Chapter Summaries

Zhou Chen took Zhao Tianhong’s place against Liu Ao and revealed strength that stunned the martial arts hall disciples. After Zhou Chen shattered Liu Ao’s sword, Liu Ao prepared a blood-sword technique, and Zhou Chen challenged Ba Yong to join the fight.

• Zhou Chen stepped in to replace the injured Zhao Tianhong, startling the gathered disciples with his cultivation and physical strength.
• Liu Ao attacked Zhou Chen with his sword, but Zhou Chen’s golden body and perfected movement technique let him withstand the blows.
• Liu Ao unleashed Wind Rises, and Zhou Chen answered with Black Tortoise Aspect-Blood Bull Shakes the Mountain, shattering Liu Ao’s longsword and blocking his sword force.
• Liu Ao spat blood and transformed his right arm into a blood sword, while Zhou Chen challenged Ba Yong to fight alongside him.

Zhou Chen challenged Liu Ao and Ba Yong, then fought them using his Golden Seal Indestructible Body without activating the Crimson Baleful Transformation. After trading blows with Ba Yong and gaining the upper hand in strength and technique, he faced their renewed joint attack as Master Zheng admitted he did not know whether Zhou Chen could withstand it.

• Zhou Chen told Liu Ao he was not good enough and chose to test his strength without using the Crimson Baleful Transformation.
• Ba Yong and Liu Ao attacked Zhou Chen together, but Zhou Chen deflected Liu Ao and sent him tumbling away before bracing against Ba Yong's punch.
• Zhou Chen and Ba Yong exchanged more than a dozen blows, with their defenses neutralizing each other's attacks.
• Zhou Chen struck Ba Yong hard enough to make him retreat, and Ba Yong realized Zhou Chen had the advantage in strength and technique.
• Liu Ao rejoined Ba Yong and urged him to attack Zhou Chen together without leaving an opening.
• As Liu Ao and Ba Yong charged from opposite sides, Mei Yuning asked Master Zheng whether Zhou Chen could withstand them, and Master Zheng replied that he did not know either.

Zhou Chen endured Liu Ao and Ba Yong’s coordinated assault, then revealed that he had broken through to Third-Rank Martial Artist and caught both attacks. He prepared to counterattack as the two opponents realized how greatly his strength had changed.

• Liu Ao and Ba Yong pressed Zhou Chen with a coordinated assault, making the onlookers fear he was in danger.
• Old Zheng prepared to intervene when their attacks threatened the front row, but Ye Lingtian signaled him to hold back.
• Zhou Chen emerged from the dust unharmed, gripping Ba Yong’s fist with one hand and Liu Ao’s arm sword with the other.
• Zhou Chen explained that the Mist Incense he had accumulated had provided enough proficiency to break through to Third-Rank Martial Artist Bone Tempering Realm.
• Zhou Chen crushed the bones in Liu Ao’s and Ba Yong’s arms and announced that he would now attack.

After Zhou Chen advanced to Third-Rank Martial Artist, he crippled Ba Yong and Liu Ao, but Zhang Qiyuan and Su Sheng attacked him in retaliation. Old Zheng revealed his terrifying power and true identity as Demon Bull Zheng Huatong, then stopped the two sect masters as they tried to flee.

• Zhou Chen used two powerful punches to cripple Ba Yong and Liu Ao, sending them crashing into buildings and rubble.
• Zhang Qiyuan and Su Sheng attacked Zhou Chen, but Old Zheng unleashed overwhelming blood vitality and knocked them away.
• Old Zheng transformed into a towering, muscular figure, and Zhang Qiyuan recognized him as Demon Bull Zheng Huatong.
• Zhang Qiyuan and Su Sheng apologized and tried to leave after learning Old Zheng's identity and hearing of the Ji Family's destruction.
• Old Zheng seized both men by the shoulders and demanded to know whether he had said they could leave.