Chapter Summaries

Monstrous snakes attacked several Jiang City middle schools, and Pei Yashuang killed one in the No. 1 High School cafeteria. The survivors discovered that the snakes may have emerged from students whose sudden martial-arts improvement had concealed the danger.

• Dispatch reported simultaneous snake attacks at multiple schools across Jiang City, including a student killed at No. 1 High School.
• A black snake dragged a student's corpse into the cafeteria and attacked Aunt Zhang and Teacher He.
• Pei Yashuang cut off the snake's head and finished it as students and teachers fought other snakes across the school.
• Teachers found that the dead students had their abdomens torn open and organs removed, prompting suspicion that snakes had come from inside them.
• Teacher He recognized that every dead student had recently made unusually rapid progress in martial arts.

Chen Kefa and Tan Lingfei coordinated a search for the Eternal Life Sect after Cao Wei warned that its members could revive through a ritual and might be hiding underground. At Zhenwei Martial Arts Hall, Du Shenyuan remained unconscious despite his healed wounds, and Chen Yan reassured his worried grandparents that he was only dreaming.

• Chen Kefa learned that the Sky Eye System had found no suspicious activity in the city, and officers suspected the Eternal Life Sect was hiding in the suburbs.
• Tan Lingfei arrived at the Public Security Bureau command center and reunited with Chen Kefa.
• Yuan Boyan introduced Professor Cao Wei, who urged the investigators to search the city's sewers and other underground systems as well as the suburbs.
• Cao Wei warned that Eternal Life Sect members could revive within a ritual's range by draining other people's life force.
• Wang Jun worried that Du Shenyuan remained unconscious, but Chen Yan told his grandparents that his uncle was fine and only dreaming.

After Du Qionghua demonstrated the strength she had gained by cultivating in Shen Yuan’s dream, Chen Yan offered Du Chun and Wang Jun the chance to experience it too. Back in his room, Chen Yan’s Spirit Control advanced to Mastery of the Soul Great Dao, awakening a vast new perception that revealed powerful beings across Jiang City and beyond before he turned inward toward the familiar gateway.

• Du Qionghua explained Shen Yuan’s special dream to Du Chun and Wang Jun, then proved her new martial strength by striking the punch-force tester for 168 kilograms.
• Chen Yan reassured the shocked elders that Du Chun’s dream still had time to run and offered them dreams of their own.
• Chen Yan returned to his room and saw that Spirit Control had advanced to Mastery of the Soul Great Dao.
• Chen Yan discovered that his new spiritual perception could map his surroundings and filter living beings by intelligence and power.
• Chen Yan detected four grandmaster-level presences near the Public Security Bureau, three ominous gray threads outside the city, and a massive black thread farther away.
• Chen Yan focused his consciousness inward and arrived before the familiar enormous gateway.

Chen Yan opened the third Heavenly Pass and unified Essence, Qi, and Spirit, then raced toward the serpent crisis in Jiang City. As black snakes overwhelmed the city, he annihilated them in a single strike, and survivors identified the white-armored figure as an East Continent grandmaster.

• Chen Yan perfected his soul, opened the Spirit pass, and completed the union of Essence, Qi, and Spirit.
• Chen Yan noticed the dawn and followed the thick gray thread toward the fighting, anticipating a chance to temper his organs.
• Black serpents flooded Jiang City, and security officer Wang Dehai fought to protect trapped residents despite being bitten.
• Lin Xiaofeng took up Wen Qi’s spear and attacked the snakes, driven by grief and rage over his friend’s death.
• Chen Yan swept over the city in White Bone Armor and killed the serpent horde with transparent spikes aimed at their skulls.
• Jiang City survivors watched the white figure disappear, and an injured youth declared that he was an East Continent grandmaster.

Chen Kefa and his allies fought Keiko and the Eternal Life Sect cultists, but Keiko absorbed their strength and transformed into a monstrous Beast. Just as she unleashed a devastating attack, a mysterious figure in pale Bone Armor appeared and declared that he would use her to help him cultivate.

• Keiko and Fujiwara realized the Snake Gu in Jiang City had all vanished, while Chen Kefa and his allies continued fighting the cultists.
• Keiko transformed into a Black-Scaled Giant Snake and overwhelmed Chen Kefa and Yuan Boyan’s attacks with her sinister force field and mental corruption.
• The giant snake’s domain incapacitated Tan Lingfei and Yuan Boyan, while Chen Kefa and Cao Wei struggled to protect them from the cultists’ attacks.
• Keiko swallowed Fujiwara, distracting the remaining cultists long enough for Chen Kefa and Cao Wei to kill them, but their bodies became blood offerings that strengthened her transformation.
• Keiko completed her transformation into a fearsome Beast and prepared to destroy Chen Kefa and Cao Wei, but a figure in pale Bone Armor appeared in front of them.
• The newcomer faced the Beast’s destructive attack and said he intended to use its flesh, blood, and soul to help him cultivate.

Chen Yan used Time Stroll and the ultimate Five Aggregates Fist to withstand the Evil God's projection, revealing his identity to the stunned Grandmasters. He then unleashed his Selflessness punch, leaving the serpent nearly destroyed but still alive after Keiko sacrificed the projection's origin to defend it.

• Chen Yan stopped time, separated the four Grandmasters from the coming shock wave, and met the serpent's annihilating breath with his Five Aggregates Fist.
• Chen Kefa recognized Chen Yan's fighting style, and after Tan Lingfei mistook him for a mysterious senior, Chen Kefa revealed that the powerhouse was his son.
• Keiko realized Chen Yan's strength made a direct fight impossible and considered retreating as Chen Yan prepared a stronger attack.
• Chen Yan entered the realm of Selflessness and manifested a giant phantom whose presence terrified Keiko and the Grandmasters.
• Keiko burned the Evil God's origin and sacrificed the serpent's power to withstand Chen Yan's punch, but the serpent lost nearly half its body and its connection to the Evil God weakened.
• Chen Yan approached the nearly destroyed serpent as its remaining aura dwindled.

A distant Evil God noticed Chen Yan’s repeated breakthroughs and empowered the dying Black-Scaled Giant Snake through Keiko, unleashing a devastating mental assault and a lethal strike. Chen Yan resisted the corruption and used his Internal Furnace to consume the snake’s attack, beginning to absorb its power.

• A strange sculpture beyond Blue Star detected Chen Yan’s rise and sent its gaze to the battlefield in Jiang City.
• Keiko welcomed the Evil God’s blessing, transforming the nearly defeated Black-Scaled Giant Snake and intensifying its mental pollution.
• Tan Lingfei, Yuan Boyan, Cao Wei, and Chen Kefa struggled against the pollution as the snake attacked Chen Yan with its tail.
• Chen Yan resisted the mental assault and met the snake’s strike with his left hand, igniting his Internal Furnace.
• Chen Yan’s flame consumed the snake’s tail and began drawing its refined power into his five viscera.

Chen Yan absorbed the serpent’s power, purified the sacrificed souls, and broke through toward Martial Arts Grandmaster as his Martial Dao Golden Core formed. The chapter ended with the laws and Chaos Qi entering the Core while the surrounding spiritual energy surged toward him.

• Chen Yan used Bai Lingshuang’s Crimson Refining Organ-Strengthening Paste to temper his organs and push the Hundred Bones Body Forging Technique toward perfection.
• Keiko attacked Chen Yan with the resentment of tens of thousands of sacrificed souls, but his soul flames burned her remnant while soothing and releasing the victims.
• Chen Yan devoured the serpent’s body and absorbed its energy, breaking through the barrier to Martial Arts Grandmaster and condensing his Martial Dao Golden Core.
• The Wind, Thunder, Fire, Metal, Life, and Destruction Laws, along with Chaos Qi, entered Chen Yan’s Golden Core.
• Tan Lingfei, Cao Wei, Yuan Boyan, and Chen Kefa witnessed spiritual energy raging across the area and tried to protect Chen Yan as his breakthrough began.

Chen Yan broke through to the Chaos Myriad Laws Golden Core, defeated the Evil God's projection, and used his new soul power to alter the survivors’ memories and cleanse their minds. He left the battlefield hidden while Chen Kefa and the others recovered, unaware of his identity but grateful to the mysterious Bone Armor-clad senior.

• Chen Yan stabilized his Chaos Myriad Laws Golden Core as a seven-colored pillar of energy rose over Jiang City and shattered his Bone Armor.
• Chen Yan recognized that Chen Kefa had identified him as Xiao Yan and decided to rewrite the four Grandmasters’ memories to protect his identity.
• Chen Yan replaced their memories of his Five Aggregates Fist with an unrecognizable attack of light and heat, then cleansed their minds of the Evil God's contamination.
• Chen Yan put on clothes, vanished into the shadows, and watched as Cao Wei, Tan Lingfei, and Yuan Boyan recovered.
• Chen Kefa and the others credited the Bone Armor-clad senior with defeating the monster and saving them, while Chen Kefa sensed that something about his memory felt wrong.

After witnessing the aftermath of the battle at the Zero Rift, Chen Kefa and the others secured the scene while Chen Yan watched from afar. At the Qianji Sect, Zhao Xinyue updated the Heavenly Book’s rankings, only to find her placement inexplicably change back to fiftieth and wonder if the book was broken.

• Chen Kefa suppressed his uneasy feeling and led the others in securing the Zero Rift site and preparing a top-secret report for the United Alliance and Military Department.
• Chen Yan watched from thousands of meters away and felt relieved that Chen Kefa remained troubled, though he regretted making his father endure it.
• Zhao Xinyue woke at the Qianji Sect and agreed to update the rankings after Lele reminded her the Alliance had asked twice.
• Zhao Xinyue used the Heavenly Book to copy the Martial Saint and Grandmaster rankings, then panicked when she saw herself listed in fifty-first place.
• Zhao Xinyue checked the Heavenly Book again and found herself back in fiftieth place, leaving her convinced the book might be broken.

Zhao Xinyue discovered that a mysterious Grandmaster had briefly entered the top fifty before erasing his ranking, and even the Heavenly Book could not reveal anything about him. In Jiang City, Chen Kefa confronted He Xian over his collusion with Liu Yongli and prepared the city for a sweeping change in leadership.

• Zhao Xinyue asked the Heavenly Book whether the mysterious ranking change was an illusion, and it answered no before refusing to identify the person.
• Zhao Xinyue realized that the mysterious figure’s existence was hidden even from the Heavenly Book, then copied the Grandmaster Ranking and sent it to Junior Sister Lele.
• Chen Kefa confronted He Xian about abandoning Jiang City during the Snake Disaster and the Eternal Life Sect’s rampage.
• He Xian accepted punishment, and Chen Kefa ordered him to write a full report on Liu Yongli’s collusion with the cult and his pressure on the Martial Arts Association and Public Security Bureau.
• Chen Kefa concluded that Alliance officials would soon replace key leaders in Jiang City in a thorough shake-up.

After the Snake Disaster, Chen Kefa admitted the authorities’ negligence, apologized to Jiang City’s grieving residents, and saw public opinion shift toward honoring the heroes. Later, Tan Lingfei showed him the updated Qianji Ranking, where Chen Kefa discovered his old title was still listed.

• Chen Kefa promised compensation for the dead, admitted that official negligence had allowed the Eternal Life Sect disaster, and bowed to the people of Jiang City.
• Reporters recorded Chen Kefa’s apology, and coverage shifted toward honoring him and the other heroes who fought the Evil God’s projection.
• Chen Kefa reviewed casualty reports in the Public Security Bureau command center while grieving the losses.
• Tan Lingfei rushed in with the updated Qianji Ranking, and Yuan Boyan and Cao Wei joined Chen Kefa to inspect it.
• Chen Kefa found himself ranked 97th under the title Azure Underworld Awakening of Insects, with Tan Lingfei at 98th as Raging Wave Angry Blade, and cursed that he had forgotten to change his title.

Chen Yan examined the two legendary achievement badges he had gained after breaking through, discovering powerful boosts to his attributes and a skill for plundering divine power. He then received a prompt to begin cultivating the Indestructible Scripture, the evolved form of the Skeleton Forging Art.

• Chen Kefa considered changing his martial title and said he would ask his wife before deciding.
• Chen Yan reflected on the inefficiency of absorbing universal energy and began reviewing his breakthrough rewards.
• Chen Yan obtained the Three Origins Unified achievement and its Chaos Myriad Laws badge, which strengthened his attributes, energy conversion, recovery, coordination, and combat efficiency.
• Chen Yan obtained the God Defiler achievement, whose Divinity Plunder skill let him steal a divine ability or extract a divine source after landing a fatal blow on a divine enemy.
• Chen Yan saw that the Skeleton Forging Art had advanced to the Indestructible Scripture and was asked whether he wanted to begin cultivating it.

Chen Yan received the Indestructible True Scripture, a cultivation method extending beyond the Martial Saint realm, and began practicing its first technique. He successfully forged an egg-sized core of Indestructible Internal Breath, gaining silver-flecked blood and rapid healing.

• Chen Yan absorbed the Indestructible Scripture and learned its three stages: Indestructible Body, Indestructible Soul, and Indestructible Origin.
• Chen Yan discovered that the scripture described cultivation beyond Martial Saints, including drawing power from stars and traveling through space.
• Chen Yan began the Hundred Rivers Return to Sea technique, compressing his qi and blood together with the True Essence in his dantian.
• Chen Yan fused the energies into an egg-sized sphere of Indestructible Internal Breath.
• Chen Yan cut his palm and saw silver flecks in his blood as the wound healed within moments.

Chen Yan returned home with Chen Kefa and shared a tender moment with his father after Chen Kefa reassured him about killing Liu Yongxing. Over dinner, the family discussed Chen Kefa’s Grandmaster title, and Du Qionghua proposed a new one.

• Chen Kefa told Du Chun and Du Shenyuan about the Evil God's projection and the battle that ended when a mysterious expert destroyed it.
• Chen Yan asked Du Shenyuan to keep his ability to cultivate secret until the authorities were ready to promote it.
• Chen Kefa confronted Chen Yan about killing Liu Yongxing and subduing the Special Investigation Team, then comforted him and apologized for being absent.
• Du Qionghua secretly photographed Chen Kefa embracing Chen Yan, then made Chen Kefa beg before she kept the picture.
• At dinner, Du Qionghua laughed at Chen Kefa's title, "Azure Underworld Awakening of Insects," and suggested he change it to "Divine Firmament Sword Master."

Bai Lingshuang learned that the Imperial Capital Rift had opened and chose to join her classmate Chen Yan’s team despite Bai Zheng’s concerns. Half a month later, Chen Yan arrived at the Rift’s Military Department base, where Bai Lingshuang waited for him.

• Bai Zheng told Bai Lingshuang that the Rift entrance had opened and invited her to explore it with him.
• Bai Lingshuang declined Bai Zheng’s offer, explaining that she had joined a classmate’s team with her father’s approval.
• Bai Lingshuang resolved to grow strong enough to stand beside the classmate whose brilliance she admired.
• Hou Ze considered entering the newly opened Rift but decided to wait until the grandmasters had dealt with its dangers.
• Half a month after the entrance opened, Chen Yan arrived at the Military Department base in the Yanshan Mountains, where Bai Lingshuang waited in her combat suit.

Chen Yan and Bai Lingshuang entered the Imperial Capital Rift after Chen Yan intimidated the Medi Group’s young master and stunned two Grandmasters. They reached the heavily fortified forward base, where Bai Lingshuang questioned Chen Yan’s power and they explored the mission hall and free trade zone.

• Bai Lingshuang welcomed Chen Yan to the Rift, and Chen Yan said he would make up for their delayed arrival.
• The Medi Group’s young master insulted Chen Yan, so Bai Lingshuang demanded an apology; Chen Yan’s aura forced the young man to kneel and terrified two Grandmasters.
• Chen Yan and Bai Lingshuang entered the Imperial Capital Rift and saw a massive steel fortress built near the entrance.
• Bai Lingshuang asked whether Chen Yan had become a Martial Arts Grandmaster, but he avoided explaining what he had done.
• Chen Yan and Bai Lingshuang passed military inspection, entered the forward base, and went to the Merit Exchange and Mission Posting Center.
• Bai Lingshuang tugged Chen Yan’s sleeve and pointed something out in the free trade zone.

Chen Yan and Bai Lingshuang learned that a Heavenly Mountain Snow Lotus might be near Painting Saint Mountain, where a Military Department Grandmaster squad had vanished. Chen Yan accepted the perilous mission using his S-level authorization and left with Bai Lingshuang to investigate.

• Bai Lingshuang explained that the Heavenly Mountain Snow Lotus could enhance spiritual power, while Chen Yan overheard veterans say it might help Grandmasters begin forming a Domain.
• Chen Yan learned that the Broken Eagle squad had disappeared at Painting Saint Mountain and that top Grandmasters were heading toward the suspected Snow Lotus site.
• Chen Yan decided to take the mission, and Bai Lingshuang followed him to the mission counter.
• The major warned Chen Yan that the mission had a death rate above ninety percent and initially refused to approve him as a student.
• Chen Yan presented his S-level New Rift Special Operations Team badge, prompting the major to salute and approve the mission.
• Chen Yan took the mission data crystal and left the hall with Bai Lingshuang as the stunned martial artists watched.

Chen Yan and Bai Lingshuang headed toward Painting Saint Mountain to investigate the Broken Eagle Squad’s last signal, cutting through the Gold-Devouring Rat nest on the way. Chen Yan incapacitated the entire pack by snapping their soul threads, and Bai Lingshuang began harvesting their beast cores and incisors.

• Chen Yan equipped Bai Lingshuang with tactical communicators and signal flares before they left the base.
• Chen Yan and Bai Lingshuang used the terminal map to identify Painting Saint Mountain as the Broken Eagle Squad’s last signal source and chose a direct route through three dangerous areas.
• Bai Lingshuang followed Chen Yan toward the mountain and realized he could sense and avoid hidden beasts.
• Chen Yan snapped the soul threads of the Gold-Devouring Rats, causing the pack and its seventh-tier leaders to collapse without a fight.
• Chen Yan told Bai Lingshuang to collect the beast cores and incisors, and she cleanly extracted them from a Rat King before Chen Yan remarked that her efficiency could improve.

Chen Yan helped Bai Lingshuang extract beast cores and incisors from Gold-Devouring Rats more efficiently. Elsewhere, the Three Tigers of Black Mountain killed a merchant who showed them weapon fragments and plotted to ambush an Outsider for their gear.

• Chen Yan explained how to remove a Gold-Devouring Rat’s beast core and incisors, and Bai Lingshuang followed his advice successfully.
• Bai Lingshuang and Chen Yan calmly gathered valuable materials from the dead rats at the silent nest.
• A merchant led the Three Tigers of Black Mountain to the area where he had seen Outsiders fighting the rat swarm and showed them weapon fragments.
• The scar-faced leader killed the merchant and had his body hidden to keep their discovery secret.
• The Three Tigers discussed the Outsiders’ strength and planned to watch the area and ambush an isolated or weakened Outsider for their weapons.