Chapter Summaries

Yang Yu survived the Double R Virus and began cultivating Genetic Origin Energy with the Five Hearts Toward Heaven Method. After absorbing Cosmic Energy for a day, he completed his first major physical transformation and found his strength had increased dramatically.

• Yang Yu and Grandpa Yang watched reports of the Double R Virus’s casualties, and Yang Yu learned that Wang Lin had survived but lost his mother and two siblings.
• Yang Yu returned to his bedroom and used the Five Hearts Toward Heaven Method to sense and absorb Cosmic Energy.
• After concentrating on his Baihui Acupoint, hands, and feet, Yang Yu accelerated the absorption until Cosmic Energy began transforming his cells and genes.
• Yang Yu absorbed Cosmic Energy throughout the day and concluded that he had passed the first hurdle of the Grand Nirvana.
• Yang Yu tested his new strength by denting and crushing a steel water cup, and estimated that his raw punching force had risen to at least 4,000 kilograms.

Yang Yu finished his first session cultivating Genetic Origin Energy, gaining enough strength to reach the War General level and adapting to his newfound power. He could not awaken his Spiritual Force yet, and the chapter ended with him joining Grandpa Yang to watch the evening news.

• Yang Yu estimated that his strength after using Tiger Cannon Fist exceeded 16,000 kilograms, though he could not test it during martial law.
• Yang Yu speculated that Hong and Thor had already refined Cosmic Energy and gained strength far beyond his own, while he might become even stronger once his Spiritual Force awakened.
• Yang Yu tried to sense the Spiritual Force in his mind but found no sign that it had awakened.
• Yang Yu practiced San Ti Shi and Xingyiquan until he had adapted to his increased strength.
• Yang Yu ate dinner prepared by Grandpa Yang, then joined him in watching the evening news.

As the Double R Virus crisis ended and society recovered in Huaxia, Yang Yu taught Grandpa Yang combat techniques and continued refining his training methods. He created the Five Elements Guidance Technique, greatly accelerated his absorption of Cosmic Energy, and planned to test his strength at a reopened martial arts school.

• Yang Yu and Grandpa Yang watched reports of the virus and the chaos abroad, while Yang Yu reflected on Huaxia’s response and his wish to protect his country and relatives.
• Yang Yu began teaching Grandpa Yang the Five Element Fist so his grandfather could defend himself when monsters appeared.
• After another month, news announced that survivors had developed antibodies, and Huaxia’s society resumed normal operations within a week.
• Yang Yu created the Five Elements Guidance Technique from Taoist breathing, Neijiaquan breathing, and martial arts theories, boosting his Cosmic Energy absorption when combined with the Five Hearts Toward Heaven Method.
• Yang Yu learned that martial arts schools had reopened and planned to test his physical strength there the next day.

After more than a month of cultivation, Yang Yu tested his improved strength and speed at Dong's Dojo and discovered that his techniques could push him far beyond ordinary War General limits. He left with results suggesting he had already reached Intermediate War General-level power when using his skills.

• Yang Yu estimated that cultivation had raised his punching force to nearly 6,000 kilograms and believed he could reach Intermediate War General fitness before the Grand Nirvana.
• Yang Yu met Jiang Fang at the reopened Dong's Dojo, and they discussed their families' survival through the virus outbreak.
• After Jiang Fang left, Yang Yu secretly tested his punching force and recorded 5,888 kilograms without using a special technique.
• Yang Yu used Tiger Cannon Fist and overwhelmed the tester's 10,000-kilogram limit with a punch he estimated at roughly 22,000 kilograms.
• Yang Yu measured a running speed of 81 m/s without a technique, then reached 188 m/s using Soaring Dragon Footwork.

After discovering that animals were mutating and attacking people, Yang Yu warned his grandfather and urged those around him to prepare for danger. At the park, he comforted Wang Lin as he grieved his dead family, and Wang Lin resolved to live on.

• Yang Yu saw a mutated stray cat and warned his grandfather to avoid going out alone.
• News reports showed stray and wild animals attacking humans, while online commenters mocked calls to practice martial arts and prepare.
• Grandpa Yang watched Yang Yu demonstrate Fist Techniques and became more eager to learn martial arts.
• Yang Yu invited Wang Lin to practice Fist Technique, and Wang Lin asked whether the Double R Virus might worsen.
• Wang Lin broke down over his family's deaths, and Yang Yu stayed with him until he resolved to live well in their memory.

After three months of training, Yang Yu awakened his Mental Force and became a Spirit Reader, pushing his physical strength to the Intermediate War General level. He discovered a purple sphere crackling with electricity in his Consciousness Sea and suspected he was compatible with the Lightning Origin Law.

• Wang Lin resumed fist practice with Yang Yu and resolved to train harder and encourage his father to exercise after they discussed the growing threat of Mutated Animals.
• Yang Yu continued cultivating Genetic Origin Energy and refining his Fist Technique and Blade Technique, steadily increasing his strength over the next three months.
• Yang Yu's Mental Force awakened during cultivation, transforming his body and raising his estimated punching force from 12,000 kilograms to at least 18,000 kilograms.
• Yang Yu used his Mental Force to lift and move the furniture in his bedroom, confirming that he was a Spirit Reader.
• Yang Yu entered his Consciousness Sea and found a rotating purple sphere with flashes of electric glow, leading him to suspect an affinity for the Lightning Origin Law.

Yang Yu realized Thunder was his natural Origin Law affinity and planned to use the Thunder Blade Technique and Xingyi Five Elements Fist to advance toward the Martial Way grandmaster realm. He tested his newly awakened Mental Force at Nanshan, mastering the basics of controlling flying daggers and beginning to fly on a stone slab.

• Yang Yu concluded that Thunder was his natural affinity and planned to integrate the Five Element Fist into the Thunder Blade Technique to reach the grandmaster realm.
• Yang Yu practiced Xingyiquan with Wang Lin, then told him he would stop attending the martial arts hall.
• Yang Yu ordered a steel shield and metal inner armor, then went to Nanshan to test his Mental Force.
• Yang Yu controlled nine flying daggers at supersonic speeds, smashed boulders, and cleared a patch of the mountainside.
• Yang Yu made a stone slab float, leaped onto it, and flew at extreme speed.

Yang Yu tested his newly awakened Spiritual Force and planned to keep his Spirit Reader abilities hidden while preparing for the approaching Monster outbreak. After hearing about increasingly dangerous animal mutations, he urged Grandpa Yang to stay safe, though he agreed to prepare for the postponed college entrance exam.

• Yang Yu tested Object Flight near a cliff, broke the sound barrier, and then resumed practicing with his flying daggers.
• Yang Yu reviewed reports of mutated animals, including a giant Amazonian python, and resolved to keep building his strength without revealing that he was a Spirit Reader.
• Grandpa Yang warned Yang Yu that mutated wolf packs were killing herders and could withstand Hunting Rifle fire.
• Yang Yu told Grandpa Yang to limit his trips outside and to bring him along whenever he traveled farther away.
• Grandpa Yang told Yang Yu that the college entrance exam had been postponed to July 6 and 7, and Yang Yu agreed to make time to review.

Yang Yu flew to Yanshan to train his Blade Flight and test the limits and power of his awakened Spiritual Force. After returning safely to Jiangnan City, he completed his cultivation and went to sleep.

• Yang Yu reassured Grandpa Yang and left home to train at Yanshan.
• Yang Yu flew on his War Blade through the night and admired Jiangnan City's peaceful lights from above.
• Yang Yu practiced his techniques on a remote Yanshan peak and used his Nine Flying Daggers to destroy several peaks.
• Yang Yu tested his Junior War God-level Spiritual Force, finding that he could sustain maximum output for two hours and fully recover through meditation and the Guide Technique in half an hour.
• Yang Yu flew back to Jiangnan City, relieved Grandpa Yang by returning safely, and finished his Genetic Origin Energy cultivation before sleeping.

Yang Yu trained Wang Lin in Xingyiquan and developed his mental-force abilities while preparing for the coming monster threat. Two months later, the college entrance exam was canceled as Huaxia mobilized defenses, and Yang Yu weighed the dangers of a future Beast Tide while worrying about protecting his grandfather.

• Yang Yu praised Wang Lin's San Ti Shi progress and told him to train at home because mutated animals were becoming more dangerous.
• Yang Yu practiced the Controller School's Multi-tasking Technique, mastered controlling two flying daggers, and began training with his new shield and Metal Inner Armor.
• Over the next two months, Yang Yu steadily improved his martial skills as schools repeatedly postponed the college entrance exam.
• Huaxia canceled the exam, issued public warnings and martial arts guidance, and moved troops to defend the outskirts of major cities.
• Yang Yu assessed his strength against powerful Monsters and a massive Beast Tide, recognizing that he could not fight recklessly while responsible for protecting his grandfather.

As the Grand Nirvana began, Yang Yu continued preparing to protect his grandfather while Monster attacks spread across the world. Jiangnan City faced its first Monster invasion on September 1, 2015.

• By August 2015, Yang Yu had reached Senior War General physical fitness and could control four Mental Force tasks, while staying home to train and protect Grandfather Yang.
• On August 25, Yang Yu and Grandfather Yang watched news of mutated Marine Creatures invading America's Pacific coastal cities and forcing people to flee inland.
• After the Island Nations faced devastating attacks, Huaxia refused to accept their populations, and all Island Nations declared the destruction of their states within five days.
• Mutated Marine Creatures swam upriver into land nations, while some adapted to freshwater and land; the international community named the mutated creatures Monsters.
• On September 1, 2015, Jiangnan City experienced its first Monster invasion.

As Monsters began besieging Jiangnan City, Yang Yu stayed with Grandpa Yang at Wang Lin’s heavily guarded villa while Huaxia’s troops fought to defend the city. Watching the brutal battle, Yang Yu became resolute as the city’s survival hung in the balance.

• Huaxia relocated civilians toward protected settlement areas while Monsters began attacking people across the country.
• Yang Yu and Grandpa Yang took refuge at Wang Lin’s villa, where Yang Yu recognized Wang Fei’s influence and the added safety of the armed guards.
• Yang Yu prepared to help the military, confident that his strength and Spiritual Force could protect him during the Beast Tide.
• On the morning of September 2, land, sea, and flying Monsters attacked Jiangnan City from all directions, meeting its three defensive lines.
• Jiangnan TV Station broadcast the bloody fighting, and Yang Yu and Wang Lin watched as soldiers fought desperately to keep the Monsters out of the city.

Yang Yu learned that Jiangnan City faced a massive Beast Tide and chose to help the military defend it rather than evacuate. After proving his strength to his family, he headed east to fight Monsters that had broken through the firepower net.

• Wang Fei told Yang Yu that the First Group Army and a naval force were defending Jiangnan City against at least a million Monsters, and offered him and Grandpa Yang seats on an evacuation fighter jet.
• Yang Yu declined to evacuate and destroyed a person-tall boulder with one punch, convincing Wang Fei and the others that he had absorbed Cosmic Energy.
• Yang Yu explained that he had gained strength by absorbing Cosmic Energy and said he was confident he could fight ordinary Monsters.
• Yang Yu promised Grandpa Yang that he would avoid unnecessary risks and target isolated Monsters, while asking Wang Lin to stay home and protect him.
• Yang Yu equipped his weapons and headed east toward the river and coastline, where he planned to kill Monsters that had passed through the military's firepower net.

Yang Yu joined Captain Cong Hujun’s patrol after proving his strength, and learned that people able to absorb Cosmic Energy were already known as Martial Artists. He began patrolling the city with Cong Hujun to gain combat experience before heading to the eastern battlefield.

• Yang Yu set out to fight Monsters but stopped when Cong Hujun’s patrol challenged him.
• Yang Yu broke a thick tree with one punch, convincing Cong Hujun that he was a capable fighter.
• Cong Hujun introduced himself and agreed to let Yang Yu assist the military, beginning with clearing Mutated Creatures nearby.
• Cong Hujun gave Yang Yu a special Combat Vest and explained that the military called Cosmic Energy users Martial Artists.
• Cong Hujun said Martial Artists were rare, and Yang Yu considered how military fighters and civilians had discovered Cosmic Energy.

Yang Yu patrolled the city with Cong Hujun and killed a charging Mutated Green Python with a single blade strike. They harvested its valuable materials, and Cong Hujun promised to record the Military Merits for Yang Yu.

• Cong Hujun explained the current categories of Mutated Creatures and Monsters as he led Yang Yu on patrol.
• Yang Yu heard faint rustling that Cong Hujun’s instrument had not detected and warned him that something was approaching.
• A Mutated Green Python lunged at Yang Yu, who dodged and severed its head with a Purple Blade Light.
• Cong Hujun identified the python’s valuable fangs, Snake Tendon, and Snake Skin, and he and Yang Yu collected them.
• Cong Hujun said he would record the Military Merits for Yang Yu and noted that the materials could be exchanged for a top combat suit.

Yang Yu and Cong Hujun patrolled an abandoned urban village, where a powerful Rat King gathered a horde to attack them. As Yang Yu carried Cong Hujun away from the Rat Tide, the Rat King and larger Mutated Rats pursued at nearly his speed.

• Yang Yu and Cong Hujun resumed their patrol, with Yang Yu scouting ahead after killing a Mutated Green Python.
• Cong Hujun warned Yang Yu that a previous patrol had nearly been surrounded by a Rat Horde in the urban village.
• A pale yellow rat reported the humans to the hidden Rat King, who gathered Mutated Rats and decided to attack.
• Yang Yu sensed danger and led Cong Hujun toward the entrance, but countless rats blocked their escape and Cong Hujun's Incendiary Bomb barely affected them.
• Yang Yu carried Cong Hujun through the horde, while larger Mutated Black Rats and the pale-gold Rat King pursued them at nearly his speed.

Yang Yu faced a Rat King and its growing horde in an eastern district urban village while Conghu Army sought reinforcements. Yang Yu killed the Rat King with a final blade strike, leaving the Rat Tide in chaos.

• Yang Yu fled the urban village with Conghu Army as the Rat King and its subordinates pursued them.
• Conghu Army reported the Rat Tide to headquarters and left to get reinforcements while Yang Yu stayed to face the Rat King.
• Yang Yu charged into the horde and killed four giant rats with Shadowless Blade.
• The Rat King ambushed Yang Yu, but he evaded its attack and lodged his War Blade in its skull with a Thunderbolt Blade Technique strike.
• Yang Yu struck again with Tiger Cannon Blade and killed the wounded Rat King.

Yang Yu slaughtered the Rat King’s remaining horde for five hours, protecting Jiangnan City while his fight was broadcast live. The battle made him a Martial Way grandmaster, and he finished it as soldiers and civilians watched in awe.

• After killing the Rat King, Yang Yu used his blade and shield to hold back the rats as Conghu Army soldiers arrived and watched in shock.
• The support captain arranged a live broadcast of Yang Yu’s battle, and Grandpa Yang, Wang Lin, Su Yu, and Jiangnan City’s civilians recognized him on television.
• Yang Yu fought for hours, honing his blade, shield, fist, and movement techniques while the broadcast audience watched him keep fighting.
• Yang Yu’s Soaring Dragon Footwork reached Micro Level, and his fist techniques produced Muscle and Bone Resonance as he broke through to the Martial Way grandmaster realm.
• After his blade broke, Yang Yu fought with his fists until no rats remained in sight, then looked toward the Drone Camera as an elderly commander remarked on his strength.

Jia Yi recognized that Yang Yu’s Blade Technique and strength far surpassed his own after watching Yang Yu defeat a Mutated Rat Horde alone. Yang Yu emerged uninjured, and the rescue team welcomed him as a hero while he reflected on the growing threat of mutated rats.

• Jia Yi told his chief that Yang Yu’s Blade Technique had transformed into killing itself and that Jia Yi would not last three strikes against him.
• Yang Yu finished slaughtering the Mutated Rats and considered how many more might be breeding beneath Jiangnan City.
• The Drone Camera showed civilians the urban village covered in rat corpses, and they regarded Yang Yu as a War God.
• Yang Yu reached the rescue team, where Conghu Army thanked him and Yang Yu praised their courage for coming to save him.
• Zhang Tieshan introduced himself to Yang Yu and said even chief Jia might not be stronger than him.

Yang Yu learned about Jia Yi and the military’s crude Military Merits system before Zhang Tieshan took him to the Jiangnan City Defense Command Center. Watching the defenders suffer heavy losses, Yang Yu renewed his resolve to fight the Monsters and help protect civilians.

• Yang Yu heard Zhang Tieshan describe Jia Yi’s achievements and agreed to meet him at the Command Center.
• Yang Yu finished extracting materials from the Mutated Rats, then traveled with Zhang Tieshan to the Jiangnan City Defense Command Center.
• Zhang Tieshan explained the Military Merits system and told Yang Yu he had earned 20,230 Military Merits.
• At the Command Center, Zhang Tieshan described Jiangnan City’s one hundred Defense Nodes and how reinforcements were deployed against Monster attacks.
• Yang Yu watched Soldiers die fighting Monsters on the surveillance screens and silently vowed to confront the Monsters himself.