Chapter Summaries

After Chen Yan forfeited the competition, Wang Anguo explained that Chu Feng would likely take the championship and Chen Kefa shared his understanding of the Grandmaster breakthrough. Chen Yan realized he had already surpassed the usual requirements for essence, energy, and spirit, but he still had not advanced beyond the professional ranks; the chapter ended when he answered a call from Bai Lingshuang.

• Wang Anguo told Chen Yan that disconnecting counted as a forfeit and that the final rankings would be decided the next day.
• Wang Anguo explained that the top eight contestants would receive similar resource rewards, while higher rankings gave earlier opportunities to choose teammates.
• Chen Kefa described the Grandmaster breakthrough as merging essence, True Essence, and mental power, and said a martial artist's aura was a crude use of spirit.
• Chen Yan assessed his transformed dantian, True Essence, and mental power, then wondered whether he needed to max out the Hundred Bones Body Forging Technique before advancing.
• Chen Yan replied to Mei Qiaoer's worried message, then answered an unfamiliar call and recognized Bai Lingshuang's voice.

Chen Yan negotiated with Bai Lingshuang over a place on his team and asked her for medicine to temper his internal organs. Bai Lingshuang revealed that her family possessed a powerful ointment made from a ninth-rank Beast Emperor, and Chen Yan agreed to reserve her a spot while she tried to obtain it.

• Bai Lingshuang contacted Chen Yan and asked to join his team, offering rewards in exchange for a spot.
• Chen Yan rejected her offers of martial arts manuals, True Weapons, and money, then asked for treasures or medicine that could temper his internal organs.
• Bai Lingshuang said her family had Crimson Organ-Strengthening Ointment, refined from a ninth-rank Crimson Demon Python's organs, but it was sealed in the family vault.
• Chen Yan happily promised to save Bai Lingshuang a spot while she tried to get the ointment.
• Chen Kefa worried that Chen Yan might get caught up in young love and said he wanted to talk with him about men’s matters.

Chen Kefa returned home and reunited with Du Qionghua, while Chen Yan spent the night next door with Yu Qingmeng. The next day, his classmates congratulated him on reaching the Professional League top eight, and Bai Lingshuang brought him a heavy case of Crimson Organ-Strengthening Ointment.

• Chen Kefa surprised Du Qionghua with a candlelit reunion, and Chen Yan left to stay at Yu Lei's house so his parents could spend the night together.
• Yu Qingmeng sneaked into Chen Yan's bed and claimed her eyes were itchy, but Chen Yan found no sign that her Void Dao Pupils were awakening; they fell asleep together.
• Chen Yan arrived at the Grandmaster Class and received congratulations for making the Professional League top eight, while Yu Qingmeng kept Jiang Xixi at a distance.
• Chen Yan traded Foundation-Cultivating Fruits for his classmates' spiritual plants and collected system cashback rewards as their supply of Five Elements treasures dwindled.
• Bai Lingshuang brought Chen Yan a heavy case of Crimson Organ-Strengthening Ointment and said the Bai family had no one in their generation who could use it.

Chen Yan learned how combined battle formations let teams defeat stronger enemies, then faced Han Shuo in the tournament’s fifth-through-eighth-place matches. Han Shuo opened with a powerful Flame Ape Fist strike, but Chen Yan redirected it without moving.

• Bai Lingshuang explained that combined attacks and battle formations let teams pool their strength to fight enemies above their level, and Chen Yan stored the Crimson Organ-Strengthening Ointment in his Scroll World.
• Chen Yan entered East Continent for the ranking matches and drew Han Shuo as his opponent.
• Wang Anguo explained that Han Shuo practiced Flame Ape Fist, a martial art developed by studying the movements and fire-wielding power of Flame Apes.
• Han Shuo told Chen Yan that his scar came from fighting an adult seventh-rank Flame Ape and that he kept it as a reminder of his sacrifices and ambition to become a Grandmaster.
• Han Shuo launched a Flame Ape Mountain-Breaker punch, but Chen Yan used a palm blade to redirect its force into the arena floor.

Chen Yan dominated his match against Han Shuo, breaking his martial intent and crushing both of his arms with fist intent. The match ended with Chen Yan victorious while Han Shuo lay badly injured in the arena.

• Chen Yan used his Pupil of Myriad Phenomena to read Han Shuo’s Flame Ape Fist and dislocated his arm with a precise strike.
• Han Shuo reset his arm, summoned the Fire Ape phantom, and unleashed his Flame Ape Hundred-Claw Barrage.
• Chen Yan evaded the claw-shadows and shattered Han Shuo’s Beast King Diagram with a finger strike.
• Chen Yan struck Han Shuo with fist intent, pulverizing his arms and sending him crashing into the arena floor.
• The match ended with Chen Yan declared the winner as Han Shuo struggled to raise his head.

Chen Yan defeated Su Ke in the Professional League and drew widespread attention, while champion Chu Feng received guidance from his teacher, Martial Saint Zhao Wuji. Afterward, Chen Yan created the Yan-Style Qi Induction Technique, and the chapter ended with Chen Kefa using his treasured sword to peel an apple at home.

• Chen Yan defeated Han Shuo, then beat Su Ke by disarming him and landing a finishing punch.
• The league’s spectators and online viewers focused on Chen Yan, and many identified him as the ranked-match competitor known as Yama.
• Chu Feng met Zhao Wuji, who encouraged him to learn from the tournament and grow beyond his current limits.
• Chen Yan combined the Stone Spirit Clan’s energy-circulation method with his own insights and created the Yan-Style Qi Induction Technique, which he deduced through the seventh stage.
• Chen Kefa peeled an apple with his treasured sword while relaxing beside Du Qionghua.

Chen Yan taught Du Qionghua the Yan-Style Qi Induction Technique through a dream, allowing her to master cultivation without any martial arts foundation. He then used the Bai family’s Crimson Organ-Strengthening Ointment to greatly strengthen his organs and advance his body-forging progress.

• Chen Yan guided Du Qionghua into a meditative breathing practice and used Dream Weaver to let her train for three months in a dream.
• Du Qionghua woke from the dream, then practiced the Yan-Style Qi Induction Technique and absorbed cosmic energy for half an hour.
• Chen Yan explained the technique’s potential to let anyone begin evolving, then returned to the Scroll World.
• Chen Yan applied the Crimson Organ-Strengthening Ointment and endured its painful energy as it tempered his organs.
• Chen Yan shattered the Crimson Demon Python’s lingering will with his mental power and Invisible Needle, then absorbed the ointment’s energy.
• Chen Yan finished the treatment with his Hundred Bones Body Forging Technique at Mastery (5500/10000), and his strengthened organs increased his power.

Chen Yan completed his written exam in twenty minutes, then donated the Five Aggregates Fist and his self-created Yan-Style Qi Induction Technique to Imperial Martial. He asked for ninth-rank ferocious-beast Organ-Strengthening Paste in return, and Mei Qiaoer agreed to submit the works for evaluation before seeking the reward.

• Chen Yan finished the combined exam quickly and handed in his papers to Mei Qiaoer, who checked the surveillance footage and saw him writing with both hands.
• Chen Yan reminded Mei Qiaoer that students could contribute martial arts to the school, and he gave her a complete copy of the Five Aggregates Fist, his training notes, and the Yan-Style Qi Induction Technique.
• Chen Yan explained that the qi induction technique could lead to the Grandmaster realm, and Mei Qiaoer warned him that other students had not donated their high-level techniques.
• Chen Yan asked the school to reward him with Organ-Strengthening Paste made from a ninth-rank ferocious beast, and Mei Qiaoer said she would seek it if the Martial Armory confirmed the works' value.
• After Chen Yan left, Mei Qiaoer read the Five Aggregates Fist and realized it was a profound Divine Ability Rank martial art.

Du Shenyuan saw Zhenwei Martial Arts Hall struggling amid a campaign by rival halls and faced a public challenge from Wang Hu of Yongxing Martial Arts Hall. After tearing down the challenge letter, he admitted he did not deserve to be the students’ Senior Brother.

• Du Shenyuan reflected on how Chen Kefa’s departure, Wang Jian’s absence, and rival halls’ pressure had weakened Zhenwei Martial Arts Hall.
• Students told Du Shenyuan that Yongxing Martial Arts Hall had issued a challenge to their hall ahead of the Youth Challenge Tournament.
• Du Shenyuan found a letter from Wang Hu that mocked his inability to fight and challenged Zhenwei Martial Arts Hall’s competitors, especially Du Shenyuan.
• The students defended Du Shenyuan, but he tore the challenge letter from the entrance and calmly folded it.
• Du Shenyuan told the students that Wang Hu had been right because he did not deserve to be their Senior Brother.

Chen Kefa returned to Jiang City, learned that the city’s Martial Arts Association and Special Investigation Team had changed drastically, and sensed several mysterious grandmaster-level presences. Meanwhile, Chen Yan and Du Qionghua discovered that their family was in danger, while Du Chun and Du Shenyuan faced Liu Yongxing at Yongxing Martial Arts Hall.

• Chairman Liu told Chen Kefa that Nie Sun had retired after suffering a serious injury and that the Special Investigation Team had replaced more than half its members; he then disparaged Chen Kefa after he left.
• Chen Kefa sensed several grandmaster-level mental energies in Jiang City and headed toward Nie Sun’s home.
• Du Qionghua and Chen Yan found Zhenwei Martial Arts Hall locked, and Wang Jun revealed that the family’s hall had been suppressed and Du Shenyuan had gone to confront Yongxing Martial Arts Hall.
• Wang Jun told Du Qionghua that Du Chun had followed Du Shenyuan after learning he was in trouble.
• At Yongxing Martial Arts Hall, Liu Yongxing taunted Du Chun and revealed that Du Shenyuan had been injured; Du Chun attacked Liu Yongxing, who met his punch head-on.

Du Chun fought Liu Yongxing while Wang Hu threatened Du Shenyuan, but Chen Yan suddenly appeared and killed Wang Hu with one blow. Chen Yan healed Du Shenyuan and turned his attention to the terrified Liu Yongxing.

• Du Chun and Liu Yongxing fought, and Du Chun realized Liu Yongxing was stalling to keep him from protecting his son.
• Wang Hu approached the injured Du Shenyuan with a knife while Liu Yongxing restrained Du Chun.
• Chen Yan appeared and struck Wang Hu, killing him and smashing him into the artificial mountain.
• Du Chun and Du Shenyuan recognized Chen Yan and stared in shock at his strength.
• Chen Yan healed Du Shenyuan with Life Law energy, then faced the frightened Liu Yongxing.

Chen Yan confronted Liu Yongxing and the Special Investigation Team after Wang Hu was killed in the fight. When Zhang Shaofeng tried to arrest Chen Yan and his family, Chen Yan revealed his military rank and overwhelmed everyone with mental pressure.

• Liu Yongxing froze in terror after seeing Chen Yan, who had deliberately held back when he struck Wang Hu.
• Special Investigation Team members arrived and showed more concern for Liu Yongxing than for the injured Du Shenyuan.
• Du Chun, Du Shenyuan, and Chen Yan discussed taking responsibility as Zhang Shaofeng placed them under arrest.
• Chen Yan told Zhang Shaofeng that he led the New Rift Special Operations Team, held an S-Class Rift Permanent Exploration Permit, and held the rank of major general.
• Chen Yan crushed the people in the courtyard to their knees with mental pressure and challenged them to accuse him if he killed them.

Chen Kefa reunited with Nie Sun and removed a creature from his brain that had been causing him unbearable pain. Nie Sun revealed that the Eternal Life Cult and Chairman Liu had silenced him and his fellow survivors, while a sinister presence appeared nearby, suggesting the cult had noticed Chen Kefa.

• Chen Kefa found Nie Sun, his former subordinate, living in a cramped apartment and was alarmed by his injuries and frail condition.
• When Nie Sun could not speak about what happened without suffering severe pain, Chen Kefa discovered and crushed a snake-like creature lodged in his brain.
• Nie Sun explained that the Eternal Life Cult had trapped his team, and that Chairman Liu rescued the survivors only to have them stripped of their positions and kept under surveillance.
• Nie Sun warned Chen Kefa that the black-robed cultists were at least Grandmaster-level and that there were likely several of them, stopping him from rushing to confront Chairman Liu.
• Chen Kefa sensed a hidden, sinister aura in the West District and realized the Eternal Life Cult might already have targeted the area.

Chen Kefa confronted Fukada after the Eternal Life Sect's Twelfth Seat pursued him and Nie Sun, defeating him in battle but suffering a poison injury. Fukada escaped, leaving Chen Kefa weakened as the chapter ended.

• Chen Kefa grabbed Nie Sun and fled through a wall after sensing a hostile aura, then intercepted Fukada in a city park.
• Fukada identified himself as the Eternal Life Sect's Twelfth Seat and attacked with Corrosive Thread Gu and a curse barrier.
• Chen Kefa used his sword formation and Divine Firmament: Lightning Induction to break through Fukada's attacks.
• Chen Kefa thwarted Fukada's dagger ambush and struck his true body, leaving him gravely wounded.
• Fukada used Yellow Springs Miasma and blood escape to flee, while Chen Kefa discovered poison spreading through his arm.

Chen Kefa and Nie Sun realized Liu Yongli was using Gu worms to control potential threats and discussed how to expose the Eternal Life Sect. Outside Jiang City, a bone-armored attacker silently stabbed Fukada while remarking on the intense furnace-like energy within him.

• Chen Kefa suppressed the poison in his wrist, protected nearby pedestrians from the battle’s aftermath, and joined Nie Sun.
• Nie Sun suggested Liu Yongli had either infiltrated the Eternal Life Sect or been corrupted after rising to power, while Chen Kefa noted the sect’s Twelfth Seat and suspected it had several grandmasters in Jiang City.
• Chen Kefa and Nie Sun concluded that Liu Yongli feared losing control of the truth and that outside investigators or public evidence could threaten his position.
• Fukada healed his injuries by draining life from nearby plants, then sensed danger and prepared to flee.
• A concealed attacker wearing bone armor stabbed Fukada through the chest with a bone blade and wondered aloud how poisonous his furnace was.

After killing Fukada, Chen Yan refined the Gu worms in his body and learned that he belonged to the Eternal Life Cult, which worshipped an Evil God through bodily mutation. He used Fukada’s memories to locate the cult’s gathering, where he arrived as its members began a ritual.

• Chen Yan refined the Gu worms in Fukada’s corpse and absorbed their energy.
• Chen Yan discovered from Fukada’s memories that the Eternal Life Cult worshipped an Evil God and that Fukada had become a nest for its Gu worms.
• Chen Yan used [Time Stroll] to travel to an abandoned warehouse on the outskirts of Jiang City.
• The black-robed cultists learned Fukada had died, discussed Liu Yongli’s disappearance, and began a ritual to summon a Snake Spirit.
• Chen Yan entered the warehouse in Bone Armor and unleashed his mental force at the cultists.

Chen Yan overwhelmed the black-robed fighters with his White Bone Transformation and killed three of them in seconds. He then focused on the slender figure who had remained untouched.

• The black-robed fighters resisted Chen Yan’s spiritual pressure, and the slender figure used the Snake Spirit phantom to shield the others from his Invisible Needle.
• The burly man and werewolf attacked Chen Yan while the Onmyoji summoned three Shikigami, but Chen Yan’s Bone Armor withstood their assaults.
• Chen Yan punched through the burly man’s chest and kicked the werewolf down, fatally injuring both.
• The Onmyoji tried to flee, but Chen Yan killed him with a white-gold qi arrow.
• Chen Yan replenished the energy he had spent and turned his attention to the last, slender black-robed figure.

Chen Yan faced a snake-headed ritualist and a giant Snake Spirit in the warehouse, but both vanished in a flash of light before they could attack. At the Hou family estate, Hou Ze discovered that the Martial Armory had listed Chen Yan’s Five Aggregates Fist for 100,000 credits.

• The snake-headed ritualist sacrificed three companions to empower the Snake Spirit, which grew solid and drove back Chen Yan’s Invisible Needle.
• Chen Yan raised a wall of earth to block the ritualists’ blinding light, but the snake-headed monster and Snake Spirit disappeared when the light faded.
• Hou Ze enjoyed his medicinal food at dinner while Hou Yutong asked their mother why he had stopped insisting that others not take it.
• Hou Ze finished cultivating with the Dragon Cicada Art and checked the Martial Armory app.
• Hou Ze saw that the Martial Armory offered Chen Yan’s Divine Ability Rank Five Aggregates Fist for 100,000 credits and was stunned by the price announcement.

The National Qi Induction Technique, created by Chen Yan, proved effective in hospital trials and transformed Chu Feng’s understanding of his own cultivation. Wang Anguo and the researchers approved it for consideration as a new national basic cultivation technique, while students began flooding the campus network to download it.

• Hou Ze spotted the free, mandatory National Qi Induction Technique and decided to try it as download requests overwhelmed the Imperial Martial campus server.
• Wang Anguo learned from the hospital director that critically ill patients had improved after three days of practicing the technique.
• Wang Anguo realized that Chen Yan had created the technique and recalled the review where Mei Qiaoer presented Chen Yan’s recording.
• Chu Feng practiced the technique and sensed cosmic energy refining his body, discovering flaws in the foundation he had thought was flawless.
• Chu Feng endorsed the technique for national promotion, and Wang Anguo ordered continued clinical observation and completion of the data.

Nie Sun and the Special Investigation Team confronted Liu Yongli at his mansion after the Spirit Gu’s control over them had been broken. The team killed Liu Yongli and subdued his secretary, then left to join Team Leader Chen.

• Liu Yongli showed off his power and offered to get his secretary the Eternal Life Sect’s supposed anti-aging drug, which was actually a specially cultivated Snake Gu.
• Nie Sun arrived at Liu Yongli’s mansion with more than a dozen Special Investigation Team members who had been made into living husks by Spirit Gu.
• Nie Sun told Liu Yongli they had come to see him off, and Liu Yongli’s incantation failed to activate the Spirit Gu.
• Nie Sun ordered the team to attack, and the martial artists killed Liu Yongli in a coordinated assault.
• A team member knocked out Liu Yongli’s secretary, and Nie Sun said they still needed to join Team Leader Chen.