Chapter Summaries

Zhuge Qing oversaw the successful first ignition of Suiren, a fusion reactor combining technology and arcane methods, though it shut down after one minute because its computing core could not sustain control. He then prepared to attend to another matter, taking out an invitation to Mount Longhu’s Luo Tian Dajiao.

• Professor Wang Zhenguo recalled how Zhuge Qing had provided complete reactor plans that used Bagua runes and artifact refiners’ techniques to control plasma.
• Zhuge Qing ordered Suiren’s ignition, and the researchers brought the reactor up to more than one hundred million degrees Celsius.
• Suiren produced stable fusion energy for one minute, leaving Professor Wang Zhenguo and the scientists and artifact refiners stunned.
• Suiren’s parameters fluctuated, and its automatic controls shut down the reaction because its computing core could not precisely manage the Primordial Qi for long.
• Zhuge Qing took an invitation from Mount Longhu welcoming practitioners to the Luo Tian Dajiao.

Zhuge Qing arranged for the War God unit to secretly deploy around Mount Longhu, then returned to Zhuge Village and confirmed that he would enter the Luo Tian Dajiao. On Wudang Mountain, Wang Ye drew an omen of unprecedented misfortune and began to suspect Zhuge Qing was the calamity it foretold.

• Zhuge Qing ordered Leng Feng to position the War God unit around Mount Longhu under Class-A secrecy and said Quanxing would set the stage for them.
• Zhuge Qing returned to Zhuge Village and used a refined Eight Gates technique to transport himself through its Qi formation, astonishing the elders.
• Zhuge Gong asked whether Zhuge Qing planned to participate in the Luo Tian Dajiao, and Zhuge Qing said he would compete for an Eight Extraordinary Skill.
• Zhuge Gong told Zhuge Qing to take Little Bai along so the boy could broaden his horizons.
• Wang Ye suffered a sudden backlash after divining about the Luo Tian Dajiao and saw an omen of great misfortune.
• Wang Ye read the official announcement that Zhuge Qing would compete and wondered whether he was the calamity in the divination.

Zhuge Qing and Zhuge Bai arrived at Mount Longhu to witness the Eight Extraordinary Skills and the Luo Tian Dajiao. After Zhuge Qing rescued Feng Baobao from a scam, Zhang Chulan learned that Xu San treated him like a senior Na Dou Tong official, leaving him stunned by Zhuge Qing's status and plans.

• Zhuge Bai asked why Zhuge Qing wanted to visit Mount Longhu, and Zhuge Qing said he wanted to see the Eight Extraordinary Skills for himself.
• Zhang Chulan and Xu Si reached Mount Longhu, where Zhang Chulan reflected on his grandfather's past before noticing Feng Baobao had disappeared.
• Feng Baobao nearly bought a fake Fire Qilin bracelet from a conman, but Zhuge Bai tried to stop her and she defended the monk's claim.
• Zhuge Qing set the fake bracelet ablaze, scaring the monk away, and studied Feng Baobao as Primordial Qi flowed into and out of her body.
• Zhang Chulan found Feng Baobao, and Xu San asked Zhuge Qing whether he had come to participate in the Luo Tian Dajiao, prompting Zhang Chulan to realize Zhuge Qing held a powerful position in Na Dou Tong.

Zhuge Qing revealed his interest in the Luo Tian Dajiao and astonished the Outsiders by crossing a deep gorge with Zhuge Bai in a single step. The crowd admired his Wuhou Qimen, while Wang Ye recognized his skill and believed his own Feng Hou Qimen surpassed it.

• Zhuge Qing told Xu San he would attend the Luo Tian Dajiao, then left with Zhuge Bai.
• Xu San identified Zhuge Qing as the Zhuge Family heir, and Feng Baobao said she would bury him if he threatened Zhang Chulan's goal.
• At the back mountain, the Celestial Master's Mansion announced that participants had to cross a gorge to reach the venue.
• Zhuge Qing stepped across the gorge with Zhuge Bai, drawing the crowd's astonishment and praise.
• Feng Xingtong and Feng Shayan compared Zhuge Qing's movement with her Space Traversal, while Wang Ye recognized his mastery of Qimen and judged his Feng Hou Qimen superior.

The young Outsiders crossed the chasm to reach the Luo Tian Dajiao, where Zhang Chulan sized up the formidable competition. As Zhang Zhiwei opened the event, he sensed divine power within Zhuge Qing and then noticed a giant-serpent presence behind a man in gold-rimmed glasses.

• Feng Shayan used Spatial Traversal to cross the chasm with Feng Xingtong, and Hong Bin, a Shaolin monk, and Wudang disciples followed with their own abilities.
• Zhang Chulan worried about having to face the powerful contestants, while Xu San reassured him that Baobao was there to help.
• Zhang Chulan crossed the chains with his group and arrived at the plaza, where he saw Zhuge Qing and Zhang Lingyu standing out among the gathered Outsiders.
• Zhang Zhiwei and the Ten Elders appeared on the platform, and Zhang Zhiwei began his opening address.
• Zhang Zhiwei sensed divine power within Zhuge Qing and reconsidered his plan to have Zhang Lingyu eliminate him.
• Zhang Zhiwei spotted a giant-serpent phantom behind a refined man wearing gold-rimmed glasses.

Zhuge Qing entered the Luo Tian Dajiao and quickly overwhelmed two opponents in his preliminary match, stunning the crowd with his martial arts and speed. The bespectacled young man absorbed his black Qi and appeared before Zhuge Qing, beginning their fight.

• Feng Baobao's opponents, the Small Peach Garden brothers, conceded as soon as they saw her, and Zhang Chulan won his match with a shameless sneak attack.
• Zhuge Qing watched the tournament's young experts compete before being called to fight Zhang Meng, Liu De, and a bespectacled young man in Group Bing, Vermilion Bird.
• Zhang Meng charged Zhuge Qing with Shaolin's Golden Bell Cover, but Zhuge Qing knocked him unconscious with a single Baji Quan Iron Mountain Lean.
• Liu De attacked Zhuge Qing with his rope dart, but Zhuge Qing deflected it with a twisting vortex and swiftly knocked Liu De unconscious.
• The bespectacled young man absorbed the black Qi coiled behind him, transformed his aura, and appeared in front of Zhuge Qing.

Zhuge Qing trapped Deng Youfu in the Stone Soldier Eight Formations, but Deng Youfu summoned Master Liu, whose immense power let him break through the formation’s attacks. As Master Liu began changing the weather to undermine Zhuge Qing’s Qimen, the match remained unresolved.

• Xu Si explained that Deng Youfu was a Spirit Medium of the Liu Family who borrowed the power of a snake immortal.
• Zhuge Qing used the Stone Soldier Eight Formations to disrupt Deng Youfu’s senses and trap him in white mist.
• Deng Youfu summoned Master Liu, who possessed his body and transformed it with black scales and golden slit pupils.
• Master Liu saw through the formation with heat-based vision, broke Zhuge Qing’s stone wall, and endured his barrage of elemental attacks.
• Master Liu raised his hand to the sky, summoned dark clouds, and changed the weather to disrupt Zhuge Qing’s Qimen.

Zhuge Qing summoned the phantom of Zhuge Kongming and used its power to seize control of the storm and radically manipulate his Qi Men Formation against Deng Youfu. As Wang Ye realized Zhuge Qing might now surpass him, a bird spoke to him and left him stunned.

• Liu Immortal called up dark clouds and fierce winds, leaving Lu Jin convinced Zhuge Qing was in grave danger.
• Zhuge Qing summoned a phantom resembling Zhuge Kongming, shocking the crowd and the observers on the high platform.
• The phantom empowered Zhuge Qing to reclaim control of the Primordial Qi and make the four discs of his Qi Men Formation reverse and reconstruct themselves.
• Wang Ye recognized Zhuge Qing's real-time manipulation of Qimen Dunjia and worried that he could no longer defeat him.
• A teasing voice told Wang Ye he was underestimating Feng Hou, and he turned to find that the speaker was a bird.

Zhuge Qing defeated Deng Youfu after the Willow Immortal ended their match, then watched Zhang Lingyu swiftly defeat Zhuge Bai. Zhuge Qing left the arena for an undisclosed purpose, while Wang Ye followed a strange bird into a secluded grove and met an old Daoist who asked if he knew who he was.

• The Willow Immortal withdrew from Deng Youfu and conceded to Zhuge Qing, who was declared the winner.
• A greedy young man in the stands decided to claim the spirit within Zhuge Qing’s Marquis Wu phantom.
• Zhang Lingyu defeated Zhuge Bai by breaking through his attacks and restraining him with the Golden Light Incantation.
• Zhuge Qing comforted Zhuge Bai, then left the arena, saying the Luo Tian Dajiao was only a side matter.
• Wang Ye followed a talking bird to a secluded bamboo grove, where it transformed into an old Daoist who asked whether Wang Ye knew him.

Wang Ye realized Feng Hou Qimen might be strongest when he used its time-altering power on himself rather than extending his formation outward. Meanwhile, Zhuge Qing arranged a trap and drew Wang Bing as his next opponent, prompting Wang Bing to plan to seize Zhuge Qing’s spirit.

• Wang Ye recognized Zhou Sheng and explained how Zhuge Qing had used the faith in Marquis Wu Zhuge to control the Four Discs.
• Zhou Sheng asked Wang Ye how he could counter Zhuge Qing, and Wang Ye reconsidered how he used Feng Hou Qimen.
• Wang Ye realized he might apply Feng Hou Qimen’s time-disrupting power only to himself.
• Leng Feng told Zhuge Qing that his men and Na Dou Tong were ready to trap their target at the venue.
• The second-round draw matched Zhuge Qing against Wang Bing, who decided he would take Zhuge Qing’s spirit.

The tournament continued as Zhang Lingyu defeated Lu Linglong with black lightning and Hong Bin quickly defeated Feng Xingtong. Zhuge Qing effortlessly overcame Wang Bing’s attempt to seize his deity, and Wang Ai ended the ensuing humiliation by apologizing and taking his grandson away.

• Zhang Lingyu defeated Lu Linglong with a blast of black lightning after she asked him to fight at full strength.
• Hong Bin overwhelmed Feng Xingtong with flames and knocked him out of the arena.
• Wang Bing tried to use Spirit Binding and General Dispatching to take Zhuge Qing’s Marquis Wu Deity, but his power failed.
• Zhuge Qing crossed the arena and slapped Wang Bing to the ground, leaving him crying and calling for Wang Ai.
• Wang Ai slapped Wang Bing, forced him to apologize to Zhuge Qing, and led him away after Zhuge Qing quietly warned him to keep certain things secret.

Zhuge Qing watched the first day of the Luo Tian Dajiao conclude while secretly preparing a Legalist formation to trap the Quanxing members gathered on Mount Longhu. He inscribed jade slips with Great Qin laws and decrees, intending to place them around the mountain and make his move.

• Zhang Chulan defeated Tang Wenlong with a surprise attack, while Zhuge Qing judged that the tactic brought both advantages and a lasting loss of reputation.
• Feng Baobao resisted Xiao Xiao’s Nasal-Blowing Qi and knocked him unconscious with a chop to the back of his neck.
• Zhuge Qing sensed Quanxing members hidden among the spectators and recalled why he had advised Zhao Fangxu to monitor them rather than suppress them.
• As the first day’s matches ended, Zhuge Qing sent Zhuge Bai to spend time with Lu Linglong, Feng Xingtong, and the other young Outsiders, then returned to his room alone.
• Zhuge Qing inscribed jade slips with Great Qin Legalist laws and decrees, planning to use them as formation eyes to turn Mount Longhu into a cage for Quanxing.

Old Heavenly Master Zhang Zhiwei worried that Zhuge Qing might defeat Feng Baobao and force him to intervene in the Luo Tian Dajiao. Wang Ye demonstrated his newly enhanced Feng Hou Qimen to convince Zhang Zhiwei he could face Zhuge Qing, and the chapter ended with Wang Ye preparing for their contest.

• Zhang Zhiwei studied the tournament bracket and worried that Feng Baobao might lose to Zhuge Qing, leaving him no choice but to act himself.
• Wang Ye arrived late at night and told Zhang Zhiwei that Zhuge Qing would be his next opponent and that an elder had recently strengthened him.
• Zhang Zhiwei challenged Wang Ye to test his confidence, and Wang Ye revealed his Feng Hou Qimen by launching a palm strike from a distance.
• Zhang Zhiwei dodged Wang Ye's attack and struck him into the courtyard, then pursued him with a blow that left no room to evade.
• Wang Ye vanished from the space and moment in time to escape Zhang Zhiwei's strike, then reappeared and showed that his abilities had earned the Old Heavenly Master's approval.

Zhang Chulan won his round-of-sixteen match by default after his opponent withdrew with food poisoning, while Zhang Lingyu defeated Yun with one use of Palm Thunder. Zhuge Qing and Wang Ye faced each other for their match, which began with Wang Ye asking whether Zhuge Qing had ever been defeated.

• Zhang Chulan's opponent withdrew with gastrointestinal trouble, and the referee declared Zhang Chulan the winner by default.
• Feng Baobao told Zhang Chulan that Xu San and Xu Si had been called away to help with an operation.
• Zhang Lingyu blocked Yun's Heaven-Measuring Ruler attacks and knocked him out of the arena with Palm Thunder.
• Zhang Chulan watched Zhang Lingyu's victory and felt the gap between them was no longer an unreachable chasm.
• Zhuge Qing and Wang Ye entered the arena, and Wang Ye asked Zhuge Qing whether he had ever been defeated.

Wang Ye faced Zhuge Qing in the arena and showed that he could evade the Qi Men Formation and overturn the Five Elements’ rules. After Wang Ye struck Zhuge Qing, Zhang Zhiwei suggested that Wudang possessed a mysterious method, leading Lu Jin to identify it as Feng Hou Qimen.

• Wang Ye publicly questioned Zhuge Qing, who responded by challenging him to settle things with their hands.
• Zhuge Qing activated his Qi Men Formation but was surprised that Wang Ye appeared to vanish from its calculations.
• Zhuge Qing unleashed a vast sea of flames, but Wang Ye turned a growing tree into a torrent that consumed the fire and shattered Zhuge Qing’s earthen wall.
• Zhuge Qing appeared behind Wang Ye and struck, but Wang Ye vanished and reappeared behind him, sending him flying with a palm strike.
• Zhang Zhiwei said Wudang possessed an inconceivable method, and Lu Jin asked if it was Feng Hou Qimen.

Wang Ye revealed how his advanced Feng Hou Qimen let him shift his own existence outside normal time, allowing him to evade Zhuge Qing’s attacks and approach him. Just as Wang Ye prepared to return to the normal flow of time and strike, he saw Zhuge Qing move despite the time stop.

• Zhuge Qing deduced that Wang Ye’s Feng Hou Qimen worked by creating a self-contained world rather than altering the outside world.
• Zhuge Qing attacked with a vast web of thunder, and Wang Ye shifted himself into a dimension outside normal time.
• Wang Ye crossed the frozen lightning and approached Zhuge Qing, planning to strike as time resumed.
• Wang Ye saw Zhuge Qing move the hands forming his lightning seal, even though the world was supposed to be frozen.

Zhuge Qing used his Observation Method and the power of the Marquis Wu Deity to interfere with Wang Ye’s Chaotic Golden Clapper, winning their match. As the spectators struggled to understand Wang Ye’s defeat, Zhang Chulan realized he might have to rely on Feng Baobao.

• Zhuge Qing explained that his Observation Method let him understand and interfere with Wang Ye’s time-defying dimension, aided by the Marquis Wu Deity.
• The gray-white dimension shattered, and after the arena filled with lightning and dust, Wang Ye conceded defeat without appearing injured.
• The spectators, Lu Jin, and the disguised crow were baffled because they had not seen the decisive moment.
• Old Heavenly Master Zhang Zhiwei worried that Zhuge Qing’s strength posed a threat to Zhang Chulan.
• Zhang Chulan told Feng Baobao that they could only rely on her, and she answered with an OK gesture while eating an apple.

After losing to Zhuge Qing and exposing the Feng Hou Qimen, Wang Ye learned that Zhuge Qing was recruiting for a new state agency meant to bring order to the Outsider world. Wang Ye considered joining but asked whether the job came with social insurance and a housing fund.

• Wang Ye conceded defeat to Zhuge Qing, who invited him to speak privately on Mount Longhu’s back mountain.
• Wang Ye said he planned to leave and hire experts to protect his family, but Zhuge Qing warned that the exposed Feng Hou Qimen would put them in lasting danger.
• Zhuge Qing showed Wang Ye plans for the Bureau of Anomalous Phenomena Management and Coordination, a new agency intended to replace Na Dou Tong’s hands-off approach with unified control of Outsiders.
• Wang Ye realized Zhuge Qing had entered the Luo Tian Dajiao to enlist the Old Heavenly Master’s prestige in legitimizing the new organization.
• Zhuge Qing offered Wang Ye and his family protection and a position in the agency, and Wang Ye asked whether it provided social insurance and a housing fund.

Zhang Chulan suspected that Zhang Zhiwei had arranged the tournament to help him win the Celestial Master's Degree, so he asked Feng Baobao to defeat Zhuge Qing. In their semifinal, Feng Baobao's relentless attacks challenged Zhuge Qing, who summoned the Marquis Wu Deity as the fight continued.

• Zhang Chulan suspected that his grandmaster wanted him to obtain the Celestial Master's Degree and asked Feng Baobao to win her match against Zhuge Qing.
• The final-four draw paired Zhuge Qing with Feng Baobao and Zhang Chulan with Zhang Lingyu.
• Zhuge Qing opened his Qimen Configuration, but he could not grasp Feng Baobao's presence within it.
• Feng Baobao attacked Zhuge Qing with a short blade and adapted to his movements as their fight continued.
• Feng Baobao anticipated Zhuge Qing's Eight Gates Transport and threw her blade to disrupt his reappearance.
• Zhuge Qing summoned the Marquis Wu Deity and intensified his Qimen Formation.

Zhuge Qing defeated Feng Baobao with his Marquis Wu Deity’s calculations and Eight Trigrams techniques, while Zhang Chulan advanced after Zhang Lingyu forfeited in the middle of their fight. Zhang Zhiwei’s plan left only Zhuge Qing as the final hurdle.

• Zhuge Qing used his Marquis Wu Deity to predict Feng Baobao’s movements and trap her with lightning, wind, fire, and earth, winning their match.
• Lu Jin praised Zhuge Qing’s skill, while Zhang Zhiwei showed concern from the Ten Elders’ seats.
• Zhang Chulan and Zhang Lingyu fought, and Zhang Chulan revealed his Yang Five Thunders when he realized Zhang Lingyu was holding back.
• Zhang Lingyu suddenly collapsed in pain, and the referee declared Zhang Chulan the winner after he forfeited due to physical discomfort.
• Zhang Chulan left the arena amid the audience’s accusations of a rigged match, while Zhang Zhiwei watched and then looked toward Zhuge Qing.