress it, breaking through to Grandmaster.
• The devoured nourishment corrupted Luo Guanyun's Martial Dao True Gang, leaving him a Grandmaster who had entered the Inner Demon.
• At the New Year Grand Competition, Meng Chuan was named a judge, and Zong Ping defeated Xiao Liu in the first round.
• Meng Chuan overheard officials explain that Demonic Path practitioners had fled into a Demon Nest outside Yong'an and learned how Nodes connected Demon Nests.

Meng Chuan watched the New Year Grand Competition finals while listening to Yang Huan and Chen Qiushui discuss new rules for allocating resources in the Grandmaster Class. Xu Qingfeng won the championship, and the crowd began urging him to challenge Meng Chuan.

• Yang Huan introduced Grandmaster Chen Qiushui to Meng Chuan, then discussed headquarters' new tiered resource rules with her; Chen worried they could undermine unity in the Grandmaster Class.
• Meng Chuan watched Xu Qingfeng defeat a Snake Form Vicious Hand practitioner, then offered him brief praise while serving as a judge.
• Xu Qingfeng faced Fu Long in the final and revealed his Cloud Intent, eventually tiring Fu Long and knocking him out of the ring to win the championship.
• Chen Qiushui asked whether Meng Chuan could beat Xu Qingfeng, and Meng Chuan confidently said he could.
• After Xu Qingfeng celebrated his victory, students suggested he challenge Meng Chuan at the judges' table.

After the New Year Grand Competition, Meng Chuan confronted three family-backed challengers who had been invited to compete for Supernova Tournament slots. He swiftly defeated Zheng Tao, subdued Zhou Xin, and secured one of the slots, while Liu Shuxue kept her distance.

• Yang Huan presented the top students with awards, and An Jing announced that the top seven had qualified for the Supernova Tournament preliminaries.
• Zhou Xin and Zheng Tao insulted Meng Chuan and his master, prompting Meng Chuan to challenge them both; Liu Shuxue recognized the danger and stepped back.
• Zheng Tao attacked Meng Chuan, who overwhelmed him with a barrage of punches and knocked him unconscious.
• Meng Chuan grabbed Zhou Xin and warned him to stop talking trash, while Liu Shuxue stayed far away.
• Meng Chuan claimed a tournament slot, and An Jing confirmed the slots for Meng Chuan, Liu Shuxue, and Zhou Xin.

After Meng Chuan’s tournament success, he learned that his master Luo Guanyun had become a Martial Arts Grandmaster, though Luo still faced a dangerous Thunder Seed and its accumulated resentments. Meng Chuan prepared for the Supernova Tournament while his friends and family kept drawing him into sparring, and he realized Meng Jiaolong’s mother might become his homeroom teacher.

• Meng Chuan chatted with Xu Qingfeng and Zong Ping after the tournament, while Meng Jiaolong celebrated her place in the top seven before her mother’s glare made her jump off his back.
• Northern United University announced that Luo Guanyun had reached the Fourth Great Limit and become a Martial Arts Grandmaster, prompting university leaders to ask Meng Chuan to invite him to teach.
• Meng Chuan reviewed the Supernova Tournament details and resolved to spend two months improving his Luo Family Baji, Duo-Mo Iron Leg, and Five Skandhas Universe Fist before facing elite university fighters.
• Luo Guanyun accepted an Island Country commendation but worried that the Thunder Seed’s resentments could drive him into demonic possession, so he planned to keep it sealed with True Gang and avoid using it.
• Meng Chuan trained to improve his qi and blood, then agreed to spar with Zheng Zhenzhen after she called to challenge him with a newly learned fist technique.
• Meng Chuan learned from Xu Qingfeng that Meng Jiaolong’s mother was likely to become his future homeroom teacher, explaining her hostility toward him.

Meng Chuan continued preparing for the Supernova Competition while measuring his progress toward the Ninth Gate limit and attending Lu Zhixiao’s weapon training. The chapter left him among the ten competitors as Lu Zhixiao prepared to begin the lesson, with the local families encouraging their heirs to befriend Meng Chuan.

• Meng Chuan received Lu Zhixiao’s message inviting him to a special Supernova Competition training class and wondered when the research institute would return his upgraded weapon, Steel Bone.
• Liu Sanduo confronted Meng Chuan for frightening his niece, Chen Xuewu, then explained that he had only stopped to speak with him after seeing her home.
• Meng Chuan measured his qi and blood at 156.1 points after practicing, and Meng Jiaolong gave him a university subsidy box containing martial arts potions.
• Meng Chuan arrived at Lu Zhixiao’s training class and saw Meng Jiaolong’s first-grade True Weapon, Clear Spring Resonating, along with the weapons carried by the other competitors.
• Meng Chuan apologized to Liu Shuxue and noticed Zhou Xin avoiding him; the local families had warned their heirs to build good relations with him after Luo Guanyun became a Grandmaster.
• Lu Zhixiao confirmed that all ten competitors were present and prepared to start the special training.

Meng Chuan reunited with Luo Guanyun after she became a Martial Arts Grandmaster, sparred with her, and told her about his training and recent conflicts. Luo Guanyun warned him about cults and reminded him to stay within the law, while Meng Chuan suspected she was hiding something from him.

• Lu Zhuxiao taught the class about weapon characteristics and promised to train Meng Chuan in fighting long weapons at close range for the Supernova Competition.
• Meng Chuan welcomed Luo Guanyun back to Yong'an and sparred with her as she assessed his blood and qi and learned he had mastered the Five Skandhas Universe Fist.
• At dinner, Meng Chuan awkwardly recommended the Duo-Mo Iron Crotch Skill to Luo Guanyun, then asked whether she had solved the problem with her Thunder Method; she had not.
• Luo Guanyun told Meng Chuan about the Parasite Society and Demon Summoning Hall in Island Country and warned him that cult activity remained a threat in Yong'an.
• Meng Chuan told Luo Guanyun about his recent conflicts, and she encouraged him to focus on training while warning him not to break the law.
• Meng Chuan sparred with Luo Guanyun until Ren Ping interrupted them at one in the morning, then went home wondering what his master was hiding.

Luo Guanyun hid the Lingtai Demon-Seeding Scripture fragment and kept his Spirit Platform trouble from Meng Chuan, while Fang Jianxing planned to recover the missing technique. In Yong’an, Meng Chuan used a spar with Xu Qingfeng to grasp how Luo Family Baji blended Yin and Yang.

• Meng Chuan decided to keep his suspicions about Venerable Yin from Luo Guanyun, and Luo Guanyun concealed the Lingtai Demon-Seeding Scripture fragment and his Spirit Platform trouble from Meng Chuan.
• Fang Jianxing learned that the Fear Chapter was gone, disagreed with Sakura, and set out to retrieve the technique from Anger in Hengbin.
• Zheng Chengcheng insisted on traveling to Yong’an to meet Meng Chuan, and Zheng Yulan allowed him to go after warning him not to cause trouble.
• Meng Chuan invited Xu Qingfeng to spar so he could study the Yin-Yang interplay of Eight Trigrams Universe through Luo Family Baji.
• After more than a hundred exchanges, Meng Chuan broke through Xu Qingfeng’s formation, disarmed him, and explained that Bagua separated Yin and Yang while Baji blended them.

Meng Chuan broke the limit of Luo Family Baji, gaining the Huntian trait and a major boost to his qi and blood. After testing its combat effects, he drew the attention of Northern United Martial Arts University principal Sui Chunqiu, who instructed his secretary to keep an eye on him.

• Meng Chuan refined Luo Guanyun’s Luo Family Baji with Taiji principles and realized that Huntian meant containing the heavens rather than shattering them.
• The limit-breaking panel awarded Meng Chuan the intermediate Huntian trait, which improved his fist-technique comprehension and gave him a stacking momentum and area-control ability.
• Meng Chuan’s qi and blood rose from 156.1 to 183.7, reaching Eight Passes, and he planned to ask Luo Guanyun to teach him a first-rate fist technique.
• Meng Chuan tested the Huntian Qi Domain by sparring with Xu Qingfeng, overwhelming him with its control and replenishing effects.
• Sui Chunqiu reviewed the Supernova Competition entries, recognized Meng Chuan’s name, and told his secretary to keep an eye on him.

Meng Chuan received upgraded Steel Bone gauntlets, demonstrated his optimized Luo Family Baji, and persuaded Luo Guanyun to teach him Running Thunder Scattered Hands. The chapter left Meng Chuan beginning the new style while remaining determined to inherit the Luo Family Thunder Method.

• Meng Chuan tested his upgraded Steel Bone gauntlets and saw them bend an Iron Core Stake with a casual punch.
• Meng Chuan demonstrated his optimized Baji, and Luo Guanyun praised it and named it Meng Family Baji.
• Meng Chuan asked to learn another boxing style, and Luo Guanyun agreed to teach him Running Thunder Scattered Hands while forbidding him from studying the Primordial Spirit Thunder Method for now.
• Meng Chuan resolved to inherit the Luo Family Thunder Method despite Luo Guanyun's objections.
• Luo Guanyun created a thunderstorm with his True Gang and explained the principles and explosive power of Running Thunder Scattered Hands to Meng Chuan.

Meng Chuan learned Running Thunder Scattered Hands from Luo Guanyun, quickly reached entry level, and advanced to proficient over the next half month. As Yong'an prepared for the Supernova Competition, a Demon Summoning Hall founder called Li Xiao returned to the city and planned a killing, while Meng Chuan attended a lesson on unusual weapons.

• Luo Guanyun taught Meng Chuan the thunder-and-fire stages of Running Thunder Scattered Hands, and Meng Chuan mastered the entry-level form in the artificial storm.
• After Luo Guanyun left, Meng Chuan continued practicing, raised the art's proficiency to 56%, and strengthened his vitality and blood.
• Over the next half month, Meng Chuan reached the proficient level in Running Thunder Scattered Hands and grew more determined to protect his family and avenge Sister Ru by confronting Fang Jianxing.
• A Demon Summoning Hall martial practitioner asked his scarred boss for permission to kill Meng Chuan in Yong'an, and the boss—Grandmaster Li Xiao—agreed to let him act after the main business was done.
• In early March, Lu Zhuxiao lectured the Supernova Competition students about unusual weapons, while Meng Jiaolong teased Xu Qingfeng by asking if he was Zhao Jian's brother.

Meng Chuan learned how to counter unconventional weapons and attended Infinite Martial Arts Hall’s reopening after hearing that Le Ping’s mother had suffered an incident involving a Demonic Path Martial Practitioner. The former Greenland Plaza had become Infinite Plaza, and the chapter left Meng among officials who were preparing to publicize his upcoming Supernova Competition appearance.

• Lu Zhuxiao demonstrated unconventional weapons, and Meng Chuan used his hard-body training to disarm him before studying ways to counter such weapons.
• Meng Jiaolong stopped pursuing Meng Chuan and focused on qualifying for the United University Grandmaster Class.
• Meng Chuan learned that Le Ping’s mother had encountered a Demonic Path Martial Practitioner, then called to comfort Le Ping and urged him to pursue martial arts.
• Meng Chuan arrived at Infinite Plaza for the reopening ceremony and saw how Luo Guanyun had expanded Infinite Martial Arts Hall by merging several halls and building new training facilities.
• Liu Sanduo welcomed Meng Chuan, and Liu Shuxue greeted him as a fellow student at the martial arts hall.
• Yong'an officials welcomed Meng Chuan and discussed promoting his participation in the upcoming Supernova Competition.

At Infinite Martial Arts Hall’s reopening, Meng Chuan received recognition and support from Yong'an’s officials while reflecting on the importance of strength. As he prepared to leave for school, Zheng Tao arrived in a wheelchair with a mysterious young man, who confronted Meng Chuan and left him confused.

• Department Head Zhou welcomed Meng Chuan and offered him his support, while Li Xiaoyue watched from a distance and marveled at his progress.
• Luo Guanyun introduced Meng Chuan to Secretary Wang, who told him he had been placed on Yong'an City’s Key Talent Cultivation List and promised the city’s backing.
• After the ceremony, Luo Guanyun reminded Meng Chuan that strength was the foundation of power, then left him to greet guests at the martial arts hall.
• Parents flocked to take photos with Meng Chuan and enroll their children, and he received an eight-hundred-thousand talent subsidy before planning to go practice at Yugao High School.
• Zheng Tao appeared in a wheelchair with a bodyguard, and Meng Chuan pretended he might attack him until a handsome young man stepped in and criticized him.