Chapter Summaries

After reporting Ksitigarbha’s survival to Zhang Li, Lu Ren returned home and advanced Falcon Fist to Great Completion, enduring a painful transformation that dramatically increased his attributes. He left the chapter at the human limits of cultivation, sensing a barrier before the Clairvoyant Realm and considering Falcon Fist’s next advancement.

• Zhang Li sent Lu Ren home to recover and led the Security Administration team into the forest to investigate the Golden Skeleton.
• Lu Ren told Zhang Li that the being’s name was Ksitigarbha, and she agreed to report the discovery and handle it gently if it posed no threat.
• Lu Ren reviewed his rewards from the shattered Bao Guang Secret Realm and spent all three Skill Points to advance Falcon Fist.
• Lu Ren endured a three-hour transformation as Falcon Fist reached Great Completion, greatly increasing his Spirit, Constitution, Strength, and Agility.
• Lu Ren assigned his five attribute points to Spirit and sensed a barrier at the human limit, concluding that further progress toward the Clairvoyant Realm would require advancing his cultivation.

Lu Ren studied the gains from reaching Great Completion of Fist Law, then used Security Administration records to identify Xiang Zheng as the source of the money used to hire a killer. After testing his abilities and preparing himself, Lu Ren was ready to deal with Xiang Zheng.

• Lu Ren merged Basic Dagger Technique into Basic Swordsmanship and examined his powerful Status Panel and the abilities he had gained from Falcon Fist reaching Great Completion.
• Lu Ren called the Security Administration's Logistics Investigation Section and received records tracing the 500,000 payment to Xiang Zheng, owner of Jiayu Bar.
• Lu Ren recognized Jiayu Bar as a place he had visited with Luo Zixuan, Zhang Qingya, and Wang Gang, but held back from acting until he had tested his strength and prepared.
• Lu Ren trained, ate, and slept to recover before continuing his practice the next day; he found that Wild Goose Style felt light and that his Basic Swordsmanship proficiency rose quickly.
• Lu Ren relaxed by playing games, while strange reports about unusual creatures and figures continued spreading online.

Lu Ren visited Jiayu Bar after learning that traditional martial arts combat videos were spreading online. He spotted Xiang Zheng descending from the VIP floor and moved to confront him, while Xiang Zheng ordered his men to stop Lu Ren.

• Lu Ren read a forum post about martial arts videos and the authorities' efforts to promote traditional martial arts, then headed to Jiayu Bar after receiving a text.
• Lu Ren entered the renovated bar, unnerving the guards with his imposing physique, and ordered milk and burning noodles from the waitress.
• Lu Ren noticed Xiang Zheng coming downstairs with a group of men in black suits and strode through the crowd toward him.
• Xiang Zheng recognized Lu Ren, reacted with shock, and told his men to stop him, saying he would take responsibility.

Lu Ren attacked Xiang Zheng at the bar, subdued him, and tortured him for the name of the person behind the earlier attack. Xiang Zheng named Meng Xian, leaving Lu Ren to confront the woman who still held a grudge against him.

• Lu Ren knocked down five knife-wielding men who charged him at the bar.
• Lu Ren stopped Xiang Zheng from escaping, killed two armed men who drew pistols, and carried Xiang Zheng to a private room.
• Lu Ren drove the partygoers from the room and smashed Xiang Zheng onto a glass table.
• Lu Ren tortured Xiang Zheng until he revealed that Meng Xian had ordered the attack.
• Lu Ren remembered that Meng Xian still resented him for killing her son.

Lu Ren killed Xiang Zheng after the fight at Jiayu Bar, then went to Meng Xian’s villa to explain what had happened in the Silent Forest. He left Meng Xian with the truth that he had killed her son, while her restrained fury showed that the conflict between them was far from settled.

• Lu Ren left Xiang Zheng to die from a shard of glass and told He Li that Xiang Zheng had pulled a gun, leaving the Security Administration to handle the aftermath.
• A video of Lu Ren’s feats at Jiayu Bar spread online while he remained unaware of the attention.
• Lu Ren entered Meng Xian’s villa, restrained her when she attacked him with a knife, and learned that Uncle Luo was not home.
• Lu Ren reminded Meng Xian that he had been acquitted after repeated appeals failed, then explained how the four of them had entered the Silent Forest and how he killed the other three.
• Meng Xian appeared composed as she heard that Luo Zixuan had approached an evil altar and Lu Ren had killed him, but her clenched hands and bulging veins revealed her rage.

Lu Ren recounted the events in the Spatial Rift to Meng Xian, but four assassins ambushed him before he could answer her question about her son. Though badly cut while evading their first strike, Lu Ren seized a brief opening and launched an attack with Body and Mind Resonance and Qi Burst.

• Lu Ren told Meng Xian that he had come to resolve the matter and said he would send her to meet Luo Zixuan.
• Four sword-wielding assassins sprang from hiding and attacked Lu Ren from all sides.
• Lu Ren twisted his body to avoid their fatal strikes, but their swords cut his arms, chest, thighs, and back.
• Lu Ren kicked Meng Xian and her sofa into the air, disrupting two assassins long enough for him to charge the other two.
• Lu Ren entered his Falcon Fist stance, activated Body and Mind Resonance and Qi Burst, and confronted the two swordsmen with Divine Shock.

Lu Ren killed the four swordsmen who ambushed him and then killed Meng Xian, though he suffered severe injuries in the fight. After Chen Lan arranged for him to be taken to the Security Administration Logistics Medical Hospital, a doctor was stunned by Lu Ren’s X-ray results.

• Lu Ren used Bone-Dislocating Body Shrink and Burning Lamp Freedom Meditation to survive the four swordsmen’s ambush, killing all four in a few seconds.
• Lu Ren told Meng Xian that she would cause him trouble if she lived, then crushed her neck and killed her.
• Lu Ren called Chen Lan, dressed his wounds, and waited at Meng Xian’s villa for the Security Administration team to arrive.
• Chen Lan found Lu Ren among the bloodied bodies and arranged for him to be taken to the Security Administration Logistics Medical Hospital.
• A doctor examined Lu Ren’s X-ray images and reacted with disbelief as Lu Ren walked out of the examination room.

Lu Ren recovered from his shattered bones while deciding how to respond to the attack linked to Meng Xian, and Zhang Li told him that Ksitigarbha wanted to see him. After three days of recovery and meditation, Lu Ren went with Xiao Chen to the Martial Arts Research Institute, where he noticed a Martial Daoist showing signs of the Blood Qi path.

• Lu Ren explained that he had used his muscles to hold his broken bones in place, and the doctor was astonished by his condition.
• Zhang Li explained that Lu Ren could treat the attack as a martial world vendetta or let the Security Administration pursue it through legal procedures; Lu Ren said he would decide after recovering.
• Zhang Li told Lu Ren that Ksitigarbha had specifically asked to see him, and Lu Ren requested three days for his bones to reconnect.
• Lu Ren practiced Burning Lamp Freedom Meditation during his recovery and found that his spiritual proficiency and bodily control continued to improve.
• After three days, Lu Ren's bones had initially reconnected, and Xiao Chen took him to the Martial Arts Research Institute to meet Ksitigarbha.
• At the institute, Lu Ren watched first-rate Martial Daoists demonstrate techniques and noticed that one of them showed traces of the Blood Qi Martial Dao path.

Lu Ren witnessed Ksitigarbha’s final conversation with Subhuti before Ksitigarbha entered nirvana and crumbled into dust. Afterward, Lu Ren returned to training, demonstrating impressive Gun Arts that made the firearms instructor wish more Martial Daoists would learn to use guns.

• Xiao Chen told Lu Ren that the Blood Qi Martial Dao could not advance in this world because humans lacked the necessary innate organ, though some Clairvoyant Martial Daoists could theoretically evolve one.
• Ksitigarbha told Lu Ren and the assembled witnesses that he intended to die, and Lu Ren released the seal on Subhuti’s five senses so he could witness their final exchange.
• Ksitigarbha and Subhuti discussed their divergent paths and beliefs until Ksitigarbha’s spiritual flame went out; his bones then crumbled into dust.
• A middle-aged man blamed Lu Ren for Ksitigarbha’s death, but left after Lu Ren gave him a threatening look; Lu Ren then resealed Subhuti’s senses.
• Lu Ren practiced Gun Arts for two hours, hitting every stationary target within fifty meters and more than eighty-five percent of moving targets, impressing the firearms instructor.

At a Security Administration combat class, Lu Ren sought a spar with Li Changming, the legendary Southern Garrison and a Clairvoyant Realm Martial Daoist, hoping to sharpen his Fist Law. Li Changming accepted after sensing something unusual about Lu Ren, and the chapter ended as Lu Ren prepared to fight without holding back.

• Li Changming taught that a Limit Breaker used the mind to guide the body and overcome human limits.
• After recovering from his injuries, Lu Ren attended Li Changming’s class but found the lesson familiar because his system had already shown him the principles of Fist Law.
• Lu Ren asked Li Changming about body-and-mind resonance to prompt an exchange of moves, and Li Changming noticed something surprising about him.
• Li Changming invited Lu Ren onto the platform, where he explained that the essence of Fist Law lay in technique rather than strength or speed.
• Lu Ren weighed the risk of revealing his abilities, decided to face the spar head-on, and moved to attack.

Lu Ren unleashed Mind-Intent Burst and struck Li Changming with Falcon Wing Strike, but Li Changming stopped the attack with a visible shield formed by vibrating his body. After Li Changming left, the Security Administration martial artists regarded Lu Ren with new respect.

• Lu Ren expanded his physique with Mind-Intent Burst, astonishing Li Changming and the gathered martial artists.
• Chen Daoli wondered how Lu Ren had advanced so quickly, then reconsidered his resentment and gained new insight into fist arts.
• Lu Ren used Falcon Wing Strike against Li Changming, whose vibrating muscles and tendons formed an air shield that absorbed the attack.
• Li Changming explained Enlightened Awareness and left after Lu Ren described his understanding of the state.
• The martial artists' attitudes toward Lu Ren changed, and Pei Lin forced a smile when he looked her way.

Lu Ren accepted a mission from Zhang Li and chose to settle the vendetta against the Hidden Kill Swordsmanship School himself. He broke into Yang Zan’s villa to assassinate him, but Yang Zan dodged the first strike and attacked with a thrown sofa.

• Lu Ren told Zhang Li that he would handle the matter himself, and she gave him three days to finish before beginning his mission.
• Lu Ren prepared his swords and armored combat uniform, then went to the Hidden Kill Swordsmanship School’s stronghold in Taitian Villa District.
• Yang Zan discussed plans to leave the country with He Ling and mentioned a grand gift prepared for Lu Ren.
• Lu Ren burst through Yang Zan’s window and thrust his sword at him, sending He Ling crashing into a glass table as Yang Zan dodged and hurled a sofa at Lu Ren.

Lu Ren killed four senior figures of Hidden Kill Swordsmanship in retaliation for their assassination attempt, then encountered Yan Zhenghua, who warned him against pursuing Peng Di. Yan Zhenghua revealed that he knew Lu Ren had achieved Great Completion of Fist Law, and Lu Ren compared his achievement with two other young martial artists.

• Lu Ren killed Yang Zan and He Ling after confirming their identities, then killed two more Martial Daoists from Hidden Kill Swordsmanship, bringing his tally to four.
• After killing a balding middle-aged man in a nightclub suite, Lu Ren received a Basic Swordsmanship proficiency increase and left the scene.
• Yan Zhenghua confronted Lu Ren and asked who he planned to target next; Lu Ren named Peng Di, one of Hidden Kill Swordsmanship's senior figures.
• Yan Zhenghua warned that Peng Di was dangerous and that Hidden Kill Swordsmanship could surround Lu Ren, while Lu Ren insisted he was settling a personal vendetta.
• Yan Zhenghua acknowledged that Lu Ren had achieved Great Completion of Fist Law, and Lu Ren cited Zhuo Shou and Li Kan as other young martial artists who had reached that level.

Lu Ren infiltrated Zeng Li’s villa to confront the people involved in moving funds overseas. After the guards discovered his entry and raised the alarm, he burst through the study door, where Zeng Li and Peng Di were waiting.

• Yan Zhenghua told Lu Ren that he had come as a Security Administration outside consultant to warn him not to go too far, and Lu Ren continued on his way.
• At three in the morning, Zeng Li complained that he could not reach Zhang Qingzhong or Yang Zan while discussing their planned transfer of domestic funds overseas with Peng Di.
• Lu Ren watched the villa from a nearby hill, studied its security patrols and cameras, then scaled the wall and entered through a window.
• Two bodyguards found a deep footprint on the lawn, realized an expert had infiltrated the villa, and raised the alarm.
• Lu Ren burst through the third-floor study door as the alarm sounded, charging toward Zeng Li and Peng Di.

Lu Ren stormed Peng Di’s study and killed the aging Great Completion of Fist Law practitioner in a fight that lasted less than four seconds. As armed bodyguards rushed in, Lu Ren took Zeng Li hostage and threatened to kill him if they advanced.

• Lu Ren charged into Peng Di’s study, where Peng Di and Zeng Li recognized him despite believing he had been gravely injured.
• Peng Di drew an Eight-Sided Han Sword and tried to stall until the Hidden Kill Swordsmanship school’s disciples arrived.
• Lu Ren used Mind-to-Mind Imprinting Technique to disrupt Peng Di’s body-and-sword resonance, then overwhelmed him with a reckless twin-sword assault.
• Lu Ren knocked Peng Di’s Han sword away and hurled the Longquan Sword through Peng Di’s heart, killing him in under four seconds.
• As armed bodyguards entered the study, Lu Ren seized Zeng Li and held the Han sword to his neck, warning them not to move.

Lu Ren escaped the villa after paralyzing Zeng Li, leaving the armed bodyguards behind as he fled. Exhausted but safe, he took a rideshare and was recognized by the driver as a Martial Daoist.

• Lu Ren used Zeng Li as a shield, then leaped from the third floor and left him with shattered legs and permanent paralysis.
• Lu Ren escaped over the villa wall while the bodyguards rushed to help Zeng Li.
• Lu Ren switched off his action recorder and expected the Hidden Kill Swordsmanship school to face a purge over its armed men.
• After taking a High-Concentrate Nutrient Pill, Lu Ren called a rideshare and rode away with the Han sword across his lap.
• The driver guessed that Lu Ren was a Martial Daoist because of his build, fitted clothes, and sword.

After Lu Ren’s attack crippled the Hidden Kill Swordsmanship School and injured Zeng Li, the martial arts world learned of his strength. Huang Jixuan challenged Lu Ren to a duel to the death with weapons, and Lu Ren accepted before leaving for the match a week later.

• Lu Ren advised his young driver to train at the Shu Capital Martial Arts Association and reflected on how the system had helped him endure martial arts practice.
• News spread that Lu Ren had killed several top Martial Daoists, beheaded Peng Di, and left Zeng Li severely injured, making Lu Ren feared across Shu Capital’s martial arts world.
• Zhang Li told Lu Ren that Huang Jixuan had sent a challenge letter calling for a weapons battle to determine victory and death.
• Lu Ren accepted Huang Jixuan’s challenge, wanting the battle to raise his skill proficiency.
• After a silent week, Lu Ren left home carrying Wild Goose Style and a Han sword to face Huang Jixuan.

Lu Ren set out to fight and kill, while a crowd gathered at Hidden Chant Club to witness a deadly martial-world vendetta. The chapter ended with Huang Jixuan mourning at the club as Lei Wenfeng watched, curious about the person who had killed Tie Feng.

• Lu Ren told Li Shu that he was going to fight and kill someone, then left with his sword.
• Cheng Tianle, Cheng Qin, and Uncle Tan arrived at Hidden Chant Club, where mourning decorations and a large gathering revealed that the fight would end in death.
• Uncle Tan explained that Martial Daoists built powerful physiques through training and identified the gathered fighters as practitioners from different schools.
• The crowd saw Huang Jixuan kneeling before a memorial tablet with his sword across his lap.
• Lei Wenfeng watched Huang Jixuan and wondered what kind of fighter had killed Tie Feng.

Lu Ren arrived at the Hidden Kill Swordsmanship School’s mourning hall to face Huang Jixuan in a fight to the death over Peng Di’s death. Huang prepared an empty coffin and drew his sword, while Lu Ren accepted the challenge with confidence.

• Lei Li and Zhang Li discussed the Security Administration’s response to the challenge and the investigation into Qianyin Group’s overseas fund transfers.
• Lu Ren arrived at the mourning hall, where Hidden Kill Swordsmanship disciples glared at him and the gathered martial arts schools watched for a confrontation.
• Lu Ren noticed Zeng Li’s bruised hands and inferred that someone else had taken the blame for him.
• Huang Jixuan explained his conflict with his master Peng Di and declared that only one of him or Lu Ren would leave alive.
• Huang opened an empty coffin, drew his sword, and challenged Lu Ren to decide who would die.
• Lu Ren accepted, telling Huang to see what posture he would take when he fell into the coffin.

Lu Ren faced Huang Jixuan of Hidden Kill Swordsmanship in a deadly sword duel and discovered that Huang’s unfocused state concealed an uncanny assassination technique. Huang’s surprise attack struck the alloy plate beneath Lu Ren’s uniform, leaving him unharmed but the fight unresolved.

• Lu Ren and Huang Jixuan introduced themselves and watched for an opening in the silent mourning hall.
• Lu Ren noticed Huang’s scattered gaze and realized Hidden Kill Swordsmanship could conceal its practitioners’ intent.
• Huang rushed Lu Ren with a flurry of sword strikes, but Lu Ren deflected his attack and thrust back.
• Huang evaded Lu Ren’s sword, switched his weapon between hands in midair, and gained enough distance to counterattack.
• Lu Ren retreated as Huang’s sword pierced his uniform, and the blade struck the protective alloy plate over his heart.