Chapter Summaries

Huang Tian fought Shen Dongming and Master Longding at once, overwhelming both Heavenly Humans with his first-rank strength. After the three rested and discussed the Martial Path at the State Protector Temple, witnesses spread news of the battle throughout the Imperial Capital, Great Gan, and the five kingdoms.

• Shen Dongming and Master Longding attacked Huang Tian together, but he met their staff and palm strikes with his fists and gained the upper hand.
• Huang Tian caught Shen Dongming's Coiling Dragon Staff, swung him away, and sent him crashing into a distant mountain.
• Master Longding unleashed his strengthened arhat hand seal, but Huang Tian's punch blasted him into the clouds and ended the match.
• Shen Dongming and Master Longding praised Huang Tian's strength and invited him to rest and discuss the Martial Path at the State Protector Temple.
• Huang Tian, Shen Dongming, and Master Longding shared tea and discussed cultivation while witnesses spread news of their battle across the five kingdoms.

As martial artists gathered at Jade Plate Mountain to watch Huang Tian, he drew in a vast tide of spiritual energy and revealed divine intents of all five elements. He broke through to the Heavenly Human realm after forming an illusory world in his mental realm, and the chapter ended with him sensing his immense new power.

• Qin Hao told Yu Xue how Huang Tian's saber intent had helped him advance, then heard that Huang Tian had risen to fifth on the Heavenly Human Ranking.
• Qin Hao and Yu Xue traveled toward Jade Plate Mountain with Zhang Xiu and joined the crowds watching Huang Tian from afar.
• A vast vortex of spiritual energy gathered over Huang Tian, and Shen Dongming and Master Longding watched as he began breaking through.
• Huang Tian released five divine intents corresponding to metal, fire, wood, water, and earth, drawing the attention of a man in a fiery red robe in the Imperial Capital.
• The five elements formed an illusory world in Huang Tian's mental realm, and he broke through to the Heavenly Human realm.

After Huang Tian became a Heavenly Human with five kinds of Divine Intent, the world’s strongest experts gathered at Jade Plate Mountain to discuss the Martial Path and await a duel. Yin Fenghai finally arrived on a white crane, greeting the assembled experts.

• Huang Tian accepted congratulations from Shen Dongming, Master Longding, and the martial artists gathered outside the mountain range.
• Wan Shenyang arrived, learned that Huang Tian had cultivated five kinds of Divine Intent, and agreed to wait for the other top experts before sparring.
• Huang Tian and three other Heavenly Humans discussed the Martial Path for a month as news of his breakthrough spread across the Five Directions World.
• Zhou Tu, Yu Jingcheng, and Bai Yuanfu set out for the Imperial Capital; Bai Yuanfu revealed that he had broken through to the third rank.
• The three reached Jade Plate Mountain, where Holy Monk Baojia and Fu Yunjue joined Huang Tian, Wan Shenyang, Shen Dongming, Master Longding, and other experts.
• After three days, Yin Fenghai arrived on a white crane and greeted the gathered experts.

At Jade Disk Mountain, Huang Tian challenged Yin Fenghai and the other top Heavenly Humans to face him together, then demonstrated his overwhelming strength. After defeating True Person Sanmiao with one punch, he remained unmoved by Holy Monk Baojia’s Buddhist illusion, which ended with Baojia seeing Huang Tian as the Buddha.

• Yin Fenghai arrived at Jade Disk Mountain, where the assembled Heavenly Humans and martial artists gathered to witness his promised fight with Huang Tian.
• Huang Tian told Yin Fenghai, Fu Yunjue, Wan Shenyang, Holy Monk Baojia, and True Person Sanmiao to attack him together.
• True Person Sanmiao struck Huang Tian with a torrent of sword energy, but Huang Tian shattered it with one punch and sent Sanmiao crashing through several mountains.
• Holy Monk Baojia surrounded Huang Tian with a spiritual realm of golden lotuses and the chanting of millions of monks, hoping to create an opening.
• Huang Tian asked Baojia who he saw when he looked at him, and Baojia saw a majestic being of infinite light and cried, “Buddha?!!”

Holy Monk Baojia conceded after Huang Tian pulled him from an illusion of countless lifetimes, and Huang Tian then defeated Fu Yunjue and Wan Shenyang in a fierce battle. The chapter ended as Yin Fenghai descended from his white crane and struck at Huang Tian with a palm that seemed to bring down the sky.

• Huang Tian released Holy Monk Baojia from the reincarnation illusion, and Baojia thanked him, conceded defeat, and joined True Person Sanmiao.
• Wan Shenyang admitted Huang Tian was stronger than him, while Fu Yunjue drew his saber and Yin Fenghai took to the white crane.
• Fu Yunjue and Wan Shenyang attacked Huang Tian together, but he shattered their strikes and sent them both flying.
• Huang Tian pursued Fu Yunjue and defeated him with a punch, then broke through Wan Shenyang's guard and knocked him into a vast crater.
• Yin Fenghai and Huang Tian faced off across the mountains as their wills collided, then Yin Fenghai descended from the crane and brought down a palm that drew in the sky.

Huang Tian and Yin Fenghai fought an earth-shaking battle, with Yin Fenghai wielding the Gilded Painted-Pole Halberd as the storm intensified around them. Huang Tian unleashed a five-colored fist that overwhelmed Yin Fenghai, drove him from the battlefield, and cleared the storm clouds, leaving the outcome of the battle apparent but Yin Fenghai's fate unknown.

• Huang Tian and Yin Fenghai exchanged powerful palm strikes and fists, destroying the mountain beneath them.
• Yin Fenghai summoned the Gilded Painted-Pole Halberd, revealing that he could draw a divine weapon into his body.
• Yin Fenghai and Huang Tian fought among thunderclouds as their clashes summoned lightning, torrential rain, and floods.
• Huang Tian formed a five-colored fist and struck the halberd, forcing Yin Fenghai back through the air.
• Huang Tian's next five-colored punch hurled Yin Fenghai away and scattered the storm clouds, restoring sunlight across the mountains.

Huang Tian defeated Yin Fenghai, claimed the foremost place in the Martial Path, and joined him in a month-long discourse on the Dao. After months of meditation on Jade Disk Mountain, Huang Tian opened his eyes as five rays of Divine Light shot into the sky.

• Yin Fenghai returned to Huang Tian, conceded defeat, and joined him in inviting the Heavenly Human experts to discuss the Martial Path.
• Huang Tian and Yin Fenghai led a month-long discourse on Jade Disk Mountain, drawing Heavenly Human experts and grandmasters to listen.
• News of Huang Tian’s victory spread through the five nations, and Kunyun Prefecture City celebrated while Aunt Qin, Heng’er, and Instructor Xu learned of his achievement.
• After the discourse, Yin Fenghai seemed close to entering the Void Realm, while Huang Tian remained in meditation as the gathered experts waited.
• Two months later, in the deep winter snow, Huang Tian opened his eyes and sent five colored rays of Divine Light into the sky.

Huang Tian completed Sovereign Yellow Supreme Unity Returning-to-Store Yuanji Heaven and created two five-colored divine abilities, while Yin Fenghai broke through to the Void Realm. Huang Tian then defeated Yin Fenghai in their sparring match, leaving the onlookers stunned by the strength of his new abilities.

• Huang Tian gathered the five-colored divine lights into a radiant screen and realized that Sovereign Yellow Supreme Unity Returning-to-Store Yuanji Heaven embodied his Dao.
• Huang Tian completed the offensive Supreme Unity Returning-to-Store Five-Colored Divine Light and defensive Five Directions Five Emperors Heaven-Patrolling Tribulation-Avoiding Immortal Garment.
• Yin Fenghai drew in spiritual energy, formed a Primordial Spirit, and announced that his Dao was complete as he broke through to the Void Realm.
• Huang Tian and Yin Fenghai sparred in the sky, where Yin Fenghai was astonished that Huang Tian could match his newly increased power.
• Huang Tian's five-colored light stripped Yin Fenghai's halberd from his grasp, then his Five-Colored Five-Finger Divine Mountain slammed Yin Fenghai into a vast crater.
• The spectators saw Yin Fenghai battered in the crater and realized that Huang Tian had defeated the first Void Realm expert in ten thousand years.

Huang Tian defeated the newly ascended Void Realm expert Yin Fenghai, who explained the Gate of Void Origin before passing through it to seek a higher world. More than a year later, Huang Tian entered seclusion and successfully broke through to the Void Realm, leaving the Imperial Capital in awe.

• Huang Tian used the Five-Colored Divine Light to defeat Yin Fenghai and returned his divine weapon to him.
• Yin Fenghai explained the Gate of Void Origin and shared what he knew about the Void Realm with the gathered martial artists.
• Yin Fenghai opened the Gate of Void Origin, bid farewell to Huang Tian and the others, and departed for another world.
• More than a year later, Sister Yun noticed Heng'er was distracted as she worried Huang Tian might leave after reaching the Void Realm.
• Huang Tian's breakthrough stirred the spiritual energy above the Imperial Capital, and his Primordial Spirit emerged from seclusion before returning to his body.
• The gathered martial artists recognized that Huang Tian had reached the Void Realm.

After breaking through to the Void Realm, Huang Tian celebrated with his friends, left behind a martial arts canon, and departed the Five Directions World. He returned to Blue Star and formed a Golden Core, leaving him stronger than before.

• Huang Tian confirmed his Void Realm breakthrough and told Shen Dongming and the others he planned to leave within a month, while compiling a martial arts canon for the world.
• Huang Tian briefly attended the first Martial Path Gathering, then celebrated his breakthrough in the imperial palace with old friends from Kunyun Prefecture.
• Huang Tian completed his canon and gave it to Shen Dongming, Wan Shenyang, and the others as his departure drew near.
• Huang Tian bid farewell to Heng'er and vanished from the courtyard, promising that she could reach him across worlds by speaking his name.
• Huang Tian returned to Blue Star after three months and refined the spiritual essence he brought back into a five-colored Golden Core.

After reaching the Golden Core realm, Huang Tian discovered that his ability had evolved: he could follow a voice-line about the Sovereign Yellow Absolute to people who used that divine title and send power through the connection. He left off considering how distance affected the power he transmitted.

• Huang Tian learned that his mathematics paper had been accepted, then spent the day wandering Chang City and trying a new restaurant.
• While resting at home, Huang Tian checked voice-lines and noticed his ability had changed.
• Huang Tian followed a voice-line about the Sovereign Yellow Absolute to Daoist Shanjing and five guests at Rolling Cloud Temple.
• Daoist Shanjing explained the Sovereign Yellow Absolute's connection to Zhang Jiao, the Great Peace Sect, and the Han dynasty's Five Virtues theory.
• Huang Tian sent power through the voice-line, creating a faint breeze in the tearoom, and wondered whether distance weakened the power.

Huang Tian tested the limits of his evolved powers, discovering he could draw another person’s consciousness into his mental world, teach skills, and leave an imprint he could use to observe them. The next morning, Chang University buzzed over the publication of Huang Tian’s research in Inventiones Mathematicae.

• Huang Tian found that his power and voice could travel through a voice connection, but objects could not.
• Huang Tian drew Daoist Shanjing’s sleeping consciousness into his mental world, where Daoist Shanjing defeated a burly opponent and received Dragon-Wandering Swordsmanship.
• Huang Tian erased Daoist Shanjing’s memories of the encounter, returned his consciousness, and cleansed his body with spiritual energy.
• Huang Tian discovered that Daoist Shanjing had left a lasting consciousness imprint, which let him observe Daoist Shanjing without a voice connection.
• The next morning, Chang University celebrated a new issue of Inventiones Mathematicae featuring Huang Tian’s research on blow-up phenomena in nonlinear wave equations.

After Huang Tian published in Inventiones Mathematicae, Chang University invited him to accept a 300,000-yuan research award and offered him a doctoral place and research professorship. Huang Tian declined further study for now because he was working on the Navier-Stokes Equations, while the university’s publicity campaign spread his achievement across the internet.

• Yang Dong ordered Chang University to publicize Huang Tian’s paper and arrange his research award, and Xu Kaizhi and Feng Zechun invited Huang Tian to campus.
• Huang Tian met Xu Kaizhi, Feng Zechun, and Liu Ning, accepted the university’s plans to publicize his achievement, and declined an academic position because he was focused on the Navier-Stokes Equations.
• Yang Dong presented Huang Tian with a 300,000-yuan award placard as university staff photographed the ceremony.
• Huang Tian checked into the university hotel to avoid reporters and enjoy the quieter campus.
• Chang University posted about Huang Tian’s paper, students and media outlets spread the news, and major newspapers amplified the story the next morning.

After Huang Tian’s mathematics paper made the news, Zong Wenjun and her roommates confirmed his achievement, while Huang Tian shared his research award with his parents. He continued developing a new mathematical tool to solve the Navier-Stokes Equations, which he imagined might be called the Huang Tian Theory.

• Yang Ning and her roommates recognized Huang Tian in videos announcing his paper in Inventiones Mathematicae and confirmed his identity with Zong Wenjun.
• Zong Wenjun messaged Huang Tian, who confirmed the article was about him and said he was working on a new research topic.
• Huang Tian received a 300,000-yuan research award and sent 50,000 yuan to Huang Ma for his parents.
• Huang Ma watched videos about Huang Tian, expressed pride in him, and reluctantly agreed to keep the money for now.
• Huang Tian read papers while planning a new mathematical tool for solving the Navier-Stokes Equations and considered calling it the Huang Tian Theory.

After finding no supernatural beings during his travels, Huang Tian returned to his hometown and completed a 120-page proof of global regularity for the Navier-Stokes Equations. He submitted it to Inventiones Mathematicae and arXiv, and the chapter ended as Academician Zhang Ping began examining the paper after hearing that its proof appeared sound.

• Huang Tian traveled across Xia Kingdom, investigated famous mountains and legends, and found no cultivators, aliens, or mythical creatures.
• Huang Tian returned to Huang Family Village, reunited with his parents, and declined an invitation to give opening remarks at the village opera.
• Huang Tian completed his paper proving global regularity for the Navier-Stokes Equations and submitted it to Inventiones Mathematicae and arXiv on New Year's Eve.
• Huang Tian spent the New Year with his family while his new paper went unnoticed during the holiday.
• Li Nuo called Zhang Ping to report Huang Tian's paper, and Zhang downloaded it and began reading.

Huang Tian traveled to Capital University to present his proof of global regularity for the Navier-Stokes Equations. After a three-day presentation, leading scholars broadly judged the proof complete and correct, and Capital University announced a larger international review in twenty days.

• Zhang Ping studied Huang Tian's paper and found no obvious errors, though he doubted he could verify it in time.
• Pierre-Louis Lions said he had found no obvious errors in the paper, and Li Nuo invited Huang Tian to present it at Capital University.
• Huang Tian accepted Li Nuo's invitation, traveled to Capital University, and began his presentation before scholars and reporters.
• Huang Tian spent three days explaining his proof, after which Zhang Ping and the other attendees applauded.
• Chen Yue announced that Capital University would hold a larger presentation in twenty days, saying that he and several scholars broadly believed Huang Tian's proof was complete and correct.

Huang Tian’s Navier-Stokes proof drew worldwide attention, bringing leading mathematicians and physicists to Capital University for a major academic conference. The chapter ended as Huang Tian began presenting his proof to a packed auditorium.

• Major media reported that Zhang Ping, Chen Yue, Li Nuo, and others considered Huang Tian’s proof broadly sound and announced a larger conference in twenty days.
• Edward Witten accepted Capital University’s invitation after praising the paper’s H Theory and traveled to Xia Kingdom to attend the conference.
• Leading scholars, including Faltings, Tao Zhexuan, Drinfeld, and Witten, arrived at Capital University, while Li Nuo hoped the university could recruit Huang Tian.
• Hundreds of experts and thousands of students gathered in Capital University’s auditorium for Huang Tian’s talk on the global regularity of the Navier-Stokes Equations.
• Chen Yue introduced Huang Tian, who began his presentation by asking whether fluid motions obeyed an unchanging law.

Huang Tian presented his new mathematical framework and used it to prove that the three-dimensional incompressible Navier-Stokes Equations had globally regular solutions. Tao Zhexuan declared the proof sound, and the audience rose in thunderous applause as Huang Tian announced the result.

• Huang Tian spent the morning explaining the theoretical framework behind his proof, leaving most students bewildered while mathematicians followed more closely.
• At lunch, Faltings discussed Huang Tian's work with him, and Srinivasan, Edward Witten, Drinfeld, and others invited him to join their universities.
• Huang Tian resumed his lecture at two in the afternoon and applied his framework to prove that the Navier-Stokes Equations developed no singularities in finite time.
• Tao Zhexuan told Scholz that Huang Tian had solved the problem, while the experts watched Huang Tian present his final slide.
• Huang Tian announced that the solution was globally regular, and nearly three thousand people stood and applauded.

After Huang Tian presented his proof of the Navier-Stokes Equations, leading mathematicians accepted it, and he answered the remaining questions at Capital University. The lecture concluded successfully, making Huang Tian famous worldwide as media celebrated his achievement.

• Chen Yue congratulated Huang Tian, and the assembled scholars took a group photograph with him at the center.
• Srinivasan renewed his offer of a position at New York University, but Chen Yue deferred the discussion until after dinner.
• Students and media spread news of Huang Tian's proof, while Huang Tian accepted an honorary professorship at Chang University and fielded calls from colleagues and relatives.
• Huang Tian answered the scholars' questions the next day until Faltings declared that the proof had been explained clearly and the audience applauded.
• Huang Tian took questions from students, and Witten joked that he would pressure the International Mathematical Union to invite Huang Tian to the 2026 congress and award him a Fields Medal.
• Capital University announced the lecture's successful conclusion, and news coverage and online trends made Huang Tian known to millions.

Huang Tian joined Capital University, received the million-dollar prize for proving the Navier-Stokes Equations, and searched the United States for supernatural beings, finding none. After settling into his new life, he received the golden soundline that signaled another journey between worlds.

• Li Nuo offered Huang Tian a position at Capital University, and Huang Tian agreed to stay for a year without teaching duties.
• Capital University appointed Huang Tian a distinguished professor, associate dean, and deputy director, prompting debate and disappointment among scholars who hoped he would work abroad.
• Huang Tian accepted the Clay Mathematics Institute's invitation, received the million-dollar prize in Massachusetts, and searched several American states for supernatural beings.
• Huang Tian returned to Xia Kingdom, settled into his Yan East Garden residence, helped Huang Ba and Huang Ma stop working, and began his position at Capital University.
• After ten days of quiet research, Huang Tian opened the switch in his consciousness and saw the golden soundline reach him.