Chapter Summaries

Pei Ge became Xie Tianlin’s sixth disciple and learned that the One Punch Gym was under attack from the Heavenly Martial Gate, which was led by his former Second Senior Brother, Gu Quan. When Gu Quan arrived at the gym with his followers, Xie Tianlin recognized that he had taken the path they had once disagreed about.

• Pei Ge found the One Punch Gym and was admitted to see Xie Tianlin, who remembered him and accepted him as a disciple.
• Xie Tianlin told Pei Ge that the Heavenly Martial Gate had been challenging the gym and that its disciple had defeated Fifth Senior Brother Shan Ye using the gym’s own fist technique.
• Xie Tianlin explained that Gu Quan, his former second disciple, had become an elder of the Heavenly Martial Gate and was behind its campaign against the gym.
• Xie Tianlin introduced Pei Ge to Third Senior Brother Tu Hu and Shan Ye as their new Sixth Junior Brother.
• Gu Quan arrived at the gym with followers, and Tu Hu denounced him as a traitor.
• Xie Tianlin confronted Gu Quan about taking a path they had once disagreed about, and Gu Quan said he had lacked the talent to follow Xie Tianlin and Eldest Senior Brother’s path.

Lin Xuan received Iron Mountain’s upgraded Puppet General and learned of the token Red Aunt had sent, while Pei Ge uncovered the cause of Xie Tianlin and Gu Quan’s falling-out. Pei Ge challenged Gu Quan’s disciple Modo and ended the chapter by evading his attack and sending him flying with a shoulder charge.

• Iron Mountain gave Lin Xuan the upgraded Puppet General, which could fight at High-Ranking Commander strength and briefly rival a first-level Monarch.
• Iron Mountain gave Lin Xuan a token that could summon Three-Eyed Uncle to kill someone, and agreed to help Pei Ge find an Artifact Craftsman master or make him Yellow-Rank Source Artifacts.
• Pei Ge learned that Gu Quan had used evil arts to alter his bloodline, leading Xie Tianlin to expel him, and that Gu Quan had returned with disciples who were not Primal Humans.
• Pei Ge challenged Gu Quan’s disciple Modo after Gu Quan used Shan Ye’s defeat to claim his path was right.
• Modo attacked Pei Ge with Myriad Beasts Fist: Heaven Suppression, but Pei Ge dodged and knocked him flying with a shoulder charge.

Pei Ge revealed a Heart Martial Dao Body and defeated Modo, but Gu Quan and a second-level monarch arrived to force One Punch Gym to hand him over. Just as they prepared to attack, two newcomers appeared and one addressed Pei Ge as Teacher Pei.

• Pei Ge saw through Modo's attacks with his Heart Martial Dao Body, then defeated him with a strike to the chest.
• Gu Quan tried to take Pei Ge to Heaven Martial Gate, but Xie Tianlin refused and Gu Feng returned to defend One Punch Gym.
• Gu Quan summoned Elder Xi, a second-level monarch, and threatened Xie Tianlin and Gu Feng into surrendering Pei Ge.
• Xie Tianlin warned that Gu Quan would not spare Pei Ge or One Punch Gym, while Gu Quan ordered Elder Xi to attack.
• Elder Xi froze as two figures approached, and one greeted Pei Ge as Teacher Pei and asked whether he had already taken a master.

Lin Xuan and Iron Mountain intervened when Heavenly Martial Gate threatened One Punch Gym over Pei Ge, and Iron Mountain drove the attackers away by declaring Cast Iron Tower’s support. The crisis ended with Pei Ge offered a personalized top-tier Yellow-Rank Source Artifact, while Heavenly Martial Gate left with a new enemy.

• Pei Ge urged Lin Xuan and Iron Mountain to leave, but Lin Xuan said Pei Ge mattered to him and Iron Mountain promised to protect him.
• Elder Xi tried to negotiate with Iron Mountain, but Iron Mountain rejected Heavenly Martial Gate’s demands and refused to abandon One Punch Gym.
• Pei Ge refused to flee and betray One Punch Gym, so Iron Mountain assured him he did not have to choose between leaving and staying.
• Iron Mountain’s massive hammer smashed through One Punch Gym, and he challenged Heavenly Martial Gate to face Cast Iron Tower before Elder Xi and Gu Quan withdrew.
• Gu Feng and Xie Tianlin thanked Iron Mountain, who said he had only come for Lin Xuan and did not seek their gratitude.
• Iron Mountain offered to craft Pei Ge a top-tier Yellow-Rank Source Artifact suited to his needs.

Lin Xuan spoke privately with Pei Ge, who chose to remain at One Punch Gym and urged Lin Xuan to use Iron Mountain’s favor wisely. Iron Mountain arranged support for the gym through the Loyalty and Righteousness Alliance, then took Lin Xuan to Cast Iron Tower, where his six senior apprentices questioned why Iron Mountain had accepted a Primal Human.

• Elder Xi rebuked Gu Quan for pressing Heavenly Martial Gate to retaliate against Cast Iron Tower, and Gu Quan apologized for acting rashly.
• Pei Ge refused to leave One Punch Gym for an introduction to Cast Iron Tower and advised Lin Xuan not to rely too heavily on Iron Mountain’s favor.
• Iron Mountain promised to arrange a source artifact for Pei Ge in exchange for three small bottles of his blood essence.
• Iron Mountain explained that his influence could help One Punch Gym join the Loyalty and Righteousness Alliance, easing Lin Xuan’s worries about Heavenly Martial Gate.
• Iron Mountain took Lin Xuan underground to Cast Iron Tower to meet his six senior apprentices.
• After Iron Mountain introduced Lin Xuan, Jack asked whether their master was joking by accepting a Primal Human as his apprentice, and Iron Mountain’s expression darkened.

Lin Xuan met Iron Mountain’s six apprentices at Cast Iron Tower, where Jack’s foolishness and the others’ introductions revealed their personalities and standing. Tu Mo sensed that Lin Xuan had an extraordinary background, while Iron Mountain’s future departure for Central City and Tu Mo’s likely succession remained in view.

• Jack failed to realize Iron Mountain was genuinely introducing Lin Xuan as his new apprentice, prompting Iron Mountain to scold him.
• Tu Mo greeted Lin Xuan as his seventh junior brother, and Iron Mountain praised Tu Mo’s cultivation insight and talent in the path of earth.
• Tu Mo noticed Iron Mountain treated Lin Xuan with unusual caution and suspected Lin Xuan had an extraordinary background.
• Li Gute tried to smooth things over for Jack, but Jack misunderstood and feared that Li Gute would bully him.
• Lin Xuan learned that Tu Mo was the likely future head of Cast Iron Tower and that Jack’s Cyclops ancestor was a second-level Sovereign with a powerful Destruction Death Ray.

Lin Xuan asked Zhao Qiankun for permission to learn artifact crafting, and Zhao approved while telling Iron Mountain to teach him properly. Their conversation ended when Zhao showed them the enormous Thunder Beast he and other experts were fighting.

• Lin Xuan learned that the Dragonkin Race’s trace of true dragon bloodline helped explain Li Gute’s formidable strength.
• After Lin Xuan met his six senior brothers, Iron Mountain warned him that artifact crafting was beneath the path he was destined to follow and admitted he feared teaching Zhao Qiankun’s disciple improperly.
• Lin Xuan used the Dimensional Mirror to contact Zhao Qiankun and asked to study artifact crafting as a secondary profession.
• Zhao Qiankun recognized Iron Mountain, asked him to look after Lin Xuan, and approved the lessons.
• Zhao Qiankun revealed that he was in the sky with Three-Eyed Uncle and other experts, battling a gigantic Thunder Beast, before ending the call amid its attack.

Lin Xuan learned that the Thunder Beast seen through the Dimensional Mirror was a Destruction Level calamity, like the Calamity of Bones that once devastated Iron Mountain’s clan. Iron Mountain revealed that Red Aunt had saved the Mountain Dwarves long ago and outlined the seven calamity classifications, leaving Lin Xuan aware of how ancient and powerful Red Aunt was.

• Lin Xuan and Iron Mountain discussed the enormous Thunder Beast and identified it as a calamity capable of immense destruction.
• Iron Mountain recounted how the Calamity of Bones killed most of his clan’s elders and nearly wiped out the Mountain Dwarf branch.
• Iron Mountain explained that Red Aunt had rescued the surviving Mountain Dwarves and enabled their branch to survive in Ba Wu Giant City.
• Lin Xuan realized Red Aunt had been a major figure for at least a thousand years and understood why Iron Mountain honored her request.
• Iron Mountain classified calamities into seven levels and said the Thunder Beast and Calamity of Bones were Destruction Level calamities.

Iron Mountain explained how calamities were classified by the scale of settlements they threatened and how Old Soil’s settlement wealth came from its concentrated Source Power. Lin Xuan learned that Unknown Level calamities remained mysterious and had caused multiple Domain Kings to disappear, leaving their true nature unclear.

• Iron Mountain explained the broad calamity categories, from Low-Risk Level threats in towns to World Extinction Level calamities that could destroy great realms.
• Lin Xuan learned that Ba Wu Giant City’s Source Power concentration was at least a hundred times that of Earth Origin Star, making it dangerous to ordinary people and Primal Human children.
• Lin Xuan asked whether King Cities triggered World Extinction Level calamities, and Iron Mountain confirmed that Domain Kings were needed to deal with them.
• Lin Xuan asked what Unknown Level calamities were, and Iron Mountain admitted that he did not know, citing scattered clan records that described their mysterious and sometimes harmless appearances.
• Iron Mountain revealed that multiple Domain Kings had disappeared after encountering Unknown Level calamities, and said his clan’s records came from the Dwarf Race’s ancestral land.

Iron Mountain told Lin Xuan how the Idiotic Old Man’s appearance led to the Senhai Royal Court’s destruction and the dwarf race’s scattering across Old Soil. Lin Xuan learned that hidden forces still persecuted the dwarves and was left more determined to rely on his own strength before the Old Soil upheaval.

• Lin Xuan asked why the once-powerful dwarves had declined, and Iron Mountain explained that their ancestral land had belonged to the vanished Senhai Royal Court.
• Iron Mountain recounted how the Senhai Domain King and a dwarf Saint Lord disappeared after confronting the Idiotic Old Man, an Unknown Level anomaly that erased those who answered its questions incorrectly or attacked it.
• Iron Mountain said the Idiotic Old Man appeared again forty thousand years later, but other Domain Kings avoided confronting it after learning from the Senhai Royal Court’s fate.
• Lin Xuan reasoned that the Senhai Royal Court’s enemies had taken its territory after its Domain King vanished, leaving the dwarves scattered and vulnerable.
• Iron Mountain confirmed that the forces that divided the Senhai Royal Court still secretly targeted the dwarves, and said his branch had fled to the Great Martial Royal Court for safety.
• Lin Xuan reflected on the danger of Old Soil and resolved not to rely solely on Zhao Qiankun for protection.

Jin Xiong and Wu Di arrived at Lotus Restaurant for a reception meant to help Earth Origin Star and the other Primal Human civilizations find powerful allies in Ba Wu Giant City. As they met Wang Chongtian, Wang Chongfa, Li Yuan, and Ke Ermo outside, Ke Ermo spotted Ping Shen approaching with a middle-aged man from the Heaven Wing Clan.

• Jin Xiong and Wu Di hesitated outside Lotus Restaurant, intimidated by the powerful visitors entering East Thirteenth District’s renowned venue.
• Wang Chongtian and Wang Chongfa arrived with Li Yuan and the blue-skinned Ke Ermo of the Azure Sea Clan.
• Li Yuan introduced Ke Ermo and hinted that Hundred Families City might recruit Jin Xiong and Wu Di.
• Ke Ermo showed little interest in Jin Xiong and looked toward Ping Shen as the Yin Yang City Lord approached with a winged middle-aged man.
• Ke Ermo recognized the newcomer as belonging to the Heaven Wing Clan.

At a reception in Lotus Restaurant, Earth Origin Star’s leaders sought powerful factions to take in their young talents, and Yi Feng of the Heaven Wing Clan accepted Li Shi as his disciple. The gathering ended with Jia Ke Yi choosing Gu Yu as his eighty-seventh concubine, while Gu Yu refused and Jia Ke Yi ignored her answer.

• Ping Shen introduced Yi Feng of the Heaven Wing Clan and brought him, Jin Xiong, and the others into Lotus Restaurant, where Li Bo of the Dragonkin Race and Jia Ke Yi of the Earth Armor Clan had already arrived.
• Ping Shen opened the reception, and guests from several nations gathered to consider Earth Origin Star’s young talents.
• Yi Feng discovered Li Shi’s upper-grade talent in the path of wind and accepted him as his disciple.
• Jia Ke Yi chose Gu Yu and demanded that she become his eighty-seventh concubine.
• Gu Yu refused, saying she wanted to pursue martial arts, but Jia Ke Yi declared that she would go with him after the reception and that he would invite her relatives to their wedding.

Gu Yu faced pressure from Jia Ke Yi to become his eighty-seventh concubine, while Great Xia's representatives struggled to intervene. Su A'lei and Lin Xuan openly insulted Jia Ke Yi, and Jack punched him through the restaurant wall when he tried to seize Lin Xuan.

• Jia Ke Yi rejected the Four-Armed Race commander's appeal and maintained that he would take Gu Yu as his concubine, while Yi Feng's intervention failed to change his mind.
• Su A'lei arrived and called Jia Ke Yi an ugly freak, provoking his anger toward Ping Shen and Earth Origin Star.
• Lin Xuan entered with Jack, his fifth senior brother, and joined Su A'lei in criticizing Jia Ke Yi and the Earth Armor Clan.
• Jia Ke Yi rushed at Lin Xuan and tried to grab his throat, but Jack punched him through the wall of Lotus Restaurant.

Jack struck Jia Ke Yi after Jia Ke Yi attacked Gu Yu, and the Lotus Restaurant's guards sided with Jack despite the damage to the restaurant. Jia Ke Yi tried to leave and summon his clan, but Jack ordered the eight Cyclops guards to beat him before he could go.

• Jack punched Jia Ke Yi through a wall, drawing the attention of guests who wondered how a Mid-Ranking Commander Cyclops could overpower a High-Ranking Commander.
• Jia Ke Yi returned and blamed Jack to Ling Xi, but Ling Xi recognized Jack as a favored genius of the Cyclops Clan and Iron Mountain's disciple.
• Jack explained that Jia Ke Yi had attacked his junior brother, and Sa Lu and the other Cyclops guards prepared to act against Jia Ke Yi.
• Ling Xi told Jia Ke Yi to let the guards beat him and promised to seek compensation, while Jia Ke Yi tried to leave and call his clan for help.
• Jack told the eight Cyclopes to attack, and they surrounded Jia Ke Yi and struck him before he could finish threatening them.

Lin Xuan told Ping Shen that Pei Ge had become Gym Master Xie's apprentice and was learning a stronger martial arts method, while the Cyclops guards beat Jia Ke Yi for threatening Lin Xuan. The arrival of Earth Armor Clan Monarch-level expert Jia Nan Sen escalated the conflict, but Jack and Lin Xuan refused to retreat and insisted their opponents would not leave without giving an explanation.

• The Cyclops guards beat Jia Ke Yi while Li Bo watched, unable to stop them.
• Lin Xuan explained to Ping Shen that Pei Ge had become Gym Master Xie's apprentice and was changing to a more powerful martial arts method.
• Ping Shen learned that Lin Xuan had also joined One Punch Gym and worried that the Earth Armor Clan would retaliate over Jia Ke Yi's public humiliation.
• Jia Nan Sen arrived and knocked the eight Cyclops guards away with a single attack.
• Yi Feng warned Ping Shen that Jia Nan Sen was a notorious Earth Armor Clan Monarch-level expert, and Ping Shen urged Lin Xuan to leave with Li Shi if danger worsened.
• Lin Xuan and Jack refused to run, and Yi Feng recognized Jack as the Cyclops Jack.

After Jack defended Gu Yu and challenged the Earth Armor Clan, Quinn arrived and confirmed that Jack could speak for the Cyclops Clan, forcing Jia Nan Sen to reconsider escalating the dispute. Jack then casually addressed the revered old patriarch as “Old man,” leaving everyone stunned.

• Yi Feng recognized Jack as the Cyclops Clan’s rising star and understood why Ling Xi had stayed out of the dispute.
• Lin Xuan asked Jack whether confronting the Earth Armor Clan would endanger the Cyclops Clan, and Jack explained that his master and Quinn had told him to act freely.
• Jia Ke Yi appealed to Jia Nan Sen, who demanded an explanation from the Cyclops Clan, but Jack openly accepted the prospect of war.
• Quinn entered and declared that Jack could represent the Cyclops Clan, making Jia Nan Sen hesitate to escalate the conflict.
• Quinn greeted the Cyclops guards and Ling Xi, while Jack brought Lin Xuan over and called Quinn “Old man.”

Quinn confronted Jia Liu, the Earth Armor Clan chief, over the clash involving Jack, Jia Ke Yi, and the Cyclops guards. Jia Liu proposed that the guards apologize and that Earth Origin Star’s people be handed over, then killed Ito Akihiko’s guardian when he tried to shift the blame onto Great Xia.

• Quinn warmly greeted Lin Xuan, then called Jia Liu out of hiding.
• Jia Liu emerged and argued that the dispute should be settled according to rules and reason, while hinting at the Earth Armor Clan’s wider backing.
• Jia Liu proposed sparing Jack but demanded apologies from the eight Cyclops guards and custody of the Earth Origin Star people.
• Ito Akihiko’s guardian claimed Sakura Island was uninvolved and blamed Great Xia.
• Jia Liu pierced Ito Akihiko’s guardian with an earthen spike and dismissed him as too noisy.

Jia Liu killed Sakura Island's guardian, then tried to settle the dispute with Quinn by making Earth Origin Star's people answer for Jia Ke Yi's actions. Quinn refused to yield, and Li Gute arrived to support Lin Xuan and Jack, demanding an account of what had happened.

• Jia Liu killed Hattori Jiro after the guardian tried to distance Sakura Island from the dispute, while Ito Akihiko stepped back and hoped Lin Xuan would survive.
• Jia Liu thought Quinn had agreed to his proposal, but Quinn clarified that he would defend Lin Xuan and demanded they examine who had started the conflict.
• Li Gute appeared and greeted Lin Xuan and Jack as his junior brothers, then confronted Jia Liu for bullying them.
• Li Bo greeted Li Gute as his uncle, and Li Gute ordered him to recount the events without omitting anything.
• Li Bo explained that Jia Ke Yi had forced himself on Gu Yu despite her refusal, causing the dispute that had brought them all to Ba Wu Giant City.

Quinn and Li Gute settled Jia Ke Yi’s offense against Lin Xuan when Jia Liu killed Jia Ke Yi, then Quinn persuaded Li Gute to join him in confronting the Earth Armor Clan for compensation. After the guests moved to Lotus Restaurant’s top-floor banquet hall, Ping Shen asked Lin Xuan who the powerful visitors were.

• Li Bo recounted Jia Ke Yi’s actions, and Jia Liu confirmed the account before killing Jia Ke Yi with a seemingly casual pat.
• Li Gute asked Lin Xuan whether the resolution satisfied him, then ordered Ling Xi to arrange better seats for Earth Origin Star’s guests.
• Quinn proposed that he and Li Gute confront the Earth Armor Clan and split the proceeds if they seized its businesses, and Li Gute agreed.
• Ling Xi moved the guests to Lotus Restaurant’s top-floor banquet hall and told Ping Shen that their expenses were free.
• Ping Shen asked Lin Xuan who the powerful visitors were and what had happened.

Lin Xuan explained to Ping Shen how his senior brothers Jack and Li Gute had made the Earth Armor Clan retreat, then revealed that his master was the Lord of Cast Iron Tower. The chapter ended with Ping Shen and Yi Feng realizing Lin Xuan was Senior Brother Rex’s junior and that Lord Iron Mountain was his master.

• Lin Xuan told Ping Shen that Jack was his fifth senior brother, a gifted Cyclops Clan commander, and described Li Gute as his second senior brother, whose fighting strength could surpass Quinn’s.
• Ping Shen concluded that Jia Liu had retreated because he could not face Quinn and Li Gute together, and realized Lin Xuan’s connections reached beyond the One Punch Gym.
• Lin Xuan told Ping Shen that his master was the Lord of Cast Iron Tower, prompting Yi Feng to explain that Cast Iron Tower was a leading artifact-crafting faction led by peak Monarch Third Heaven expert Iron Mountain.
• Yi Feng offered to introduce Ping Shen to Cast Iron Tower’s Fourth Master, Rex, and Lin Xuan revealed that Rex was his fourth senior brother.
• Ping Shen asked whether Lin Xuan’s master was Lord Iron Mountain, and Lin Xuan’s revelation left Ping Shen and Yi Feng stunned.