Chapter Summaries

Ye Chen awakened his Wood Element talent beneath the sea and summoned the enormous True Thousand Hands, saving Lan Lengshuang and guiding them out of the Secret Realm. He collapsed after leaving, and Lan Lengshuang asked her father to prepare a room for him while Lan Batian worried that Ye Chen was courting his daughter.

• As Ye Chen and Lan Lengshuang ran out of air beneath the ice, Ye Chen reached the seafloor, summoned the True Thousand Hands, and rescued her.
• Ye Chen revived Lan Lengshuang with CPR and mouth-to-mouth resuscitation, then used the Great Buddha to move them toward the Portal.
• Lan Lengshuang saw the Buddha's vast size and learned that Ye Chen had hidden his strength; she promised to keep it secret.
• Ye Chen used the Secret Realm Key to reopen the Portal, and he and Lan Lengshuang escaped as the True Thousand Hands vanished.
• Ye Chen collapsed after leaving the Secret Realm, and the Westwind Lion King told Lan Lengshuang that Ye Chen had used the Wooden Human to chase Dong Shizhang.
• Lan Batian arrived and scolded Ye Chen for resting on Lan Lengshuang's lap, but he softened when she defended Ye Chen and asked him to prepare a room.

After recovering at the Lan Family home, Ye Chen learned that Lan Lengshuang had become openly attached to him, provoking Lan Batian’s jealousy. Ye Chen left for school to ask Zhang Daosheng about learning swordsmanship, hoping to gain a better way to fight one-on-one.

• Ye Chen woke after exhausting himself with True Thousand Hands, dressed in clothes Lan Batian had prepared, and went to the reception hall.
• The Westwind Lion King revealed that Lan Lengshuang had told him about Ye Chen’s stronger technique, and asked to see the Great Buddha.
• Lan Batian angrily accused Ye Chen of wooing Lan Lengshuang, but quickly pretended to straighten Ye Chen’s collar when she appeared.
• Lan Lengshuang affectionately checked on Ye Chen, offered to get him food, and then told Lan Batian to leave.
• After lunch, Ye Chen left the Lan Family home and headed to school to ask Zhang Daosheng about swordsmanship.

Ye Chen entered the Seventh Realm and asked Zhang Daosheng for a saber technique to use with Ryūjin Jakka. Meanwhile, the Yan Family investigated Yan Feng’s disappearance, and the Westwind Lion King worried that threats from the Yan Family and the Lianhai Mountains could converge on Zanghai City.

• After half a month of cultivation, Ye Chen reached the Seventh Realm and told Zhang Daosheng he had used up his Spirit Stones.
• Ye Chen asked Zhang Daosheng for a saber technique and introduced his weapon, Ryūjin Jakka, which Zhang Daosheng recognized as a Flame Element weapon.
• Zhang Daosheng told Ye Chen that two Myriad Stars Realm elders from the Yan Family had come to Zanghai City to investigate Yan Feng’s disappearance.
• Yan Zhanbai and Yan Zhanhei concluded that Yan Feng had died in the Lan Family, but hesitated to act because the Lion King guarded it.
• The Westwind Lion King worried that the awakening in the Lianhai Mountains and the Yan Family’s arrival could endanger Zanghai City, and hoped Ye Chen would grow strong enough to protect it.
• Ye Chen sneezed on campus and joked that Lan Lengshuang or Little Xi was thinking of him, while Lin Jing and Zhang Bingqing watched him in a mirror from a battlefield.

The Yan Family sent Yan Zhanren, a murderous Bright Moon Realm elder, to Zanghai City to investigate Yan Feng’s disappearance. The Westwind Lion King sensed his arrival and warned Lan Batian, who ordered the Lan Family to evacuate and sent Lan Lengshuang to stay at school.

• Yan Zhantian ordered Yan Zhanren to travel to Zanghai City after learning that a Bright Moon Realm Lion King was there.
• Ye Chen received Basic Swordsmanship from the system, accepted sword manuals Bai Zhan had sent, and chose to focus on cultivation instead of practicing sword techniques.
• Yan Zhanren arrived in Zanghai City and learned from Yan Zhanbai that Yan Feng had disappeared after visiting the Lan Family’s estate and that the Lan Family had a Bright Moon Realm Mutant Beast protecting it.
• The Westwind Lion King sensed Yan Zhanren’s killing intent and warned Lan Batian that the Yan Family had sent a powerful opponent.
• Lan Batian assembled the Lan Family, ordered everyone to take money and leave in the family cars, and arranged for Lan Lengshuang to stay at school.

Lan Batian prepared to face the Yan Family while Lan Lengshuang stayed with Ye Chen, who hid near the Lan estate to intervene. The Yan Family attacked the estate, and Yan Zhanren stepped forward to fight as Ye Chen watched from the shadows.

• Lan Batian sent Lan Lengshuang away from the Lan Family, and she moved into Ye Chen's residence under Zhang Daosheng's arrangements.
• Lan Lengshuang told Ye Chen that the Yan Family was coming for her father and begged him to save Lan Batian; Ye Chen reassured her and hid near the Lan estate.
• The Westwind Lion King warned Lan Batian, Bai Zhan, and Zhang Daosheng that the Yan Family had two Myriad Stars Realm cultivators and several Sea-Overturning Realm fighters, but said they had a hidden helper.
• Yan Family guards destroyed the Lan Family's gate, and Yan Zhanbai confronted Lan Batian while Yan Zhanhei demanded that they hand over Yan Feng.
• Yan Zhanren stepped forward and covered himself in black flames as Ye Chen watched from the shadows.

Ye Chen revealed himself to protect his friends from Yan Zhanren and the Yan Family, then unleashed Sage Art: True Thousand Hands. The gigantic Great Buddha towered over Zanghai City as Ye Chen challenged Yan Zhanren and struck at him.

• Yan Zhanren attacked Westwind Lion King with black flames, and the clash revealed Ye Chen hiding in a wooden hut.
• Ye Chen emerged and refused to leave, telling Westwind Lion King to handle the others while he faced Yan Zhanren.
• Ye Chen activated his Sage Face Markings and warned Zhang Daosheng, Bai Zhan, and Lan Batian to move away.
• Ye Chen summoned Sage Art: True Thousand Hands, creating a thousand-meter Great Buddha that destroyed the Lan Family estate and swept away those nearby.
• Ye Chen challenged Yan Zhanren, then sent one of the Great Buddha's arms hurtling toward him.

Ye Chen unleashed the True Thousand Hands Buddha against Yan Zhanren and the two other Yan Family cultivators, killing them despite Yan Zhanren offering his accumulated resources to buy his life. The fight left the Lan Family estate cratered and shook Zanghai City, while Ye Chen was left utterly exhausted.

• Ye Chen dodged Yan Zhanren’s attack and showed him the enormous Buddha and its thousands of arms, terrifying Yan Zhanren, Yan Zhanbai, and Yan Zhanhei.
• Yan Zhanren offered Ye Chen his Storage Ring in exchange for his life, and Westwind Lion King collected it.
• Ye Chen refused to let Yan Zhanren leave, saying he would not risk the Yan Family returning to Zanghai City after discovering his secret.
• Ye Chen activated True Thousand Hands: Top Transformed Buddha and struck the three Yan Family cultivators with thousands of fists, reducing them to splattered remains.
• The Buddha’s assault devastated the Lan Family estate, leaving a deep lake-like crater and causing repeated tremors across Zanghai City.
• People across Zanghai City watched the Buddha loom over the city as Ye Chen collapsed from exhaustion.

After Ye Chen defeated two Myriad Stars Realm experts and a Bright Moon Realm expert, his exhausted body collapsed, leaving Westwind Lion King and the others to survey the ruined manor. Ye Chen woke the next evening and found everyone holding a barbecue outside the villa.

• Ye Chen dispelled True Thousand Hands, then collapsed from exhaustion after destroying the manor and defeating the Bright Moon Realm expert.
• Westwind Lion King, Lan Batian, Zhang Daosheng, and Bai Zhan surveyed the crater and joked about the destruction, while Westwind Lion King found a finger belonging to the defeated expert.
• Lan Batian arranged for his family to stay at a hotel while Lan Lengshuang and Westwind Lion King went to the school with Ye Chen.
• Ye Chen woke the next evening, argued with the system about his rewards, and asked why the Bright Moon Realm had seemed so weak.
• Ye Chen found the villa empty, then stepped outside and saw Lan Lengshuang, Westwind Lion King, Lan Batian, Zhang Daosheng, and Bai Zhan eating barbecue and discussing his battle.

Ye Chen learned that a Half-Saint-level Mutant Beast sealed near Zanghai City could soon be free because the Saint who promised to destroy it had died. After the group discussed the threat, Bai Zhan said he had already reported it to the higher-ups, leaving Zanghai City's fate unresolved.

• Ye Chen enjoyed a late-night meal and drinks with Lan Lengshuang, Li Xiaodie, Lan Batian, Zhang Daosheng, Bai Zhan, and the Westwind Lion King.
• After the others fell asleep, the Westwind Lion King told Ye Chen that a Half-Saint Mutant Beast sealed in the waters near Zanghai City would resurrect unless destroyed by flames, and that its hundred-year seal was nearly over.
• The Westwind Lion King gave Ye Chen the Flame guy's Storage Ring, and Ye Chen suggested informing Zhang Daosheng and the others about the danger.
• The next day, the Westwind Lion King told everyone about the sealed beast, and Bai Zhan explained that Ji Qianmeng, the spatial-aligned Saint who sealed it, had died at the hands of a Demigod.
• Lan Batian lamented that Zanghai City might have to be abandoned, but the Westwind Lion King pointed out that moving the city was not simple; Bai Zhan said he had already reported the matter to the higher-ups.

Ye Chen suggested that he could use Ryūjin Jakka to kill the Half-Saint Mutant Beast, prompting Zhang Daosheng to explain how powerful talents could mutate before the Mountain-Moving Realm. Bai Zhan recounted Zhang Bingqing’s rapid rise to the Myriad Stars Realm and her transformation into an Ice Phoenix, then the Westwind Lion King’s question about Zhang Daosheng’s wife left Zhang Daosheng visibly shaken.

• Ye Chen said one Great Buddha might not be enough to kill the Half-Saint and suggested he could gain the ability to defeat it with his Fire Element blade, Ryūjin Jakka.
• Zhang Daosheng explained that sufficiently powerful talents could begin mutating in the Awakening Realm, and Bai Zhan connected this to Zhang Bingqing.
• Bai Zhan recounted how Zhang Bingqing awakened at six, advanced through the Awakening Realm in nine days, and entered the Mountain-Moving Realm on her seventh birthday.
• Bai Zhan said Zhang Bingqing’s phoenix mutated into the rare Ice Element, becoming the Ice Phoenix that helped the front line hold against Mutant Beasts.
• The Westwind Lion King suggested Zhang Daosheng’s wife might have had a bird-type talent, and Zhang Daosheng’s expression changed drastically.