Chapter Summaries

Key plot points and events

• Lu Shaolin agrees to travel to France to rescue Thunder God, who vanished while investigating a haunted church. Three French A-rank Superhumans have already died there, and France plans to bomb the church in three days.
• Ice Queen accompanies Lu as interpreter and fellow Superhuman. They bypass the planned diplomatic schedule and go straight to the church.
• At a military checkpoint, a French Superhuman attacks diplomat Xu Longquan during an argument. Lu intervenes, killing the leader and crippling two others, then orders the frightened French soldiers to stand down.
• Inside the church, Lu identifies Thunder God’s scent leading into a hole in the floor. Ice Queen searches the building while Lu descends alone.
• In an underground cavern, Lu finds Thunder God trapped in a wall and confronts a black-robed S-rank earth-type Superhuman, who has sealed the exit and advocates ruling ordinary people. Lu kills him with a powerful strike through the ground and approaches Thunder God.

Character developments and interactions

• Lu Shaolin acts decisively and confidently, dismissing delays and obstacles. His explosive temper and overwhelming strength are on full display, though he remains focused on rescuing Thunder God.
• Ice Queen serves as Lu’s interpreter and capable partner. She remains composed during the violence, activates her ice armor, and follows his instructions.
• Meng Jianguo expresses deep gratitude and trust in Lu, assigning Ice Queen to support him.
• Xu Longquan tries to manage the French authorities but is overpowered by their leader; Lu rescues him and sends him back to safety.
• Thunder God, weakened and trapped, warns Lu to flee, revealing that the enemy is an S-rank earth-type Superhuman with an advantage in his underground domain. He is stunned when Lu defeats the enemy almost immediately.
• The black-robed Superhuman’s supremacist ideology contrasts with Thunder God’s choice to serve and protect others.

Significant themes

• Power and responsibility: The villain sees ability users as gods entitled to rule; Thunder God represents service rather than domination.
• Action over bureaucracy: Lu prioritizes an urgent rescue over schedules, permissions, and diplomatic protocol.
• Confidence and overwhelming force: Lu’s forceful approach quickly dismantles both human opposition and the supernatural threat, though his violence raises the stakes of the mission.

Chapter Summary: “Lend Him a Hand”

Key Plot Points and Events

• Lu Shaolin frees the weakened Thunder God from the stone prison after defeating the black-robed attacker, who had buried himself using his superhuman ability.
• Lu Shaolin gives Thunder God a spirit fruit, instantly restoring his physical strength and superhuman power.
• Thunder God explains that the black-robed man attacked him while he was destroying a separate sinister entity; the two threats were unrelated.
• Lu Shaolin, Thunder God, and Ice Queen regroup in the church. Lu Shaolin contacts Meng Jianguo to report that Thunder God has been rescued.
• Before leaving, Lu Shaolin destroys the entire church with his Mountain-Splitting Eight Extremes Fist, joking that he is helping France avoid wasting bombs.
• The group commandeers a French military off-road vehicle and returns toward the Dragon Nation embassy. Along the way, they meet a middle-aged Dragon Nation couple searching for their missing daughter and offer them a ride.
• At the embassy, Xu Longquan welcomes Lu Shaolin and Thunder God. The couple is taken inside so embassy staff can record their situation.
• The couple explains that their daughter has been missing for three days and may have been kidnapped by one of France’s criminal organizations. Xu Longquan believes the case may never be solved because of the influence and protection surrounding these groups.
• Moved by the mother’s desperation, Lu Shaolin agrees to investigate. He takes the daughter’s photograph and bracelet, memorizes her scent, and promises to bring back news within two days.
• Before Lu Shaolin can contact the French police, Xu Longquan informs him that France’s Foreign Minister is coming to visit. Lu Shaolin decides to ask the minister directly for information about the girl’s disappearance and the criminal organizations.
• The chapter ends when the Foreign Minister arrives and apologizes for the earlier conflict between French ability users and Lu Shaolin.

Character Developments

• Lu Shaolin continues to demonstrate overwhelming strength, casually destroying the church and intimidating the French soldiers. However, he also shows compassion by helping the missing girl’s parents without demanding payment or reward.
• He becomes more proactive in assisting ordinary people, choosing to investigate the disappearance because he refuses to let a family be destroyed.
• Thunder God recovers completely after eating the spirit fruit. His gratitude and trust toward Lu Shaolin deepen, and he resumes his humorous, approachable personality.
• Ice Queen remains quiet and efficient but displays a rare smile when Lu Shaolin mocks the frightened French soldiers.
• Xu Longquan is relieved and delighted by Thunder God’s return. He treats Lu Shaolin with great respect and works to provide logistical support, including arranging transportation home.
• The missing girl’s parents shift from helpless desperation to cautious hope after Lu Shaolin agrees to help them.
• The French Foreign Minister attempts to ease tensions by acknowledging the previous misunderstanding and showing respect toward Lu Shaolin.

Significant Themes

• Power paired with responsibility: Lu Shaolin’s immense strength is not used only for combat; he also uses it to protect vulnerable people.
• Compassion amid political conflict: Despite tensions between Dragon Nation and France, Lu Shaolin helps ordinary French soldiers and Dragon Nation civilians alike.
• Institutional corruption and helplessness: The discussion of France’s illegal organizations highlights how criminal groups may operate with political protection, leaving victims without justice.
• Loyalty and cooperation: Lu Shaolin, Thunder God, Ice Queen, and Xu Longquan work together smoothly, combining combat ability, intelligence, and diplomatic resources.
• Hope in desperate circumstances: The parents’ plea and Lu Shaolin’s promise provide a renewed possibility of finding their daughter.

Character Interactions

• Lu Shaolin rescues and treats Thunder God, creating a moment of trust and light humor over the spirit fruit.
• Thunder God and Ice Queen silently follow Lu Shaolin’s lead, showing their confidence in his judgment.
• Lu Shaolin intimidates the French soldiers into surrendering their vehicle but still speaks to them with playful irreverence.
• He and Thunder God reassure the frightened Dragon Nation couple during the drive to the embassy.
• Xu Longquan warmly welcomes Thunder God and coordinates care for the couple.
• The parents plead directly with Lu Shaolin, and his decision to help transforms their despair into hope.
• The Foreign Minister’s arrival establishes a new diplomatic interaction, likely connecting Lu Shaolin’s personal investigation with France’s official resources.

Chapter Summary: “All Killed”

Key Plot Points and Events

• Lu Shaolin meets with French Minister Marcel at the embassy and dismisses the earlier conflict as resolved.
• He confronts Marcel about the disappearance of a female friend in France, presenting her photograph and demanding answers.
• Fearing Lu Shaolin’s reputation as an SSS-rank threat, Marcel promises an immediate investigation. Lu instead demands information on every criminal organization in the capital that might be involved in kidnapping girls.
• Marcel provides records on four prostitution rings that abduct girls, drug them, and force them to work. He also offers the assistance of France’s elite Gendarmerie Special Operations Unit.
• Lu learns that the police have not dismantled the organizations because the available information cannot be used as admissible evidence and because the criminal leaders have connections to powerful officials.
• The four special-forces teams simultaneously raid the organizations under Lu’s command. In only three minutes, they eliminate the criminals and capture their leaders.
• Interrogation reveals that none of the four groups abducted Lu’s friend or even knows her.
• Frustrated, Lu orders the police to investigate where the girl was last seen. When asked what to do with the captured criminals, he coldly orders that they all be killed.
• Feren relays the command: every criminal is to be executed.

Character Developments

• Lu Shaolin: Displays immense authority, confidence, and ruthlessness. He moves effortlessly from diplomacy to issuing military orders and shows no concern for legal procedures or evidence. His priority is finding his missing friend, and his frustration leads him to authorize the prisoners’ deaths despite the failed search.
• Minister Marcel: Initially nervous and deferential because of Lu’s reputation. He goes to extraordinary lengths to satisfy Lu, deploying elite forces and attempting to present the operation as a success. His confidence collapses when the raids produce no useful information.
• Ice Queen: Continues serving as Lu’s translator and close companion, ensuring communication between him and the French officials.
• Feren and the special forces: Treat Lu as the unquestioned commander of the mission and carry out his orders without hesitation.
• Xu Longquan: Is impressed and surprised by the scale of Marcel’s response, particularly the deployment of France’s elite special forces.

Significant Themes

• Power above the law: Lu’s status allows him to bypass normal legal standards. He openly rejects the need for evidence, while Marcel and the military obey him because of his overwhelming influence.
• Fear and political submission: French officials are motivated less by justice than by fear of offending Lu and the consequences of failing him.
• Brutality and moral ambiguity: The chapter presents the violent destruction of criminal groups as decisive justice, but Lu’s order to kill prisoners highlights the danger of unchecked vengeance.
• Ineffective institutions and corruption: Authorities know about the prostitution rings but have not acted effectively because of evidentiary limitations and political ties between criminals and officials.
• Determination to rescue the missing girl: Lu’s actions are driven by loyalty and urgency, though his pursuit becomes increasingly merciless.

Character Interactions

• Lu and Ice Queen communicate through translation, with Ice Queen conveying both his demands and Marcel’s responses.
• Lu pressures Marcel into taking responsibility for the investigation, while Marcel repeatedly reassures and flatters him.
• Marcel introduces Lu to the military officers and explicitly places Lu in command.
• Lu gives the order to begin the raids, and the special-forces teams report to him through the command vehicle.
• After the raids fail to locate the girl, Feren asks about the prisoners, prompting Lu’s final order that all of them be killed.

Chapter Summary: “When Arrogance Brings Disaster”

Key Plot Points and Events

• Marcel informs Lu Shaolin that surveillance footage shows Sun Wan’er leaving a bus with a French student named Benam, disproving the initial assumption that she had been taken by an organized criminal group.
• Both Sun Wan’er and Benam’s phones are turned off, but authorities begin using base-station positioning to locate them. Lu Shaolin decides to investigate the bus stop personally rather than rely solely on the tracking technology.
• Lu Shaolin, Ice Queen, and Marcel travel by helicopter to the suburban bus stop. Using the Spirit Nose Technique, Lu detects Sun Wan’er’s lingering scent, which leads back toward the city.
• Before they can pursue the trail, Marcel receives word that both Sun Wan’er and Benam have been found at a police station. Sun Wan’er is safe, and her parents have arrived.
• At the police station, Lu learns that Benam is only nineteen and therefore considered a minor under French law. Although he coerced Sun Wan’er, he is to receive community education rather than a criminal conviction.
• Benam insults Sun Wan’er’s father, boasts that he intended to assault and kill Sun Wan’er, and threatens her family with a throat-slitting gesture.
• Enraged by Benam’s arrogance and threats, Lu Shaolin kills him instantly by crushing his skull, then leaves Marcel to deal with the consequences.

Character Developments

• Lu Shaolin: Demonstrates determination by personally following Sun Wan’er’s trail and refusing to waste time. His protective instincts and violent sense of justice become clear when he reacts decisively to Benam’s threats. He also displays his characteristic confidence and disregard for legal or diplomatic consequences.
• Marcel: Initially reveals his mistake in assuming Sun Wan’er was kidnapped by criminals. He is relieved when she is found but becomes responsible for managing the aftermath of Lu’s public execution.
• Ice Queen: Continues serving as Lu’s trusted companion and interpreter, accurately translating Benam’s vulgar threats and helping expose the seriousness of his behavior.
• Sun Wan’er: Is revealed to be alive and unharmed, though the chapter implies that Benam coerced and endangered her.
• Benam: His arrogance, cruelty, and belief that his minor status protects him lead directly to his death.

Significant Themes

• Arrogance leading to destruction: Benam’s contemptuous attitude and threats provoke Lu Shaolin into killing him, reinforcing the chapter’s central warning that excessive pride can bring disaster.
• Justice versus law: French law limits Benam’s punishment because of his age, while Lu imposes his own immediate and brutal form of justice.
• Protection and loyalty: Lu’s urgent search for Sun Wan’er and violent response to her abuser emphasize his willingness to protect those under his care.
• Cultural and legal differences: The characters confront the contrast between French juvenile law and Lu Shaolin’s personal code of punishment.
• Consequences of underestimating others: Marcel’s initial assumptions delay the investigation, while Benam’s confidence that he is untouchable causes him to underestimate Lu.

Character Interactions

• Marcel updates Lu and admits the authorities’ earlier investigative oversight.
• Lu directs Marcel’s actions and insists on personally checking the bus stop.
• Lu and Ice Queen work together during the search, while Marcel coordinates with French authorities.
• Sun Wan’er’s parents reunite with her emotionally at the station and confront Benam.
• Benam taunts Sun Wan’er’s father, prompting Ice Queen to translate his threats for Lu.
• Lu responds to Benam’s provocation by killing him, then casually assigns Marcel responsibility for cleaning up the incident.

Plot points and events

• Lu Shaolin leaves France after the embassy incident, arranging for Sun Wan’er and her family to return home separately. He thanks Minister Marcel, who offers him his contact information.
• On the morning of departure, Ice Queen reports that Sun Wan’er may have recently awakened as a superpower user, though she cannot yet control her abilities. Lu Shaolin tells her to pass the information to the minister.
• Lu Shaolin, Ice Queen, and Thunder God board a plane for Dragon Nation. While Lu sleeps, the Federation’s Joint Operations Command begins a secret mission called “God-Slaying Operation,” intending to kill him with a missile because they consider him too powerful and uncontrollable.
• Over the ocean, Lu senses danger and immediately escapes the aircraft with Ice Queen and Thunder God. Moments later, a missile strikes the plane, destroying it in a massive explosion.

Character developments

• Lu Shaolin remains calm and decisive: he plans to learn Thunder Body Refinement after returning home, but his danger sense proves more urgent when he acts instantly to save his companions.
• Ice Queen shows perceptiveness by detecting signs of power in Sun Wan’er, and follows Lu’s lead during the escape.
• Thunder God is caught off guard by Lu’s sudden move but is ordered to activate his defensive abilities.
• Sun Wan’er is identified as a likely newly awakened superpower user, establishing her potential importance.
• The Federation’s white-haired marshal is revealed as ruthless and determined to eliminate Lu Shaolin in the name of national security and control.

Significant themes

• Power and control: The Federation sees extraordinary power outside its authority as an intolerable threat.
• Instinct and survival: Lu’s martial-artist intuition detects the attack before the missile strikes.
• Emerging abilities: Sun Wan’er’s suspected awakening hints at new superpowered characters and developments.

Character interactions

• Lu reassures Sun Wan’er’s family that they will be escorted home, then exchanges courteous farewells with Marcel and Xu Longquan.
• Ice Queen shares her suspicions about Sun Wan’er with Lu; he delegates the matter to the minister rather than taking responsibility for recruitment.
• During the attack, Lu takes Ice Queen and Thunder God with him as he escapes the plane, instructing them to use their defensive powers.

Chapter Summary: “Plan Canceled”

Key Plot Points and Events

• A nuclear bomb is detonated against Lu Shaolin, Ice Queen, and Thunder God. The resulting explosion sends them tumbling toward the sea.
• Lu Shaolin protects his companions and uses Heaven-Treading Step to stabilize their fall and reduce the impact. He then leads them underwater and away from the nuclear radiation.
• The Joint Operations Command declares Plan A a failure and begins Plan B, intending to strike Lu Shaolin again after he stops on an island.
• Lu Shaolin realizes the attack was deliberate and that Ice Queen and Thunder God are vulnerable to radiation. He evacuates them beyond the danger zone and leaves them on a small island with food and water.
• Rather than wait for rescue, Lu Shaolin continues running across the ocean at tremendous speed. His movement makes a second strike impossible.
• The white-haired general overseeing the operation cancels Plan B, orders all submarines and aircraft to withdraw, and commands that all evidence of Operation “Godslayer” be destroyed.
• Meng Jianguo contacts Lu Shaolin and offers submarine assistance. Lu refuses, choosing to return by land and investigate which country ordered the attack.
• Lu learns that he has reached the Netherlands and decides to travel through Europe toward Dragon Nation. He stops in Amsterdam, enters a pizza shop, and orders ten pizzas.
• While eating, Lu notices a Dragon Nation woman outside urgently shouting for help and pounding on the shop window, setting up the next conflict.

Character Developments

• Lu Shaolin: Demonstrates immense physical ability, endurance, and tactical awareness. He survives a nuclear blast, protects his allies, and recognizes that his continued movement is the best defense against another attack. His attitude becomes increasingly grim and vengeful as he vows to uncover the attacker.
• Ice Queen and Thunder God: Their reliance on Lu Shaolin becomes clear, especially because they may not withstand nuclear radiation. They obey his decision to leave them behind temporarily, showing trust in his judgment.
• White-haired general: Becomes discouraged as every assumption about Lu Shaolin’s capabilities proves wrong. His failure leads him to abandon the operation and destroy its records.
• Meng Jianguo: Acts as a supportive government contact, offering covert extraction and promising a thorough investigation.
• Pizza-shop waitress: Shows immediate interest in Lu Shaolin, flirting with him and giving him her contact information.
• Unidentified Dragon Nation woman: Appears distressed and calls for help, creating a sudden mystery and likely drawing Lu Shaolin into another confrontation.

Significant Themes

• The limits of military power: Even a nuclear weapon fails to stop Lu Shaolin, highlighting the gap between conventional forces and his extraordinary abilities.
• Adaptability and strategy: Lu Shaolin survives not through strength alone, but by quickly assessing danger, protecting his companions, and remaining constantly mobile.
• Betrayal and retaliation: The unprovoked nuclear attack intensifies Lu Shaolin’s anger and determination to identify those responsible.
• Isolation versus responsibility: Although Lu Shaolin recognizes that his allies may hinder him in combat, he still protects them and leaves them with supplies.
• Unexpected transitions: The chapter shifts from a high-level assassination attempt to an ordinary pizza shop encounter, suggesting that danger may appear in seemingly mundane situations.

Character Interactions

• Lu Shaolin physically supports Ice Queen and Thunder God during the explosion and evacuation.
• He argues that they should remain on the island while he travels alone, emphasizing that their presence would restrict his fighting ability.
• Thunder God attempts to contact their minister, while Lu Shaolin insists on moving away from the attack zone first.
• Meng Jianguo offers rescue and assistance, but Lu Shaolin refuses and asks him to investigate the attack.
• The waitress flirts with Lu Shaolin and discusses Amsterdam’s Red Light District, while Lu remains largely indifferent.
• The chapter ends when the distressed Dragon Nation woman appeals to Lu Shaolin for help from outside the pizza shop.

Chapter Summary: “Dragon Nation Embassy”

Key Plot Points and Events

• Lu Shaolin eats at a pizza shop in Amsterdam when a frightened young woman rushes in, pursued by two tattooed thugs.
• She claims she was trafficked, drugged, forced into prostitution, and had her passport destroyed. Seeking protection, she clings to Lu Shaolin.
• When the thugs attack, Lu Shaolin kills both instantly: he slaps one into a counter and kills the other by throwing a fork into his head.
• The terrified woman follows Lu Shaolin, refusing to wait for the police because she believes the criminals have powerful connections.
• Lu Shaolin takes her by taxi to the Dragon Nation Embassy, where he presents credentials identifying him as Major Lu of the 131st Special Forces Unit.
• Consul Tang Xiongwen welcomes him and explains that Amsterdam’s legal sex industry has enabled widespread foreign trafficking, while local authorities ignore it for financial reasons.
• The woman remains physically attached to Lu Shaolin and refuses help until he personally reassures her that he will not leave.
• Embassy staff take her to a bedroom to bathe, eat, and rest. Meanwhile, Lu Shaolin requests German and Kazakh currency for his planned journey through both countries.
• The embassy discovers through facial recognition that the woman is not a Dragon Nation citizen.
• In the bathroom, the woman secretly removes a small test tube and capsule hidden inside her body. She swallows the capsule, then opens the test tube near a ventilation opening, strongly implying she is carrying out a covert mission or releasing a dangerous substance.

Character Developments

• Lu Shaolin: Demonstrates overwhelming combat ability, decisiveness, and a willingness to kill threats without hesitation. Despite his violence, he shows compassion by protecting the woman and bringing her to a safe embassy rather than abandoning her. His military identity and international travel plans become clearer.
• The girl: Initially appears to be a helpless trafficking victim, visibly traumatized and dependent on Lu Shaolin for safety. Her secret actions reveal that this image may be deceptive; she is likely an agent, conspirator, or carrier of a biological or chemical threat.
• Tang Xiongwen: Establishes himself as a cooperative and hospitable embassy official. He is sympathetic toward trafficking victims and eager to support Lu Shaolin, but his confidence is challenged when staff report that the girl’s identity cannot be verified.
• Embassy staff: Act as protectors and caretakers, offering the woman food, clothing, and shelter, while also using security systems to investigate her identity.

Significant Themes

• Appearance versus reality: The girl presents herself as a vulnerable victim, but her concealed capsule and test tube suggest a hidden agenda.
• Protection and trust: Lu Shaolin becomes the girl’s sole source of reassurance, while the embassy represents institutional safety and national protection.
• Human trafficking and corruption: The chapter criticizes the exploitation of foreign women and the willingness of authorities to overlook abuse when money and industry profits are involved.
• Military power and moral action: Lu Shaolin’s lethal efficiency contrasts with his protective behavior, showing both his frightening strength and his sense of responsibility.
• Hidden international danger: The embassy setting, forged or uncertain identity, military credentials, and mysterious substance introduce espionage and possible biological-terrorism elements.

Important Character Interactions

• The girl deliberately seeks Lu Shaolin’s protection by embracing his leg and pleading for help.
• Lu Shaolin confronts and kills the two pursuers, establishing his dominance and saving her.
• He reassures her repeatedly, while she remains intensely dependent on him and refuses to separate from him.
• Tang Xiongwen welcomes Lu Shaolin, discusses the trafficking situation, and offers embassy assistance.
• The girl’s refusal to trust embassy staff contrasts with her immediate reliance on Lu Shaolin.
• The final bathroom scene overturns the apparent victim-rescuer dynamic, suggesting that the girl may be manipulating Lu Shaolin and the embassy for a larger, dangerous purpose.

Chapter Summary: “Hybrid Agent”

Key Plot Points and Events

• The girl secretly releases a VX-sarin hybrid poison in the Dragon Nation embassy by allowing a brown liquid to evaporate into the ventilation system.
• She protects herself with a gas mask and pretends to be unconscious or harmless.
• The poison quickly incapacitates Tang Xiongwen, the embassy soldiers, and other staff members.
• Lu Shaolin detects the poison and immediately uses Green Lotus Fruit to revive the victims. He moves through the building at great speed, breaks the windows, and clears the gas with powerful palm strikes.
• He discovers the girl wearing a gas mask, knocks her unconscious, and later interrogates her in the bathroom.
• The girl has taken poison to avoid revealing information. Lu Shaolin uses spirit fruit to neutralize it, but she refuses to speak despite threats and torture.
• Convinced that she will never cooperate, Lu Shaolin kills her by snapping her neck.
• Meanwhile, the Federation Central Intelligence Agency confirms that the agent—designated Number Four—has died. The operation commander orders all evidence destroyed.
• The intelligence agency realizes that even the VX-sarin hybrid agent could not kill Lu Shaolin, who has already survived physical attacks and nuclear radiation.
• Outside the embassy, Tang Xiongwen warns Lu Shaolin that he may be under satellite surveillance and advises him to travel at night and remain hidden.
• Lu Shaolin receives two suitcases containing two million in German and Kazakh currency, then leaves the embassy and disappears into the city.

Character Developments

• Lu Shaolin: Demonstrates extraordinary speed, strength, medical knowledge, and resistance to poison. He acts decisively and ruthlessly, prioritizing survival and efficiency over mercy. His awareness that the enemy can track him causes him to become more cautious about his movements.
• Tang Xiongwen: Shows intelligence and composure despite being poisoned. He quickly identifies the girl as the source of the attack and provides Lu Shaolin with practical advice about surveillance and escape.
• The girl/Number Four: Revealed to be a highly trained, committed agent willing to die rather than betray her organization. Her silence and suicide attempt emphasize her discipline and fanatic loyalty.
• Federation intelligence commander: Remains outwardly calm but is privately shaken by the failure of the assassination attempt, realizing that conventional weapons may no longer be effective against Lu Shaolin.

Significant Themes

• Escalation of threats: The enemy continually attempts more powerful methods of assassination, but Lu Shaolin survives each one, emphasizing his near-superhuman abilities.
• Loyalty and sacrifice: Number Four’s refusal to speak, even under torture, reflects the extreme loyalty demanded by espionage organizations.
• Survival versus morality: Lu Shaolin saves the poisoned victims but kills the agent without hesitation, showing the harsh and morally ambiguous world he inhabits.
• Human vulnerability and technological surveillance: Although Lu Shaolin can withstand poison and radiation, satellite monitoring represents a different kind of danger—one requiring strategy rather than strength.
• Fear and uncertainty: The intelligence agency’s reaction shows that Lu Shaolin has become an increasingly unpredictable and formidable threat.

Character Interactions

• Lu Shaolin rescues Tang Xiongwen and the soldiers, creating a bond of gratitude and respect between him and the consul.
• Tang Xiongwen seeks Lu Shaolin’s well-being and later advises him on avoiding surveillance.
• Lu Shaolin interrogates Number Four, but her silence and determination frustrate him; their exchange ends with her death rather than cooperation.
• Tang Xiongwen provides Lu Shaolin with the requested money and assists his departure, while Lu Shaolin leaves on friendly terms, suggesting they may meet again.

Chapter Summary: “Longjiang Dam”

Key Plot Points and Events

• After escaping pursuit, Lu Shaolin hides his suitcase in the System Space, takes a taxi to a hotel, and rests for one night.
• He then travels openly and rapidly through the wilderness toward Dragon Nation, deliberately abandoning his previous strategy of moving only at night.
• After crossing the border, he heads to the Qinghai Wetlands and summons Wentai, the enormous frog-like beast.
• Lu Shaolin gives Wentai a spirit fruit as compensation for making it wait, then rides it underwater through the Longjiang River to Longjiang Dam.
• At the dam, Lu Shaolin contacts Meng Jianguo, confirms that the power output room is complete, and requests that the Golden Page from Rakshasa Nation be delivered to him.
• Professor Wu escorts Lu Shaolin into the power output room and teaches him how to operate the electrical equipment.
• Lu Shaolin spends three days cultivating inside the room. He perfects Lightning Body Tempering and Lightning Roar Step, then fuses the latter with Heaven-Treading Step.
• The fusion produces the Sacred Grade martial skill Lightning Roar Skyflash Step.
• After emerging, Lu Shaolin learns that Meng Jianguo had repeatedly checked on him and that Sun Yang has delivered the requested item.
• Lu Shaolin meets Sun Yang, who is lounging in the dam’s guest area watching a livestream. Sun accidentally breaks his phone when Lu enters, then gives Lu a metal box containing the delivered item.

Character Developments

• Lu Shaolin: Becomes more confident and openly defiant after surviving the recent attacks. His cultivation advances significantly:
  • Lightning Body Tempering reaches the perfected ninth level.
  • His body becomes nearly as durable as an Innate Supreme Treasure.
  • He gains the ability to use the Thunder Spirit Eye.
  • A Thunder Core forms inside him, allowing him to store and release large amounts of lightning.
  • He obtains the powerful movement technique Lightning Roar Skyflash Step, though its Sky-Treading function remains unavailable.
• Wentai: Continues to act as Lu Shaolin’s loyal transport and companion. Its initial annoyance at being kept waiting disappears immediately after receiving a spirit fruit.
• Meng Jianguo: Demonstrates concern and responsibility by monitoring Lu Shaolin’s condition and repeatedly contacting Professor Wu during Lu’s three-day cultivation.
• Professor Wu: Serves as the technical guide for the dam’s power system and shows genuine concern when Lu Shaolin remains inside the power room for too long.
• Sun Yang: Is portrayed as careless and indulgent, spending his time watching a suggestive livestream while waiting for Lu. Despite his behavior, he successfully delivers the metal box.

Significant Themes

• Power through cultivation: The chapter centers on Lu Shaolin’s major advancement in physical strength, lightning control, and movement techniques.
• Risk and preparation: The power room at Longjiang Dam functions as a controlled environment where Lu can safely complete his breakthrough.
• Loyalty and cooperation: Lu relies on allies such as Wentai, Meng Jianguo, Professor Wu, and Sun Yang while preparing for future threats.
• Defiance against hidden enemies: Lu’s decision to travel openly reflects his refusal to remain intimidated by those who attacked him.
• Humor amid tension: Wentai’s wounded demeanor, Professor Wu’s anxious complaints, and Sun Yang’s embarrassing behavior add comic relief to an otherwise power-focused chapter.

Character Interactions

• Lu Shaolin reassures and rewards Wentai with a spirit fruit before riding it to the dam.
• He speaks with Meng Jianguo by phone about the completed power room, the Golden Page, and the ongoing investigation into his attackers.
• Professor Wu respectfully guides Lu through the dam and teaches him how to control the electrical output, later reprimanding him lightly for causing concern.
• Lu encounters Sun Yang in an awkward comedic scene, offers to replace his broken phone, and immediately asks for the metal box he was sent to retrieve.

Chapter Summary: Deep-Sea Rescue

Key Plot Points and Events

• Lu Shaolin opens the box and obtains the Golden Page containing the Sacred Grade Thunder Fury Blade Art, while Sun Yang’s attempt to learn the password is thwarted.
• Lu learns that the minister is still investigating which country attacked him, but the enemy has planted misleading clues. He decides to continue cultivating while awaiting evidence.
• Lu returns to the power output room, using immense electrical currents to charge his Thunder Core while studying the new martial art. Lightning begins flickering across his body.
• An emergency interrupts his cultivation: Sun Yang’s father, Sun Yun, and three foreign companions have disappeared aboard the Taike submersible at a depth of over 3,000 meters near Newfoundland.
• With limited oxygen remaining, no suitable rescue vessel available, and the submersible’s position still unknown, Sun Yang begs Lu to help.
• Lu agrees immediately, receives the submersible’s last known location, and travels there on Wentai, who has grown to fifty meters long and can swim at extraordinary speed.
• After arriving in the North Ocean, Lu finds rescue vessels and an aircraft still searching unsuccessfully. He and Wentai begin descending toward the deep sea.

Character Developments

• Lu Shaolin continues to prioritize cultivation and shows growing mastery over thunder-based powers, including the Thunder Core. He remains calm about the attack against him but intends to retaliate once the truth is uncovered.
• He also demonstrates loyalty and compassion by agreeing to rescue Sun Yang’s father despite the danger and urgency of the mission.
• Sun Yang is revealed to be deeply attached to his father. His usual carefree attitude disappears as he becomes anxious and desperate, openly relying on Lu.
• Wentai has undergone remarkable growth, reaching fifty meters in length, and functions as Lu’s powerful and reliable transportation.

Significant Themes

• Power and sacrifice: The Thunder Fury Blade Art requires surviving extreme electrical force, emphasizing that great strength demands exceptional physical endurance.
• Friendship and loyalty: Lu’s willingness to risk himself for Sun Yang reflects the importance of their developing friendship.
• Human limitations versus extraordinary ability: Conventional rescue technology cannot reach the stranded submersible, while Lu and Wentai offer a supernatural alternative.
• Preparation and urgency: Lu’s cultivation is interrupted by a crisis, forcing him to apply his developing abilities in a life-or-death situation.

Character Interactions

• Lu teases Sun Yang about learning the Thunder Fury Blade Art, explaining that he would need to withstand a million volts—far beyond Sun Yang’s capabilities.
• Sun Yang reports the failed investigation into Lu’s attackers and later pleads with him to save his father.
• Professor Wu helps coordinate Lu’s movements and alerts him to the emergency.
• Lu communicates directly with Wentai, summoning the giant creature and directing it toward the sea.
• The chapter ends with Lu and Wentai descending into the ocean, beginning the dangerous rescue mission.

Chapter Summary: “Welcome Home”

Key Plot Points and Events

• Lu Shaolin searches the deep ocean for a missing submersible, using his Thunder Spirit Eye to see through the darkness at a depth of four thousand meters.
• After hours of searching, he discovers a beam of light coming from a shipwreck and finds the submersible trapped between the wreckage and a reef.
• A massive, camouflaged octopus attacks Wentai, Lu Shaolin’s giant toad companion. Wentai battles it while Lu Shaolin investigates the submersible.
• Inside, Lu Shaolin finds five trapped survivors: three praying, one man desperately striking the cabin wall, and Sun Yun writing what appears to be a final message.
• The survivors initially panic upon seeing Lu Shaolin outside the submersible, believing he may be a supernatural being because he is unprotected at such a depth.
• Lu Shaolin communicates by flattening a piece of ore into a metal plate and writing a message. He explains that Sun Yun’s son, Sun Yang, sent him to rescue his father.
• Reassured, the survivors regain hope. Lu Shaolin instructs them to remain calm while he deals with the octopus.
• Wentai eventually injures the octopus by dragging it into the reef. The creature releases Wentai and flees using a cloud of black ink.
• Lu Shaolin pursues it with his newly enhanced Sacred Grade martial skill, Thunderous Skyflash Step, and kills it by piercing straight through its head.
• He reflects that the technique has tripled his speed, allowing him to travel three kilometers in an instant even without using its special effect, Flash.
• Lu Shaolin frees the submersible from the reef, and Wentai pulls it to the surface with its tongue.
• Rather than allowing France or the Federation to claim the rescue, Lu Shaolin takes the survivors directly to Dragon River Dam, ensuring Dragon Nation receives the credit.
• At the dam, he catches and sets down the ten-ton submersible, tears open the hatch, and greets the survivors with, “Everyone, welcome home!”

Character Developments

• Lu Shaolin demonstrates persistence by continuing his search despite the enormous area and near-impossible conditions. He also shows compassion and responsibility toward the trapped survivors.
• His communication with Sun Yun reveals tact and awareness: he recognizes the survivors’ fear and uses a written explanation to calm them rather than frightening them further.
• Lu Shaolin’s combat ability has advanced significantly through Thunderous Skyflash Step, whose speed enhancement gives him a decisive advantage against the giant octopus.
• Wentai displays strength, aggression, and adaptability. Though initially limited by its lack of natural weapons, it learns to use the reef strategically and ultimately helps transport the submersible.
• Sun Yun and the other survivors move from despair and fear to renewed hope after Lu Shaolin proves he has come to save them.

Significant Themes

• Hope in extreme circumstances: The survivors believe they have been abandoned in an underwater hell, but Lu Shaolin’s arrival restores their will to live.
• Rescue and homecoming: The chapter emphasizes the emotional importance of returning safely, culminating in Lu Shaolin’s welcoming words.
• Human ingenuity versus overwhelming nature: Lu Shaolin uses technology, written communication, martial skills, and Wentai’s strength to overcome the crushing pressure, darkness, and giant sea creature.
• National loyalty and recognition: Lu Shaolin deliberately brings the survivors to Dragon Nation so that his country, rather than foreign powers, receives credit for the rescue.
• Growth and preparedness: The battle reveals Wentai’s lack of effective weapons, while Lu Shaolin realizes he must eventually find or create one for it.

Character Interactions

• Lu Shaolin and Wentai: Lu Shaolin directs Wentai throughout the search and battle, while Wentai responds to his signals and protects the rescue operation.
• Lu Shaolin and the survivors: Their first contact is tense because the survivors mistake him for a supernatural entity. Written communication establishes trust, especially when Lu Shaolin identifies himself as Sun Yang’s colleague.
• Lu Shaolin and Sun Yun: Sun Yun’s emotional reaction shows the deep bond between father and son and confirms how meaningful Lu Shaolin’s rescue is.
• Lu Shaolin and the octopus: Their conflict highlights Lu Shaolin’s superior speed and combat power, ending with him killing the creature to protect Wentai and the submersible.
• Lu Shaolin’s final interaction with the survivors: By personally opening the submersible and welcoming them home, he transforms the rescue from a technical operation into an emotionally reassuring return to safety.

Chapter Summary: “The True Culprit Behind the Scenes”

Key Plot Points and Events

• Lu Shaolin and the other four survivors emerge from the submersible after being rescued from the deep sea. Blinded and weakened by the sunlight, they are taken to Dragon River Dam’s hospital by Professor Wu’s medical team.
• The survivors express their gratitude to Lu Shaolin, while Professor Wu admires his ability to complete the rescue in under eight hours—far faster than the Federation and French navies.
• Lu Shaolin withdraws to the dam’s power output room to cultivate. After three days, he fully charges the Thunder Core, though he gains only a limited understanding of the difficult Thunder Fury Blade Art.
• Minister Meng Jianguo meets Lu Shaolin and praises the rescue for greatly increasing Dragon Nation’s international prestige. The achievement is described as an unprecedented miracle that breaks several world records.
• Meng reveals that Dragon Nation’s intelligence points to the Federation as the likely force behind the attack on Lu Shaolin, although there is no direct evidence.
• Enraged, Lu Shaolin decides to retaliate personally. Meng warns him about the Nuclear Linkage Strategy and the Federation’s Dead Hand System, explaining that attacking the nation’s leadership could trigger a global nuclear exchange.
• Lu Shaolin claims he will only target those responsible and plans to prevent nuclear retaliation by taking control of the Federation’s president before the president can authorize a launch.
• Rejecting Meng’s request to let Dragon Nation handle the matter diplomatically, Lu Shaolin leaves immediately for the Federation.
• He travels across the sea on Wentai, reaches the Federation’s coastline near Walton City, and begins racing toward the city and its Presidential Palace.

Character Developments

• Lu Shaolin: Becomes increasingly confident, decisive, and vengeful. His successful rescue reinforces his overwhelming power, while the attack awakens a strong desire for personal justice. He also shows strategic awareness by intending to control the president rather than simply destroy the Federation.
• Professor Wu: Remains deeply respectful of Lu Shaolin and assists in coordinating the survivors’ medical treatment. He follows Lu Shaolin’s instructions to keep his role in the rescue secret.
• Meng Jianguo: Acts as a cautious representative of Dragon Nation. He celebrates Lu Shaolin’s achievement but becomes concerned about the international and nuclear consequences of his planned retaliation.
• The five survivors: Their gratitude toward Lu Shaolin highlights the human impact of his rescue and confirms their dependence on him.
• Wentai: Continues to serve as Lu Shaolin’s loyal and extremely fast aquatic companion, carrying him across the sea toward the Federation.

Significant Themes

• Power and responsibility: Lu Shaolin possesses enough power to threaten nations, but the chapter questions whether personal justice can be safely separated from global consequences.
• Revenge versus diplomacy: Meng advocates negotiation and national-level action, while Lu Shaolin insists on handling the matter himself.
• International prestige and hidden conflict: The public celebrates the rescue as a symbol of Dragon Nation’s strength, while secret aggression between nations threatens to escalate.
• Nuclear deterrence and global destruction: The Dead Hand System and Nuclear Linkage Strategy emphasize how one act of revenge could trigger worldwide catastrophe.
• The individual versus geopolitical systems: Lu Shaolin believes his personal abilities allow him to bypass conventional military and political structures, setting him against the rules governing nations.

Important Character Interactions

• Professor Wu respectfully welcomes Lu Shaolin and follows his instructions regarding the rescue and secrecy.
• The rescued survivors thank Lu Shaolin directly as they are carried away for treatment.
• Meng Jianguo praises Lu Shaolin’s achievement but warns him repeatedly against attacking the Federation.
• Lu Shaolin dismisses Meng’s concerns, promising a “peaceful” solution while revealing his plan to seize control of the Federation’s president.
• Lu Shaolin communicates nonverbally with Wentai, directing the creature across the sea toward Walton City and the Presidential Palace.

Chapter Summary

Key Plot Points and Events

• Lu Shaolin rapidly infiltrates the Presidential Palace using the “Flash” effect of Thunderous Skyflash Step, moving at an estimated six thousand meters per instant.
• He confronts Federation President Edmond, accusing the Federation of orchestrating two attacks against him: a nuclear strike and a poison-gas assault.
• Edmond denies responsibility and claims the Federation is loyal to Lu, but Lu refuses to accept his explanation. He threatens to destroy the Federation’s military bases and demands the names of those responsible.
• Palace guards and later a special-forces squad attempt to intervene. Lu effortlessly incapacitates all of them with lightning.
• Under pressure and facing Lu’s countdown, Edmond names himself, Defense Minister Simon, Marshal Gordon, and Intelligence Director Peter as the planners and commanders behind the attacks.
• Lu forces Edmond to sign a compensation agreement granting him Hawaii State, then kills Edmond by vaporizing him with lightning.
• Lu contacts Meng Jianguo for intelligence on the remaining officials’ locations. He learns that the vice president and the three named officials are gathered at the Pentagon.
• Lu immediately storms the Pentagon and confronts Vice President Delrin, Marshal Gordon, Defense Minister Simon, and Intelligence Director Peter.
• Gordon attempts to justify the attacks but is killed before finishing his speech. Lu then gives Simon and Peter one minute to speak, while warning Delrin to complete the transfer of Hawaii.
• When the minute expires, Lu kills Simon and Peter and demands that Delrin carry out the compensation agreement, threatening to remove him from office as well.

Character Developments

• Lu Shaolin becomes increasingly ruthless and domineering. He acts as judge and executioner, declaring that evidence is unnecessary and treating retaliation as his absolute right.
• His confidence in his speed and lightning abilities grows, as he effortlessly bypasses security, defeats armed forces, and eliminates high-ranking officials.
• President Edmond shifts from composed denial to fear and helpless submission. He signs the compensation agreement under threat, only to be killed afterward.
• Marshal Gordon is portrayed as ideologically committed to the Federation, attempting to defend the attacks even while facing death.
• Vice President Delrin maintains a public posture of moral outrage, condemning Lu’s actions, but becomes powerless when confronted with Lu’s overwhelming strength.
• Meng Jianguo functions as Lu’s intelligence contact, efficiently providing the information needed for Lu’s next strike.

Significant Themes

• Power overriding law and evidence: Lu openly rejects the need for proof, asserting that his power gives him the authority to determine guilt and punishment.
• Vengeance and escalation: The chapter shows retaliation expanding from the original attacks into the destruction of the Federation’s leadership.
• Political hypocrisy: Edmond and Delrin appeal to loyalty, morality, or public condemnation, while Lu accuses them of excusing their own attacks and condemning only his revenge.
• Fear-based authority: Military protection, official positions, and political rhetoric prove useless against Lu’s supernatural abilities.
• Unchecked strength and tyranny: Lu’s actions blur the line between justice and personal vengeance, as he imposes territorial compensation and executes officials without trial.

Character Interactions

• Lu and Edmond engage in a tense confrontation, with Edmond attempting diplomacy and denial while Lu uses threats and physical force.
• Lu humiliates the palace guards and special forces by defeating them instantly, reinforcing the imbalance between him and the Federation.
• Meng Jianguo supports Lu indirectly by supplying crucial intelligence.
• At the Pentagon, Lu interrupts Gordon’s patriotic defense, kills him, and confronts Simon, Peter, and Delrin.
• Delrin challenges Lu’s morality, but Lu counters by accusing the Federation of hypocrisy and forces him to acknowledge the Hawaii compensation demand.

Chapter Summary: “For Fighting”

Key Plot Points and Events

• Lu Shaolin intimidates Delin into understanding his threat after killing three people, then leaves him to prepare for the takeover of Hawaii State. Lu plans to have Minister Meng Jianguo send personnel rather than handling the operation himself.
• After eating, Lu returns from the Federation to Dragon Nation by riding Wentai, the enormous aquatic creature, across the sea.
• At Dragon River Dam, Professor Wu informs Lu that Minister Meng has already departed but can be contacted if needed. Lu accepts Professor Wu’s offer to stay in a nearby villa and spends the evening studying the Thunder Fury Blade Art.
• The following morning, Lu rides Wentai to Sun Yang’s private island in Ear Sea, intending to use it as a quiet place to stay and train.
• Wentai frightens the island guard when he arrives at the villa. Lu contacts Sun Yang, who agrees to remove the guards and cleaners so Wentai can remain hidden.
• Lu asks Sun Yang to arrange the creation of a fifteen-meter-long Tang Saber, explaining that it is needed “for fighting.” Sun Yang’s men soon arrive, remove the island’s staff, and give Lu the villa keys.
• With the island cleared, Lu summons Wentai and begins training him to stand and walk on two legs so that he can use his forelimbs for blade techniques.

Character Developments

• Lu Shaolin continues to demonstrate overwhelming strength, confidence, and ruthlessness. His murder of three people establishes him as someone others fear and obey.
• He is also practical and strategic: he delegates Hawaii’s occupation, seeks an isolated training location, hides Wentai from the public, and arranges for a massive weapon suited to his fighting plans.
• Lu’s relationship with Wentai develops from transportation and companionship toward formal martial training. He intends to turn the creature into a more capable combat partner.
• Sun Yang remains grateful and loyal to Lu because Lu saved his father. He readily offers the island, removes its staff, and agrees to arrange the enormous saber.
• Professor Wu treats Lu with marked respect and helps accommodate him, reflecting Lu’s elevated status.
• Wentai is obedient and responsive to Lu’s commands, quickly transporting him across the sea and accepting the beginning of his new training.

Significant Themes

• Power and intimidation: Lu’s violence and aura of authority make people comply without resistance.
• Preparation for conflict: The planned Hawaii takeover, study of martial arts, construction of a giant saber, and Wentai’s training all suggest Lu is preparing for a major future battle.
• Loyalty and repayment: Sun Yang’s willingness to give Lu the island and fulfill his unusual requests illustrates how gratitude creates strong alliances.
• Adaptation and growth: Lu seeks to improve Wentai’s physical abilities, transforming him from a powerful sea creature into a potential weapon-bearing fighter.
• Isolation for cultivation: The private island provides Lu with a secluded environment where he can train without attracting attention.

Character Interactions

• Lu dominates his exchange with Delin, using fear to secure cooperation.
• Professor Wu respectfully guides Lu to the villa and offers logistical support.
• Lu and Sun Yang speak familiarly, with Sun Yang enthusiastically offering gifts and assistance while Lu remains focused and dismisses his joking suggestion of a party.
• Lu directs Sun Yang’s subordinates to clear the island, reinforcing his authority.
• The chapter ends with Lu personally instructing Wentai, marking the beginning of their partnership as teacher and student in martial combat.

Chapter Summary

Key Plot Points and Events

• Wentai continues training under Lu Shaolin and masters walking on two legs, followed by the Water Treading technique, allowing him to run across the surface of the sea.
• Lu Shaolin spends three days studying the Thunder Fury Blade Art, then uses 150,000 Source Points to raise it to the perfected realm.
• The perfected technique grants three special effects—paralysis, purification, and thunderburst—and includes the devastating ultimate move, Heavenly Thunder World-Ending Slash, capable of destroying everything within a 500-kilometer radius.
• A massive fifteen-meter tungsten-alloy saber is delivered by transport plane and retrieved from the sea by Wentai. Lu Shaolin teaches Wentai five fundamental saber movements: chop, sweep, thrust, lift, and wipe.
• Lu Shaolin leaves Wentai on the island to practice and feed himself while he visits the Federation’s Presidential Palace.
• President Delin gives Lu Shaolin official documents transferring control of Hawaii State to him as compensation for the Federation’s losses and political upheaval. Lu Shaolin then asks Minister Meng Jianguo to arrange for Chinese personnel to administer the territory.
• Three months pass. Lu Shaolin searches extensively for the Void Rift that could return him to his original world but finds no trace of it.
• During this time, Wentai perfects the five basic saber techniques through constant practice.
• The chapter ends when Meng Jianguo informs Lu Shaolin that a huge palace has appeared as a mirage over Antarctica. Its plaque bears writing identical to that on the mysterious Golden Page, suggesting a major connection.

Character Developments

• Lu Shaolin becomes even more powerful after perfecting the Thunder Fury Blade Art and gains a weapon capable of large-scale destruction.
• He continues acting as Wentai’s mentor, teaching him both physical movement and saber combat.
• Lu Shaolin gains territorial influence by accepting Hawaii State and demonstrates confidence and authority in dealing with the Federation and Chinese officials.
• Despite his power, Lu Shaolin grows increasingly frustrated and concerned over his inability to locate the Void Rift.
• Wentai develops rapidly, mastering bipedal movement, Water Treading, and eventually the five foundational saber techniques. His awkward swagger and tireless training emphasize both his monstrous nature and his growing combat potential.
• President Delin proves pragmatic and submissive, cooperating with Lu Shaolin to stabilize the Federation after the previous president’s death.
• Meng Jianguo remains a trusted government contact and immediately takes responsibility for managing Hawaii State on Lu Shaolin’s behalf.

Significant Themes

• Power and political influence: Lu Shaolin’s overwhelming strength forces the Federation to compensate him with an entire state, showing how personal power reshapes international authority.
• Mentorship and growth: Wentai’s progress reflects Lu Shaolin’s role as a teacher and highlights the value of discipline, repetition, and guidance.
• Isolation and uncertainty: Lu Shaolin possesses immense power and resources but remains unable to return home, creating a contrast between dominance and helplessness.
• Mystery and exploration: The unexplained Void Rift, Golden Page, and Antarctic palace suggest a larger supernatural or interdimensional mystery.
• Destructive potential: The Thunder Fury Blade Art’s nuclear-level ultimate attack underscores both Lu Shaolin’s strength and the danger surrounding his abilities.

Character Interactions

• Lu Shaolin repeatedly instructs and encourages Wentai, first helping him master walking and Water Treading, then teaching him saber fundamentals.
• Lu Shaolin speaks with Sun Yang to arrange the delivery of Wentai’s giant tungsten-alloy saber.
• He confronts no opposition at the Presidential Palace and meets President Delin, who formally transfers Hawaii State to him.
• Lu Shaolin meets Meng Jianguo at the 131 Special Forces Brigade and entrusts him with administering Hawaii State.
• The chapter concludes with Meng Jianguo contacting Lu Shaolin about the Antarctic palace, providing a possible lead in the search for the Void Rift and the meaning of the Golden Page.

Chapter Summary: “Martial Saint Hall Phantom”

Plot points and events

• Lu Shaolin receives photographs from Minister Meng Jianguo showing a magnificent golden palace floating in the void, identified as the legendary Martial Saint Hall.
• Knowing the hall supposedly contains countless cultivation techniques and martial skills, Lu Shaolin immediately travels to central Antarctic State after asking Wentai to continue practicing.
• He confirms that the palace is not an ordinary illusion but a projection or phantom suspended in the void. When he flies toward it, he passes straight through and realizes he cannot enter directly.
• Worried that an entrance might appear only rarely—possibly once every century or more—Lu Shaolin searches for another solution.
• During this time, Sun Yang calls from the island and excitedly reports seeing a giant, blade-wielding two-legged toad. Lu Shaolin instead asks whether anyone possesses a Spatial Ability.
• Sun Yang directs him to Minister Meng, who reveals that Sun Wan’er, a girl Lu Shaolin already knows, recently awakened a Spatial Ability.
• Lu Shaolin immediately requests that Sun Wan’er be sent to Antarctica, believing she can help him access the Martial Saint Hall. Meng agrees to arrange her arrival.

Character development

• Lu Shaolin demonstrates his ambition and resourcefulness. Rather than being discouraged by the palace’s intangible nature, he quickly searches for a spatial expert who might open a passage.
• His eagerness to obtain the hall’s techniques reflects his continuing focus on rapidly increasing his cultivation and strength.
• Meng Jianguo continues to act as a cooperative government contact, responding quickly and taking Lu Shaolin’s request seriously.
• Sun Wan’er is introduced as an important potential ally through her newly awakened Spatial Ability, though she has not yet appeared in person.

Significant themes

• Power and opportunity: The Martial Saint Hall represents a rare chance for Lu Shaolin to gain powerful knowledge and accelerate his growth.
• Limits of strength: Although Lu Shaolin can travel through the sky and withstand powerful impacts, brute force cannot overcome the palace’s spatial barrier.
• Resourcefulness and cooperation: Progress depends not only on personal power but also on identifying and relying on people with specialized abilities.
• Mystery and anticipation: The hall’s phantom and uncertain entrance create suspense about its origin, accessibility, and the treasures within.

Character interactions

• Lu Shaolin urgently questions Meng Jianguo about the palace’s location and later contacts him again for information about Spatial Ability users.
• He briefly instructs Wentai while leaving him to continue his blade training.
• Sun Yang provides comic relief with his excited account of the strange toad but unintentionally helps Lu Shaolin by directing him to Minister Meng.
• Meng Jianguo confirms Sun Wan’er’s ability and agrees to send her to Lu Shaolin, establishing the next step in the attempt to enter the Martial Saint Hall.

Chapter Summary: “Time Is of the Essence”

Key Plot Points and Events

• Lu Shaolin remains beneath the phantom image of the Martial Saint Hall in Antarctica, waiting for further developments and searching for the Golden Page.
• Several international snow vehicles arrive, including a Dragon Nation convoy. The soldiers initially treat Lu Shaolin as a potential threat, but he identifies himself as a commander from the 131 Special Forces Brigade.
• After verifying his identity, Captain He Ganghua of the Snow Eagle Special Operations Team offers assistance. Lu Shaolin learns that the soldiers are searching the area for anything valuable, most likely the Golden Page.
• Lu Shaolin searches the entire area beneath the mirage but finds no Golden Page. He obtains a tent from He Ganghua and spends the night near an iceberg.
• The next morning, the Martial Saint Hall’s phantom image is still present. Meng Jianguo contacts Lu Shaolin to inform him that Sun Wan’er has arrived in Antarctica but is delayed because her escort vehicle has broken down.
• Lu Shaolin travels fifty kilometers north to retrieve Sun Wan’er himself. He finds her escorted by Dragon Nation soldiers and instructs them to protect her from the extreme cold.
• Sun Wan’er enters a sleeping bag, and Lu Shaolin carries her back to his tent while moving carefully so she can endure the journey.
• Once inside the tent, Lu Shaolin questions Sun Wan’er about her supernatural ability. She reveals that she has only recently awakened it and is below D-rank, but she can sense different spaces and identify spatial weak points.
• Realizing this ability may allow him to break through space and enter the void where the Martial Saint Hall exists, Lu Shaolin immediately prepares to search for a weak point.

Character Developments

• Lu Shaolin: Demonstrates extraordinary speed, physical resilience, calmness, and authority. He remains focused on finding a way into the Martial Saint Hall and locating the Golden Page. He also shows consideration for Sun Wan’er’s safety by slowing down while carrying her through the storm.
• Sun Wan’er: Is introduced as inexperienced but potentially crucial to Lu Shaolin’s mission. Although her ability is weak and newly awakened, her capacity to sense spatial weak points gives her unique value.
• He Ganghua and the Dragon Nation soldiers: Initially cautious and suspicious of Lu Shaolin, they quickly shift to respect and cooperation after confirming his identity.
• Meng Jianguo: Continues coordinating the operation remotely, arranging Sun Wan’er’s transport and keeping Lu Shaolin informed.

Significant Themes

• Urgency and limited time: The title reflects Lu Shaolin’s concern that the Martial Saint Hall may disappear before he can enter it, motivating his immediate search for a spatial opening.
• Cooperation amid danger: Although multiple nations are competing to investigate the Antarctic phenomenon, the Dragon Nation forces cooperate with Lu Shaolin and assist his mission.
• Extraordinary power versus human limitations: Lu Shaolin is unaffected by the cold and can move almost instantaneously, while ordinary soldiers require specialized vehicles, clothing, equipment, and shelter.
• The importance of specialized abilities: Sun Wan’er’s low rank does not make her useless; her rare spatial perception may be essential to reaching the Martial Saint Hall.
• Trust and verification: The soldiers’ careful confirmation of Lu Shaolin’s identity highlights the dangers of the environment and the need for caution during the multinational operation.

Character Interactions

• Lu Shaolin establishes a respectful but efficient relationship with He Ganghua, declining assistance at first but later requesting a tent.
• He communicates with Meng Jianguo by satellite phone, receiving updates about Sun Wan’er and taking responsibility for retrieving her.
• The Dragon Nation soldiers initially aim their weapons at Lu Shaolin, but their hostility disappears after his identity is confirmed.
• Lu Shaolin and Sun Wan’er begin working closely together. He questions her abilities, recognizes their potential usefulness, and leads her toward the next stage of the mission: locating a spatial weak point.

Chapter Summary: “Shattered Space”

Key Plot Points and Events

• Lu Shaolin and Sun Wan’er leave their tent to search beneath the enormous phantom of the Martial Saint Hall for a spatial weak point.
• The Antarctic wind overwhelms Sun Wan’er, so Lu Shaolin supports her as they explore. After half a day, they find nothing and return to the tent.
• Determined to search the sky, Lu Shaolin contacts Minister Meng Jianguo and requests a helicopter.
• The helicopter arrives the following morning with two pilots from the Dragon Nation Expedition Team.
• Before continuing, Lu Shaolin feeds Sun Wan’er a piece of a Green Lotus Fruit. Its energy immediately restores her strength and greatly improves her physical condition.
• Lu Shaolin and Sun Wan’er spend three days searching the area from the air. Sun Wan’er eventually locates a spatial weak point directly above the phantom.
• Lu Shaolin records the exact coordinates, then sends Sun Wan’er and the pilots back to the expedition station, considering her mission complete.
• He informs Minister Meng that his upcoming cultivation will devastate everything within a five-hundred-kilometer radius of the Mirage. Meng agrees to warn all nations and evacuate their personnel.
• After allowing half a day for evacuation, Lu Shaolin begins his attack. He channels the power of his Thunder Core into the dao Execution and unleashes the Heavenly Thunder World-Ending Slash.
• The spatial weak point shatters like glass, forming a black hole filled with violent void storms. Through it, Lu Shaolin sees the brilliantly illuminated Martial Saint Hall.

Character Developments

• Lu Shaolin remains decisive, resourceful, and protective. He supports Sun Wan’er during the harsh search, arranges air transport, restores her with the Green Lotus Fruit, and carefully records the weak point’s coordinates.
• His power and confidence are emphasized as he prepares to destroy the spatial barrier and openly accepts responsibility for the massive destruction his cultivation will cause.
• Sun Wan’er proves useful and resilient despite the extreme Antarctic conditions. After receiving the Green Lotus Fruit, she quickly regains her strength and ultimately discovers the crucial weak point.
• Her role shifts from exhausted companion to an essential contributor in locating the entrance to the Martial Saint Hall.
• Minister Meng Jianguo continues to cooperate with Lu Shaolin, immediately arranging the helicopter and organizing an international evacuation.
• The pilots act professionally and obediently, following Lu Shaolin’s instructions without hesitation.

Significant Themes

• Exploration and discovery: The characters methodically investigate an unfamiliar supernatural phenomenon and uncover a hidden passage.
• Power and responsibility: Lu Shaolin’s attack is immensely destructive, so he gives other countries advance warning and an opportunity to evacuate.
• Trust and cooperation: Although Lu Shaolin possesses overwhelming strength, he relies on Sun Wan’er’s observation and the pilots’ assistance to complete the search.
• The boundary between worlds: The phantom and fractured space suggest that the Martial Saint Hall exists beyond ordinary reality, separated by a dangerous dimensional barrier.
• Preparation before danger: Lu Shaolin carefully identifies the coordinates, restores Sun Wan’er, arranges evacuation, and waits until the deadline before taking action.

Character Interactions

• Lu Shaolin physically supports Sun Wan’er through the fierce Antarctic winds and later helps restore her energy with the Green Lotus Fruit.
• He and Sun Wan’er work together for three days in the helicopter, with her finally identifying the weak point.
• Lu Shaolin courteously coordinates with the pilots, thanks them for their service, and sends Sun Wan’er back once her part is complete.
• His serious conversation with Minister Meng demonstrates their established trust and Meng’s willingness to carry out Lu Shaolin’s dangerous orders.
• The chapter ends with Lu Shaolin standing alone before the newly opened black hole, finally gaining a view of the Martial Saint Hall.

Chapter Summary: Cultivation Holy Land

Key Plot Points and Events

• Lu Shaolin enters a closing black hole to escape the modern world and restore his True Essence and Soul Power.
• Void storms shred his Jade Spider Silk warrior uniform, while spatial rifts repeatedly attack him. His Innate Supreme Treasure, the Golden Sun Bell, protects him, though it suffers severe damage.
• He reaches the Martial Saint Hall and passes through its protective barrier without resistance.
• Inside, he encounters Yue Tianxing, the former Martial Saint, who now exists as the Martial Saint Hall’s artifact spirit after merging his remnant soul with it over a hundred thousand years ago.
• Lu explains that Demon Saint Demon Heaven forced him into the void and has begun recovering. Yue realizes that Demon Heaven may return within ten to one hundred years.
• Yue offers to take Lu as his disciple. Lu instead proposes becoming Yue’s junior brother, and Yue accepts, agreeing to guide him while preserving the Martial Saint inheritance.
• Yue identifies Lu’s main weakness: his physical body is extraordinarily powerful, but his Soul Intensity has not developed at the same pace.
• In the Technique Pavilion, Yue introduces Lu to countless high-level cultivation manuals preserved within the Martial Saint Hall.
• Lu begins cultivating the Sacred Grade Upper-Tier Nine-Star Tyrant Body Formula in the Starlight Hall, which contains 108 specially prepared star cores.
• After three days, Lu reaches the entry level through normal cultivation, then uses the System to instantly raise the technique to perfection, opening all 720 acupoints.
• Yue is stunned but initially assumes Lu is boasting until Lu demonstrates the completed technique.
• Yue gives Lu the Arhat Golden Body Formula, another Sacred Grade Upper-Tier body-refinement technique. Lu masters it after five days and demonstrates its Three Heads and Six Arms ability.
• Realizing Lu may be an unprecedented genius, Yue gives him another technique, the Nine-Turn Mysterious Technique, as Lu approaches the physical strength of an Innate Supreme Treasure.

Character Development

• Lu Shaolin: Becomes more secure in the Martial Saint Hall and gains a powerful mentor-like senior brother. His physical strength is confirmed to be exceptional, but his Soul Intensity remains a weakness. His System allows him to cultivate techniques at an absurd speed, increasing his confidence and ambition.
• Yue Tianxing: Revealed to be both a former Martial Saint and the artifact spirit of the Martial Saint Hall. Though initially proud of his own talent, he is repeatedly shocked by Lu’s impossible cultivation speed. He accepts responsibility for guiding Lu and becomes increasingly convinced that Lu is a once-in-many-millennia genius.
• Demon Heaven: Though absent from the chapter, he becomes an important looming threat because he is recovering and may eventually confront Lu and Yue’s inheritance.

Significant Themes

• Inheritance and preservation: Yue sacrificed his freedom by merging with the Martial Saint Hall so its legacy could survive.
• Talent versus conventional cultivation: Yue’s traditional understanding of genius is repeatedly overturned by Lu’s System-assisted advancement.
• Physical strength versus spiritual development: Lu’s body has advanced far beyond his Soul Intensity, establishing a major weakness he must address.
• Mentorship and partnership: Lu and Yue form an unconventional bond as “senior and junior brothers,” combining respect, mutual reliance, and comedic rivalry.
• Preparation for an approaching enemy: The chapter shifts from survival to systematic preparation for Demon Heaven’s eventual return.

Character Interactions

• Lu remains wary when Yue suddenly appears, while Yue tests and evaluates him.
• Their conversation establishes trust and reveals the history of Demon Heaven and the Martial Saint Hall.
• Yue criticizes Lu’s weak Soul Intensity, while Lu reacts with amused irritation to Yue’s crude metaphor.
• Lu’s completed techniques repeatedly shock Yue, whose pride is humorously challenged by Lu’s supernatural progress.
• Yue patiently answers Lu’s cultivation questions and supplies increasingly powerful techniques, while Lu eagerly seeks stronger methods to reach the Innate Supreme Treasure level.

Chapter Summary: “Chaos Body”

Key Plot Points and Events

• Yue Tianxing gives Lu Shaolin the Nine-Turn Mysterious Technique, a Sacred Grade Upper-Tier technique focused on strengthening the Primordial Spirit. If completed, it allows the body to survive as long as the Primordial Spirit remains undying.
• After ten days of study, Lu Shaolin reaches basic mastery and immediately uses his system to perfect the technique. His physical strength rises to the level of an Innate Supreme Treasure.
• Lu Shaolin then asks Yue Tianxing for another technique. Yue provides the Blood God Body-Refining Art, a powerful technique requiring spirit blood. It allows a practitioner to preserve their vitality indefinitely and transform individual drops of blood into clones or even a true body.
• Yue takes Lu Shaolin to the Martial Saint Hall’s Spirit Blood Hall, where Lu Shaolin cultivates in a pool of purified Myriad-Beast Spirit Blood. After ten days, he masters the technique and uses the system to raise it to perfection.
• Lu Shaolin’s rapid progress impresses and astonishes Yue Tianxing, who brings him to the Technique Pavilion. Lu Shaolin enthusiastically breaks through the pavilion’s golden doors and uses his Soul Power to gather every body-refining technique.
• Over the next three years, Lu Shaolin perfects every suitable body-refining technique, causing his physical strength to reach the level of a Chaos Supreme Treasure. He successfully becomes a true Chaos Body.
• He also perfects all suitable movement, blade, spear, and fist techniques in the Martial Arts Pavilion, filling his system panel with countless perfected abilities.
• Yue Tianxing warns him that merely mastering many techniques is insufficient. Lu Shaolin must fuse them together to reach a higher level and gain a better chance against Demon Heaven.
• Lu Shaolin learns that Demon Heaven possesses the Primordial Supreme Treasure Sword of Immortal Slaying and has mastered nine strands of Rule Power. Despite his Chaos Body, Lu Shaolin may still lose—or even die—if he underestimates Demon Heaven.
• Since Yue Tianxing is now only an artifact spirit and lacks his former physical body, he cannot take Lu Shaolin directly to the Great Spirit World. Lu Shaolin must instead travel through the Endless Void and locate the world where he was born by following an instinctive spatial connection.

Character Developments

• Lu Shaolin becomes increasingly powerful and confident. His system allows him to perfect techniques almost instantly once he understands them, accelerating his cultivation far beyond normal limits.
• His martial enthusiasm becomes even more extreme; he ignores Yue Tianxing, constantly demands more techniques, and eagerly raids the Technique Pavilion.
• His development shifts from mastering individual abilities to the more advanced challenge of fusing all techniques into a unified power.
• Yue Tianxing acts as Lu Shaolin’s mentor and provider of resources. He is amused by Lu Shaolin’s obsession with martial arts but remains cautious, repeatedly reminding him not to become overconfident.
• Yue’s limitations are also revealed: he is only an artifact spirit after losing his physical body during the Immortal-Demon War and no longer possesses his former Primordial Supreme Treasure.

Significant Themes

• Relentless cultivation and accelerated growth: Lu Shaolin’s dedication and system-driven advancement allow him to achieve in years what others might require countless lifetimes to accomplish.
• The importance of foundations and synthesis: Mastering many techniques is only an intermediate stage; true advancement requires fusing them into a unified, higher-order ability.
• Life preservation and immortality: Both the Nine-Turn Mysterious Technique and Blood God Body-Refining Art emphasize surviving physical destruction through the Primordial Spirit, blood, or vitality.
• Power versus caution: Lu Shaolin’s growing strength gives him confidence, but Yue stresses that powerful enemies, treasures, and Rule Power can still overturn a battle.
• Moral neutrality of techniques: Yue explains that techniques themselves are neither righteous nor evil; their morality depends on the person using them.

Important Character Interactions

• Yue Tianxing and Lu Shaolin maintain a close senior-junior relationship. Yue repeatedly supports Lu Shaolin by supplying manuals, arranging access to cultivation resources, and guiding his strategy.
• Lu Shaolin’s enthusiastic demands for techniques contrast with Yue’s increasingly bemused and resigned reactions.
• Yue encourages Lu Shaolin while tempering his confidence, especially regarding Demon Heaven.
• Their final conversation establishes the next stage of the story: Lu Shaolin must leave the Martial Saint Hall, search the Endless Void for his birthplace, and eventually seek a confrontation with Demon Heaven.