Chapter Summaries

Lu Ren comprehended the Spring and Autumn fist art and discovered its domineering Overlord Fist style while questioning Kong Qiu about his past. Kong Qiu challenged him to test their fists, and the chapter ended with the two trading powerful blows without either gaining the upper hand.

• Lu Ren hunted powerful creatures for three days and gained beginner proficiency in Spring and Autumn, recognizing its fist art as the Overlord Fist.
• Lu Ren questioned Kong Qiu about his three thousand disciples and his travels among the states, while suspecting Kong Qiu had withheld crucial details about the fist art.
• Kong Qiu said he was pursuing immortality and challenged Lu Ren to a fight.
• Lu Ren accepted and transformed into his Heaven and Earth Avatar, surprising Kong Qiu.
• Lu Ren and Kong Qiu exchanged a direct punch that left them evenly matched, then continued fighting with powerful punches and kicks.

Lu Ren and Kong Qiu fought fiercely across the mountainside, and Lu Ren realized Kong Qiu intended to kill him and had treated his followers as food in pursuit of power. Their battle continued as Lu Ren attacked with his High-Frequency Vibration Sword, while Kong Qiu narrowly evaded a lethal thrust.

• Lu Ren and Kong Qiu exchanged devastating blows, and Kong Qiu’s martial intent embodied the force of the world’s great trend.
• Lu Ren unleashed his full strength and drew his High-Frequency Vibration Sword after Kong Qiu withstood his attacks and closed in.
• Kong Qiu admitted that his rules allowed him to act freely and that pursuing the Dao required sacrifices; Lu Ren suspected he had consumed his three thousand disciples and seventy-two followers.
• Lu Ren struck Kong Qiu in the face with a knee, but Kong Qiu recovered quickly and attacked Lu Ren’s groin without effect.
• Lu Ren clamped Kong Qiu’s leg and launched the sword at his brow, but Kong Qiu twisted aside and retreated as Lu Ren pressed the attack.

Lu Ren pursued Kong Qiu through the forest for fifteen days, enduring his attacks and gradually wearing him down. When Kong Qiu offered secrets and a route to Jade Capital Mountain, Lu Ren ignored him and tore off all four of his limbs.

• Lu Ren broke free of Kong Qiu's grip, seized him, and leaped from a cliff, then battered him after they crashed into the ground.
• Kong Qiu escaped into the forest, but Lu Ren tracked his Magnetic Field and continued the pursuit.
• Lu Ren and Kong Qiu ran at full speed for fifteen days, with Kong Qiu growing exhausted while Lu Ren's body strengthened.
• As they reached signs of human activity, Lu Ren caught Kong Qiu and ignored his offer to reveal the secret of immortality and the route to Jade Capital Mountain.
• Lu Ren pinned Kong Qiu down and tore off all four of his limbs, while Kong Qiu's spiritual attack failed to affect him.

Lu Ren defeated Kong Qiu, consumed his spiritual essence, and dragged his Yang Spirit into his Inner World, where Kong Qiu’s attacks only strengthened Lu Ren’s Spirit Proficiency. After imprisoning Kong Qiu beside Subhuti, Lu Ren transformed his previously hazy Inner World into a vivid landscape.

• Kong Qiu warned Lu Ren that martial artists needed Kunlun to survive, but Lu Ren tore off his head and used Magnetic Field fluctuations to destroy his body’s defenses.
• Lu Ren swallowed the red light from Kong Qiu’s brow, advancing Burning Lamp Freedom and the Ten Grounds Golden Body Bodhisattva Path to the proficient stage and comprehending the complete Fourth Ground Bodhisattva Form.
• Lu Ren dragged Kong Qiu’s Yang Spirit into his Inner World, where Kong Qiu’s attempts to attack him were automatically blocked and increased Lu Ren’s Spirit Proficiency.
• Lu Ren bound Kong Qiu with chains beside Subhuti, then cursed Kong Qiu until he sealed his voice.
• Lu Ren used his mental control to clear the mist and create land, flowers, a stream, mountains, forests, and grasslands throughout his Inner World.

Lu Ren learned from Subhuti about the Dao Determination Realm and the hidden purpose of cultivation, then promised to consider releasing him under strict conditions. After killing Kong Qiu, Lu Ren gained Spring and Autumn skills and underwent a painful transformation as the system appeared to integrate his Overlord Body into his Fourth Ground Bodhisattva Form.

• Lu Ren sensed a path leading out from his Inner World, and Subhuti explained that Shakya had called it a Heavenly Path toward a place inhabited by True Buddhas.
• Subhuti described how ancient sages sought answers about immortality, reality, and what lay beyond the heavens, and admitted he did not know whether cultivation had an end.
• Subhuti revealed that the realm after Clairvoyance was Dao Determination, in which cultivators perceived their path and chose its ultimate direction without turning back.
• Lu Ren offered to consider releasing Subhuti if they established three rules and Lu Ren placed a restriction in his spiritual sea, and Subhuti immediately agreed.
• Lu Ren killed Kong Qiu, buried his body, and received increased Spring and Autumn skill levels, two Skill Points, and gains in Physique and Spirit Proficiency.
• The system triggered an intense bodily transformation in Lu Ren, and he suspected it was merging the Overlord Body with his Fourth Ground Bodhisattva Form.

After completing his transformation into the Fourth Ground Bodhisattva Form, Lu Ren entered a peaceful lakeside town in the Kunlun Otherworld to find clothes, exchange a bullet for silver, and learn about local life. He settled into a restaurant to eat and listen for information, still unsure whether the town was safe or who its residents were.

• Lu Ren finished transforming, confirmed he had retained his lower body, and left Kong Qiu buried in the forest.
• Lu Ren entered Crescent Moon Town, where locals feared his imposing appearance, and noticed the town’s signs used Small Seal Script.
• Lu Ren asked a clothing-shop proprietress to value a bullet, received ten taels of silver, and bought a black outfit.
• Lu Ren went to a restaurant, ordered an expensive meal prepared for martial artists, and listened to the townspeople while he ate.

Lu Ren explored Crescent Moon Town, learned about the New Dynasty and its local martial arts, and visited Fish Union Hall to meet Liu Xuansu. He stayed at the temple, while Liu Xuansu worried about the danger posed by the powerful stranger.

• Lu Ren learned that the Taiwu Dynasty had fallen to peasant uprisings and that the New Dynasty now governed the vast realm.
• After hearing townspeople debate Liu Xuansu’s strength, Lu Ren went to Fish Union Hall to test the local experts.
• Lu Ren recognized the temple’s statue of the Nine Heavens Primordial True Lord as an image he had seen in Ji Quanzhen’s cave.
• Liu Xuansu welcomed Lu Ren and arranged for him to stay in a guest room at Yuhe Temple.
• Lu Ren ate dinner with Liu Xuansu, who privately judged him dangerous and hoped he would soon leave Crescent Moon Town.

After resting for a full day, Lu Ren encountered a strange creature called Chang Wu outside his room in Kunlun after nightfall. He killed it and examined its unusual body, leaving him considering whether controlled, unlimited cell proliferation could become a path for his own evolution.

• Lu Ren slept for twenty-four hours and woke refreshed after the System increased his Spirit Proficiency.
• Lu Ren read Liu Xuansu's warning to stay indoors for five nights and watched a tall, thin shadow appear outside his door.
• Lu Ren opened a window, seized Chang Wu as it reached inside, pulled it into the room, and twisted off its head.
• Lu Ren dissected Chang Wu and discovered its strange organs and a tumor-like structure that powered its body.
• Lu Ren considered whether controlling endlessly proliferating cells could provide a new path for his own evolution.

Lu Ren investigated a disturbance on the roof of Fish Union Hall and crushed a spiritual White Woman, gaining insight into qi and improving his skills. He then looked over an eerily empty Crescent Moon Town and questioned Liu Xuansu about mystical arts.

• Lu Ren climbed onto the roof and spotted a spiritual woman in white running across it.
• The White Woman noticed Lu Ren could see her and charged at him, but he seized her with his Magnetic Field.
• Lu Ren summoned the Fourth Ground Bodhisattva Form and crushed the White Woman into fragments, gaining insight into qi and improving his Spirit Proficiency and Ten Grounds Golden Body Bodhisattva Path proficiency.
• Lu Ren saw that Crescent Moon Town was brightly lit but empty of pedestrians, with only red lanterns along the streets.
• Liu Xuansu appeared on the eaves and told Lu Ren that his Tai Xuan Sect training gave him ways to defend against supernatural threats.
• Lu Ren asked Liu Xuansu how he used mystical arts.

Lu Ren killed a Shenshou that had impersonated Liu Xuansu and then Zhang Qingya, freeing Liu Xuansu from its illusion. After knocking Liu Xuansu unconscious, he learned from the young Daoists that their master had once fought what he called a fairy.

• Lu Ren attacked the apparent Liu Xuansu, revealing him as a Shenshou, and cut the creature into eight pieces.
• Lu Ren found the real Liu Xuansu fighting a Shenshou illusion and killed the monster after it took Zhang Qingya’s form.
• Liu Xuansu regained his senses, mistook Lu Ren for an enemy, and charged him, so Lu Ren punched him unconscious.
• Lu Ren carried Liu Xuansu into a room with four young Daoists and warned them to keep their distance while he was unconscious.
• A young Daoist told Lu Ren that the children had seen Liu Xuansu pinning a fairy beneath a tree and striking her.

Lu Ren studied the Tai Xuan Heart Sutra during the dark night and confirmed that he was in an entirely new world. On the road to Crescent Moon Town, a supernatural wedding procession stopped and tried to make him the groom, so he destroyed it with his High-Frequency Vibration Sword.

• Lu Ren learned that the dark night would last five days and that the Daoist boys followed an ancient rule to stay indoors.
• Lu Ren intimidated Zhang Qing into lending him the Tai Xuan Heart Sutra and spent hours studying it until he gained Beginner's Insight.
• Lu Ren left Liu Xuansu's residence and confirmed beneath the stars that he was in a new world.
• Lu Ren encountered a sinister wedding procession on the road to Crescent Moon Town, and it stopped when its bridal sedan chair reached him.
• A wedding officiant approached Lu Ren and called him the groom, so Lu Ren cut him down and destroyed the sedan chair and its carriers with one sword strike.

Lu Ren destroyed the ghost wedding procession and forced its master of ceremonies to take him to Mountain Lord Mother. During the journey, a suona ritual sent Lu Ren into Astral Travel, and the chapter ended with his soul and body stabilized as he watched the master of ceremonies play.

• Lu Ren used his Magnetic Field and sword to annihilate the wedding procession, then confronted the master of ceremonies.
• The master of ceremonies claimed to serve Mountain Lord Mother, and Lu Ren demanded to be taken to her.
• The master of ceremonies summoned four Bloated Ghouls to carry Lu Ren in a crude sedan chair and played a suona as they traveled.
• The suona altered the Magnetic Field and carried Lu Ren into a spatial rift, beginning Astral Travel.
• Lu Ren confirmed that his physical body should accompany his soul, then watched the master of ceremonies continue the ritual.

Lu Ren arrived at Mountain Lord Mother's palace after a three-day journey and saw through its illusion, revealing a decaying temple surrounded by signs of slaughter. He killed the master of ceremonies and climbed the mountain to confront the demon there.

• The master of ceremonies used a Swift Travel Suona to bring Lu Ren from Crescent Moon Town to the edge of East Victory Divine Continent in three days.
• Lu Ren's Hyperdimensional Perception revealed that Mountain Lord Mother's lavish palace was actually a ruined torii and temple beneath a bloody light.
• Lu Ren crushed the master of ceremonies' head, freeing the four Bloated Ghouls, who turned toward the mountaintop to attack their enemy.
• Lu Ren climbed the mountain past bones and bewitched, emaciated people being drained by demons.
• The four Bloated Ghouls tore into a pig-headed demon as Lu Ren approached and considered how animals could transform into demons through Magnetic Fields.

Lu Ren studied a Boar Demon, killed it with one sword strike, and advanced his Basic Swordsmanship to the Outstanding stage. After removing an oval object from its head, he watched the demon transform into a huge black wild boar.

• Lu Ren approached a Boar Demon as four Bloated Ghouls fled into the Dilapidated Temple.
• The Boar Demon charged Lu Ren, but he pinned its cleaver underfoot and confirmed that it could speak.
• Lu Ren examined the Boar Demon's behavior and body before cutting it in half with his High-Frequency Vibration Sword.
• Lu Ren's Basic Swordsmanship advanced to the Outstanding stage, and he found an oval object inside the Boar Demon's head.
• Lu Ren removed the object, and the Boar Demon transformed into a huge black wild boar.

Lu Ren confronted Yu Zhu, the tigress who ruled the mountain, over her consumption of humans and attacked her after she defended it as the law of the strong preying on the weak. After cutting her badly and seeing her regenerate, he faced her monsters and spellcasters, then successfully retaliated against a spiritual attack.

• Lu Ren questioned Yu Zhu about eating humans, and she explained that she followed the law of the strong preying on the weak.
• Lu Ren charged Yu Zhu and slashed her with his sword, cutting off her breasts and injuring her chest.
• Yu Zhu regenerated her wounds, warned Lu Ren that she had killed opponents of his realm, and summoned her monsters to attack him.
• Lu Ren observed the monsters' weapons and corrosive spells as they rushed him.
• An enemy struck Lu Ren with a spiritual needle, but his backlash ability successfully attacked the opponent.

Lu Ren slaughtered Yu Zhu’s lesser demons while evading her attacks, then challenged her to reveal her full strength. As Yu Zhu transformed into a giant tiger, Lu Ren suspected that inner cores might explain demons’ supernatural transformations and considered how that idea could inform his own cultivation.

• A rat demon died from mental backlash after its spell struck Lu Ren’s mind.
• Lu Ren killed nearly all of Yu Zhu’s demons with his sword and evasive movements, then asked Yu Zhu how many steps of Enlightened Awareness he had taken.
• Lu Ren said he had reached only the first step, while Yu Zhu doubted his claim.
• Yu Zhu transformed into a massive tiger, and Lu Ren connected the transformation’s energy cost to the inner core he had taken from the Boar Demon.
• Lu Ren joked about exhibiting Yu Zhu in a zoo as she prepared to fight him.

Lu Ren fought Yu Zhu in her giant tiger form, enduring her supernatural attacks until his sword’s high-frequency vibration ran out. He released the Ten Realms Seal, killed her with overwhelming strength, and advanced to First Rank, Second Level.

• Yu Zhu attacked Lu Ren with her giant tiger form and Geng Metal Qi, but they traded blows without either gaining an advantage.
• Lu Ren’s High-Frequency Vibration Sword ran out of energy, and Yu Zhu pinned him beneath her claw.
• Lu Ren released the Ten Realms Seal and transformed into the Fourth Ground Bodhisattva Form, then seized Yu Zhu and beat her until she died.
• Lu Ren gained Physique and Spirit proficiency and two Skill Points for killing Yu Zhu and affecting events in the Kunlun Otherworld.
• Lu Ren reached First Rank, Second Level, and his body began growing taller and developing sturdier organs.

After advancing and merging his cultivation methods, Lu Ren transformed into a towering Bodhisattva-like figure with a second pair of arms, then concealed his new form with the Ten Realms Seal. He left the desolate Kunlun Otherworld and questioned Subhuti about cultivators who sacrifice people, learning that Enlightened Awareness can make them believe they are no longer human.

• Lu Ren gained four Skill Points from killing Kong Qiu and Yu Zhu, then advanced the Ten Grounds Golden Body Bodhisattva Path to Mastery.
• Lu Ren merged Burning Lamp Freedom and Spring and Autumn into the Ten Grounds Golden Body Bodhisattva Path, then endured a long transformation while consuming Yu Zhu.
• Lu Ren grew a third eye and a second pair of arms, and used the Ten Realms Seal to shrink and conceal his altered body.
• Lu Ren realized that the Great Spirit World overlapped with reality at night in Kunlun, empowering supernatural arts, and that his blood-energy field had weakened Yu Zhu's abilities.
• Lu Ren left Yu Zhu's remains and crossed a land covered in bones, concluding that its people had fled or been hunted down.
• Lu Ren asked Subhuti why cultivators sacrificed people as provisions, and Subhuti said that Enlightened Awareness could make them believe they were no longer human.

Lu Ren left Yu Zhu’s mountain and crossed a world divided between starving refugees and a prosperous city, while an old Daoist investigated the destroyed temple and followed his trail. After six days of travel, Lu Ren reached the ruined Beacon Country fortress base, where reconstruction had begun.

• Lu Ren reached a city in the New Dynasty, learned that Great Qian had fallen to monsters, and exchanged silver for clothes before eating at a restaurant.
• An old Daoist inspected Yu Zhu’s destroyed temple, found her bones and the drained remains of the tiger and monsters, then sent a paper crane after Lu Ren.
• Lu Ren studied the energy spheres taken from Yu Zhu and the Boar Demon, considered the Boar Demon’s meridian system, and continued his journey without joining a faction.
• Lu Ren used the Ten Grounds to race across the wilderness for six days and six nights, then arrived at the ruined Beacon Country fortress base as its personnel prepared to rebuild.

Lu Ren returned to China's base after investigating the damaged entrance to the real world and learned that the military was preparing a major operation. At the tomb, he met Wen Liangong, who recognized Lu Ren as a fellow Clairvoyant Realm expert and asked him to help destroy Xu Fu's regenerating Flesh Chamber.

• Lu Ren avoided revealing himself to the powerful Super-Modified Warrior inside the real-world entrance and hurried back to China's base.
• A Military Department expert told Lu Ren that rescuers had found his shattered powered armor and recovered two United States corpses, while the military prepared to withdraw for a major operation.
• Lu Ren entered the cave to settle his unfinished business with Xu Fu and found the Flesh Chamber still standing despite artillery bombardment.
• Wen Liangong recognized Lu Ren's advancement into the Clairvoyant Realm and asked him to help deal with Xu Fu.
• Wen Liangong explained that weapons and biochemical agents had failed to stop the Flesh Chamber from regenerating, and that a small tactical nuclear bomb was being transported to the site.