Chapter Summaries

Chen Yan comprehended a Divine Ability Rank fist technique from the Diagram of Ten Thousand Source Laws and demonstrated its overwhelming power to the other students. After the session ended, he considered teaching the technique to others as an investment while his classmates began practicing their new arts.

• Chen Yan identified the realm beyond True Technique Rank as Divine Ability Rank and used the fire-based Five Aggregates Fist, driving the students back with its scorching power.
• Hou Ze recognized similarities between Chen Yan's technique and Li Mu's Nine Yang Fire, while Bai Lingshuang estimated her chances against Chen Yan at less than one in ten.
• Mei Qiaoer ended the session and offered credits and cultivation resources to students who contributed the martial arts they had comprehended.
• Chen Yan realized he could teach Five Aggregates Fist to suitable students and gain returns from the investment.
• The students began practicing their newly comprehended techniques, while Chen Yan reflected that his blood and qi and mental strength increased automatically each day.

Chen Yan showed Wang Anguo that he had mastered the Five Aggregates Fist and learned that he had reached Professional Rank 9. Wang Anguo explained the two paths to becoming a Grandmaster, and Chen Yan grew eager to enter a Rift and build his momentum through battle.

• Mei Qiaoer brought Chen Yan to meet Wang Anguo by the artificial lake, where Wang Anguo asked him to take photos of a fish before releasing it.
• Chen Yan performed the Five Aggregates Fist, astonishing Wang Anguo with how quickly he had mastered a Divine Ability Rank technique.
• Wang Anguo recognized that Chen Yan had reached Professional Rank 9 and explained that breaking through to Grandmaster required opening the Heavenly Pass.
• Wang Anguo described the two paths to Grandmaster: tempering the mind or entering a Rift and forging an aura through life-and-death combat.
• Wang Anguo explained that Rifts connected Blue Star to dangerous worlds inhabited by foreign races, and Chen Yan became excited about fighting there.

Wang Anguo explained how professional martial artists earned titles and offered Chen Yan a home connection setup for a global competition system. In the Scroll World, Chen Yan developed a painful training method that turned solid True Gang into liquid True Essence, then glimpsed the Heavenly Pass after damaging and repairing his muscles.

• Wang Anguo told Chen Yan that martial artists earned titles through their achievements and offered him a complete connection setup for the global system.
• Chen Yan went home and entered the Scroll World, where he tried to compress the True Gang inside his bones.
• After repeated painful explosions, Chen Yan compressed True Gang into a golden liquid that he named True Essence, but it exploded when he tried to move it into his muscles.
• Chen Yan swallowed Mei Qiaoer's rare-grade healing ointment and used the Life Law to repair his damaged muscle, gaining proficiency in the Hundred Bones Body Forging Technique.
• Chen Yan realized that damaging and repairing his muscles could accelerate cultivation, then saw an illusory Heavenly Pass appear deep within his skull.

Chen Yan tried out the Alliance’s new East Continent virtual combat system and discovered that his Dream Weaver ability could alter his private virtual space. After creating the nickname Yama and exploring the training features, he began his first placement match.

• Du Qionghua came home, mistook Chen Yan’s equipment pod for an expensive gaming device, and warned him not to neglect his studies and cultivation.
• Chen Yan entered the pod, created a randomized virtual character, and claimed the nickname Yama after two other names were already taken.
• Chen Yan learned he needed ten placement matches before joining the Professional League and tested his martial arts in the Training Ground.
• Chen Yan found that his martial arts and Dream Weaver worked in East Continent, while his Pupil of Myriad Phenomena and Spirit Control did not.
• Chen Yan used Dream Weaver to turn his private white starting space into a copy of his bedroom, then started matchmaking for a placement match.

Chen Yan won his first Placement Match in the virtual arena after adapting to the equalized physical stats and defeating a skilled archer. He discovered that combat rapidly improved his Selflessness proficiency and immediately queued for another match, while Xu Yu checked the identity of her opponent, Yama.

• Chen Yan matched with a female archer named Wooden Head and blocked her opening arrow with his bare hand, losing 7% health.
• Chen Yan charged through her arrows, disarmed her with the Five Aggregates Fist, and countered her close-range choke.
• Chen Yan overwhelmed the archer with his Yellow-Black Fist and finished her with a knife-hand strike, winning the match with 76% health remaining.
• Chen Yan gained 5 proficiency points in Selflessness from the fight and immediately started matchmaking again.
• Xu Yu returned to her Pure White Space, checked her match history, and reacted to her opponent's ID, Yama.

Chen Yan completed his placement matches with a perfect record, then climbed from Eternal Diamond to Transcendent Master through a long streak of ranked victories. He entered a new match against White Dragon, whose reaction to seeing Yama suggested the two might know each other.

• Chen Yan won his remaining placement matches, finished 10–0, and received the Eternal Diamond rank.
• Chen Yan defeated Tyrant Blade Slashes Spring and Autumn in his first ranked match and advanced to Eternal Diamond IV.
• Tyrant Blade Slashes Spring and Autumn posted about Yama on the official forum, where other players shared stories of being defeated by him.
• Chen Yan continued winning ranked matches, increased his Selflessness proficiency, and rose to Transcendent Master.
• Chen Yan matched against White Dragon in a snowy arena, and White Dragon smiled when he saw the name Yama.

Chen Yan fought [White Dragon] in a ranked match, survived his True Gang-piercing technique, and defeated him with a strike of Selflessness. Chen Yan reached Transcendent Master IV, claimed his reward, and logged out to find an angry friend request and messages from [White Dragon].

• [White Dragon] overwhelmed Chen Yan with his unusual close-range style, but Chen Yan held his ground through a prolonged fight.
• [White Dragon] pierced Chen Yan's True Gang and drove his health down to 1% with a relentless assault.
• Chen Yan stopped resisting and struck [White Dragon] with a punch that killed him and secured Chen Yan's victory.
• Chen Yan's rank rose to Transcendent Master IV, and he claimed his ranked-match reward before logging out.
• Chen Yan found a friend request and several angry messages from [White Dragon] on his account dashboard.

After his virtual combat greatly improved his Selflessness and Five Aggregates Fist, Chen Yan received martial arts resources and injected himself with Tiger Wolf Great Medicine. The medicine triggered a painful transformation that produced a regenerating Bone Armor, which Chen Yan suspected was the hidden divine ability White Bone Transformation.

• Chen Yan saw that his Selflessness proficiency had risen by 400 points after a night of virtual matches, and he felt his Five Aggregates Fist had reached the threshold of minor mastery.
• Chen Yan received a special delivery from the Imperial Capital Martial Arts Association containing medicinal supplies and Tiger Wolf Great Medicine.
• Chen Yan took a medicinal bath, injected the medicine, and entered the Scroll World as unbearable pain overtook him.
• White bones erupted through Chen Yan's skin and formed a fitted Bone Armor that could extend into a Bone Blade and launch bone spurs.
• Chen Yan tested the armor against a Mirror Flower Water Moon double, saw it withstand ordinary attacks and regenerate after a Selflessness strike, and suspected it was the White Bone Transformation divine ability.

Chen Yan received a communication device from Yu Qingmeng, trained his White Bone Transformation, and continued improving through classes and virtual fights. An urgent report of a brutal prison break in the Imperial Capital left him suspecting that the escapees included someone like Miao Ye.

• Chen Yan consumed Tiger Wolf Great Medicine, awakened White Bone Transformation, and advanced his Muscle Forging progress before hiding the medicinal residue from Du Qionghua.
• Du Qionghua gave Chen Yan a communication device Yu Qingmeng had bought for him, and Yu Qingmeng delightedly called as soon as he turned it on.
• Chen Yan blocked and reported White Dragon after receiving hostile messages, then resolved to be more cautious in future fights.
• Over the following month, Chen Yan attended Grandmaster Class lectures, fought in East Continent, and practiced controlling the thickness and density of his Bone Armor.
• A news bulletin reported an organized prison break at Imperial Capital First Prison and the deaths of seven guards; Chen Yan comforted Du Qionghua and recognized wounds resembling Miao Ye's handiwork.

After learning that the Imperial Capital Prison escapees could drain blood and vitality, Chen Yan feared they might target Imperial Martial University. As the escapees attacked students on campus, a white-armored man appeared between Duan Kun and Li Yue.

• Chen Yan recognized the escapees’ life-draining power as similar to Miao Ye’s and memorized the fugitives’ identities from the news.
• Liu Xin invited Du Qionghua and Chen Yan to stay with her family, where Yu Lei insisted Imperial Martial was safe.
• Chen Yan realized the escapees might hunt the powerful martial artists at Imperial Martial rather than flee, while Yu Qingmeng promised to protect him.
• Duan Kun and the other escapees ambushed Zhao Kai and Li Yue by the artificial lake, draining Zhao Kai’s vitality as Li Yue fled.
• Duan Kun caught up with Li Yue, but after she threw snow in his face, a man in white exoskeleton armor appeared in front of her.

Chen Yan fought Duan Kun, the Ghost Shadow, and triggered a reversal of the fugitive’s devouring power. At Imperial Martial, Xu Guangzong defeated the other escapees, but Tu Zhenxiong disintegrated before he could be captured, and Xu Guangzong noticed something unusual about the fallen convicts.

• Chen Yan shielded Li Yue from Duan Kun and fought him with his Bone Armor, while Li Yue was injured by the shockwaves and ran to summon help.
• Duan Kun chipped Chen Yan’s armor and tried to drain his vitality, but Chen Yan’s power overwhelmed him as his [Refine All Things] skill began to advance.
• At the artificial lake, Tu Feng recognized his uncle Tu Zhenxiong among the six escapees, while the fugitives threatened the teachers and revealed their Evil God Authority.
• Xu Guangzong arrived amid a storm of sword light and struck down the six escapees, leaving them barely alive.
• Tu Zhenxiong’s Evil God power turned against him, reducing him to ash, and Xu Guangzong noticed something unusual about the other fallen convicts.

Chen Yan refined Duan Kun with his newly upgraded Internal Furnace, then learned of an impending Rift Battlefield and resolved to use it to build Grandmaster momentum. After Chen Yan vanished, Li Yue reported the fight and learned that her boyfriend Zhao Kai had died among the lakeside victims.

• Chen Yan’s Internal Furnace drained and refined Duan Kun’s power and life force, killing him and advancing Chen Yan’s Muscle Forging Realm.
• The system gave Chen Yan the side quest The Name of the Hero, directing him to make a name for himself on the coming Rift Battlefield; Chen Yan welcomed the chance to pursue Grandmaster momentum.
• Li Yue and the Imperial Martial Security Department teachers found Duan Kun’s corpse, while Chen Yan slipped away unseen.
• Xu Guangzong tracked the lingering energy to the scene, identified Duan Kun, and asked Li Yue to explain what happened.
• Li Yue learned from Tu Feng that Zhao Kai was among the lakeside victims, then recounted how a white bone-armored stranger had rescued her and fought Duan Kun.

Chen Yan prepared powerful paintings to protect his family while Yu Qingmeng showed off her sword-control skills. Xu Guangzong took them to investigate the Evil God Power and warned Chen Yan that the Mystic Meditation Method could turn its practitioners into believers of a being hostile to humanity.

• Chen Yan completed a painting containing the power of a grandmaster's strike and began another as the news reported that seven escaped criminals had been killed at Imperial Martial Arts University.
• Yu Qingmeng recognized Xu Guangzong on the broadcast, demonstrated her sword control, and called him her master after Chen Yan suggested it.
• Xu Guangzong summoned Chen Yan and Yu Qingmeng onto his flying sword and set off to track the Evil God Power to its source.
• Xu Guangzong told Chen Yan that his exceptional physique might help reveal what Xu could not perceive, then warned him to stop practicing the Mystic Meditation Method.
• Xu Guangzong explained that practitioners could unknowingly become believers of a being likely hostile to humanity and might eventually have their lives controlled by it.

Chen Yan and Xu Guangzong tracked the Evil God Power to a Beast God Cult stronghold, where Xu Guangzong killed the cultists and captured the power they had generated. As Xu Guangzong worried that it could not be destroyed or sealed permanently, Chen Yan offered to absorb it.

• Yu Qingmeng spotted the trail of Evil God Power and guided Xu Guangzong and Chen Yan to a hidden cave beyond the Imperial Capital.
• The three entered the cave unseen and found over a hundred Beast God Cult believers worshipping a Crow Totem and listening to their priest promise power through devouring the flesh and blood of geniuses.
• Chen Yan pitied the cultists and wondered whether he could create a technique with no entry requirements for people with little talent.
• Xu Guangzong killed the priest and all the believers with invisible sword qi, then trapped the powerful black sphere of Evil God Power that emerged from their corpses.
• After Xu Guangzong explained that the Evil God Power could not be eradicated or contained permanently, Chen Yan said he might be able to absorb it.

Chen Yan swallowed and refined the Evil God Power, rapidly improving his Internal Furnace and completing the Muscle Forging Realm. The energy drew his consciousness to a colossal Bronze Giant Gate, where he found a blood-red river blocking his way.

• Chen Yan swallowed the black orb of Evil God Power, then stopped Yu Qingmeng from trying it because it was too intense for a child.
• Xu Guangzong tried to examine Chen Yan but found his psychic probe blocked by a powerful Psychic Shield, revealing that Chen Yan had already mastered a Psychic Master skill.
• Chen Yan refined the Evil God energy and Devouring Authority, advancing Internal Furnace to Minor Mastery and completing the second layer of the Hundred Bones Body Forging Technique.
• Chen Yan's consciousness was drawn to an immense ancient Bronze Giant Gate, and he realized the energy had propelled him toward the Heavenly Pass.
• Chen Yan walked toward the gate but found a raging blood-red river blocking his path.

Chen Yan crossed the Blood River and saw another Heavenly Pass beyond the first, though he later learned that even Wang Anguo knew of only one. Back at Imperial Martial Arts University, Chen Yan continued cultivating while his classmates discussed the undefeated ranked fighter Yama, unaware that Yama was his alias.

• Chen Yan survived the Blood River by using the Internal Furnace and Hundred Bones Body Forging Technique, then reached the opposite bank with his qi and blood purified.
• Chen Yan saw the outline of a second Heavenly Pass beyond the Bronze Giant Gate, and Yu Qingmeng brought him out of his vision by asking if he was all right.
• After returning to school, Chen Yan learned that Wang Anguo had opened only one Heavenly Pass and focused on cultivating the Organ Nourishing Realm while anticipating another breakthrough.
• At the Grandmaster Class arena, Hou Ze and other classmates complained that ranked matches were becoming harder, and Li Mu praised Yama's perfect win rate and formidable boxing.
• Chen Yan listened silently as his classmates speculated about Yama's identity and secretly enjoyed their praise of his alias.

At Imperial Martial, the students discussed the East Continent Professional League and Rift Exploration Squads, while Chen Yan reflected on his father’s work protecting people from Rift threats. That night, Chen Yan logged into the updated game and discovered the Professional League selection tournament would use 5v5 team combat.

• Hou Ze joked that Chen Yan might be Yama, then dismissed the idea and boasted he would surpass Yama when he was older.
• The students discussed the Professional League, and Chen Yan confirmed that his father, Chen Kefa, had captained a Rift Exploration Squad.
• The students praised Martial Saint Zhao Wuji, while Chen Yan remembered that heroes like his father secretly protected rear cities from threats such as the Spirit Race.
• Mei Qiaoer ended the discussion and prepared the Grandmaster Class for practical training, while privately recognizing Chen Yan as Yama.
• Chen Yan entered East Continent Game and saw that the Professional League selection tournament had been changed to 5v5 team combat.

Chen Yan entered a selection match and used his overwhelming physical defense and strength to defeat two opponents who ambushed him. After killing Professional Warrior 9 with one punch, he pursued the fleeing Professional Warrior 7.

• Chen Yan joined a selection match as Yama, and the system recorded his Professional Rank 9 cultivation.
• Chen Yan met Professional Warrior 7 and Professional Warrior 9 near the safe zone, where they attacked him together.
• Chen Yan let the opponents strike his unguarded body, but their blades and spear broke without injuring him.
• Chen Yan killed Professional Warrior 9 with a single punch, and the system announced the elimination.
• Professional Warrior 7 fled, but Chen Yan appeared behind him and asked where he thought he was going.

Chen Yan eliminated Professional Warrior 7 and headed for the safe zone, while his teammates reacted to the rapid eliminations in very different ways. Professional Warrior 1 believed their team had a powerful carry, but Professional Warrior 6 suspected a deadly opponent was nearby and hid to survive.

• Chen Yan surprised Professional Warrior 7 and eliminated him with a single punch.
• Chen Yan checked for nearby opponents and continued toward the center of the safe zone.
• Professional Warrior 1 saw that Professional Warrior 7 and Professional Warrior 9 had been eliminated and assumed his team had a strong carry.
• Professional Warrior 6 realized the two teammates had spawned together and concluded one enemy had likely eliminated them both.
• Professional Warrior 6 chose a concealed hollow in thick vegetation and hid, planning to survive and seek a chance to attack later.

Chen Yan crushed the last opponents in his Professional League match and secured victory, then Zhao Li watched the replay and shared footage of Yama’s impossible strength on the East Continent forum. The forum erupted in speculation over whether Yama was a cheat or a nonhuman Blue Star native.

• Chen Yan defeated Professional Warrior 10, hunted down Professional Warrior 6, and won the match for his team.
• Zhao Li checked the results and discovered that Yama had earned four kills and contributed 80 percent of the team’s performance.
• Zhao Li watched the replay and saw Yama withstand dual sabers and break Wang Qian’s spear with his body before eliminating Wang Qian and the other attacker.
• Zhao Li posted Yama’s replay on the official East Continent forum, where users quickly flooded the thread with shocked reactions and accusations of cheating.