Recaps

A wealthy young martial artist consulted his senior brother about Chen Jue, prompting a display of strength and an investigation into Chen Jue’s videos. The senior brother misidentified Chen Jue as a Bright Force practitioner and mistook his Hidden Strength footage for a second expert, while the wealthy young man resolved to pursue his own path toward becoming a dragon.

• The senior brother showed the wealthy young man his Torch Dragon Secret Eyes and urged him to abandon family business for martial arts, but the young man refused because of his family responsibilities.
• The senior brother demonstrated his power by launching and smashing a massive stone barbell into the training room wall, then agreed to investigate Chen Jue.
• The senior brother sent footage of Chen Jue’s martial arts exchange and underwater needle demonstration, concluding that Chen Jue had mastered Bright Force and warning that a separate Hidden Strength expert was in Wenzhou.
• The wealthy young man felt relieved that Chen Jue seemed relatively easy to handle, but feared the supposed Hidden Strength expert and privately mocked his senior brother’s reliance on the school.
• The chapter revealed that Chen Jue was the expert in both videos, and that the men had mistaken his Bright Force and Hidden Strength feats for the work of two practitioners.

After discovering that a bodyguard had secretly entered his villa, Chen Jue traced the intruder’s footprints and learned the wealthy family’s yacht was still at the fishing village dock. He planned to investigate the yacht after dark, avoiding the surveillance cameras.

• Chen Jue found unfamiliar sweat in his kitchen cupboard and realized someone had entered his villa while he was away.
• Chen Jue spotted standard leather-shoe prints by the back door and traced them to the gardens of the neighboring villas, identifying the intruders as the rich family's bodyguards.
• Chen Jue heard Yu Yue say that the family's yacht was still moored at the dock, then located it from a hilltop lookout.
• Chen Jue returned to his villa and planned to approach the yacht after dark without being caught on camera.

As a typhoon battered the coast, Chen Jue reconsidered his plan to sneak onto Lin Tianchen’s yacht and chose to act openly instead. After discovering the rich man’s identity, he returned to training and raised both Supreme Ultimate Fist and Thirteen-Style Stake Training to Lv4.

• Chen Jue abandoned his plan to sneak aboard the yacht, deciding that covert sabotage went against the upright spirit of Boat Boxing.
• Chen Jue visited Uncle Yu’s family and found a business card identifying the wealthy visitor’s company as Magic City Tianchen Group.
• Chen Jue searched the group’s website and learned that the man behind the trouble was its twenty-nine-year-old chairman, Lin Tianchen.
• Chen Jue returned to his villa, ate Fish Maw and Ten-Ingredient Tonic Decoction, and resumed practicing Supreme Ultimate Fist and Thirteen-Style Stake Training.
• Chen Jue filled both skills’ proficiency bars, raising them from Lv3 to Lv4.

After breaking through to Hidden Strength throughout his body, Chen Jue tested his improved abilities, studied Transforming Strength, and spent a stormy afternoon with Uncle Yu's family. The chapter left him preparing to train his newly learned Tiger Roar Golden Bell Shield before diving again for inspiration.

• Chen Jue broke through with Supreme Ultimate Fist and Thirteen-Style Stake Training, released a powerful Single Whip that cracked two floor tiles, and restored his strength with fish maw and Ten-Ingredient Tonic Decoction.
• Chen Jue checked his Attribute Panel, found his constitution, strength, and agility had increased, and read forum posts about Bright Force, Hidden Strength, and Transforming Strength.
• Chen Jue tested his strength on a dumbbell plate but could only leave shallow handprints, then joined Uncle Yu's family for a lavish seafood lunch.
• Chen Jue spent the afternoon chatting with Uncle Yu's family and napping through the typhoon before waking at four in the afternoon.
• Chen Jue went downstairs to practice Tiger Roar Golden Bell Shield and planned to dive that evening to seek insight into Transforming Strength.

During a typhoon, Chen Jue practiced his martial arts in the violent sea, rapidly improving his Supreme Ultimate Fist before a runaway fishing boat charged at him. He braced himself and struck its bow with a full-force punch.

• Chen Jue practiced the Tiger Roar Golden Bell Shield at home and raised its proficiency to 55/100.
• Chen Jue ate dinner with Uncle Yu, then went out into the storm to train underwater with a stone ball.
• At the seabed, Chen Jue practiced Level 4 Supreme Ultimate Fist against the powerful currents and rapidly increased his proficiency.
• After returning to shore, Chen Jue sensed danger as the fishing boat broke free and surged toward him on a huge wave.
• Chen Jue activated his three hard-body arts and punched the boat's pointed bow with Skyward Cannon Punch.

Chen Jue used a Supreme Ultimate Fist hammer strike to smash a boat during a storm, but the waves overturned it and slammed the hull into him. Severely injured and drained, he was taken to the hospital by Uncle Yu and Yu Yue after his Attribute Panel showed critical warnings and his health index dropped to 60%.

• Chen Jue struck the boat's bow with a Skyward Cannon Hammer, sending the boat upright as a towering wave hit its stern.
• Chen Jue exhausted nearly all his stamina and lost the ability to keep his body-hardening arts active as another wave flipped the boat.
• The overturned boat's hull struck Chen Jue, leaving him injured, struggling to breathe, and exposed to the freezing seawater.
• Chen Jue climbed to the villa, wrapped himself in a towel, and asked the guesthouse auntie to get Uncle Yu to take him to the hospital.
• Uncle Yu and Yu Yue helped Chen Jue into the pickup and drove toward the hospital in Dongdao County.
• Chen Jue saw red warnings beside his attributes and his health index fall from 105% to 60%, then passed out while wondering why he could not add constitution.

Chen Jue was taken to the county hospital after collapsing with exhaustion and chest discomfort. The doctors found minor internal injuries and low nutrient levels, and he left after treatment with his health index recovering slightly but his attribute warnings still active.

• Yu Yue and Uncle Yu brought Chen Jue to the county hospital, where he told the staff that he had exhausted himself, collapsed, and felt tightness in his chest.
• A young doctor and the attending physician examined Chen Jue and ordered blood tests and a CT scan after finding signs of injury.
• The nurse struggled to draw blood through Chen Jue's unusually firm skin, and Chen Jue felt his body react to the CT scan.
• The attending physician found minor capillary ruptures and low blood sugar, potassium, zinc, and iron, then prescribed rest, an infusion, wound care, and medicine.
• After nearly two hours of treatment, Chen Jue's health index rose to 63%, but his attribute warnings remained as he dozed in Uncle Yu's pickup.

After recovering from his injuries with the Yu family’s help, Chen Jue returned to the guesthouse, ate seafood congee, and rested. He examined the Attribute Panel’s limits and inconsistencies, then realized the intelligence attribute held the key to understanding them.

• Chen Jue thanked Uncle Yu and Yu Yue for caring for him, then asked Uncle Yu to have seafood congee made.
• The guesthouse auntie brought Chen Jue congee, checked that he was warm, and urged him to eat and sleep.
• Chen Jue took his medicine, finished the congee, cleaned up without bathing, and went upstairs to rest.
• Chen Jue reasoned that the Attribute Panel’s warning marks protected his injured body and that attribute increases consumed energy rather than creating it from nothing.
• Chen Jue questioned why his starting intelligence and constitution attributes did not match his weak physical condition, then focused on his intelligence attribute and realized where the problem lay.

After his injury brought him to the hospital, Chen Jue reflected on how hardship and neglect had kept him from realizing his childhood potential, and concluded that his Attribute Panel showed peak attributes rather than what his body could currently use. As he prepared to sleep, the panel began an update, leaving him to wait and check it again tomorrow.

• Chen Jue remembered his childhood as a gifted student whose parents' deaths, difficult upbringing, and uneven education undermined his studies and confidence.
• Chen Jue realized that the panel's intelligence and other attribute values represented his historical peaks, which illness, inactivity, and injury could prevent him from fully expressing.
• Chen Jue concluded that martial arts, nourishment, and point allocation helped restore his lost attributes and transform his body beyond its former limits.
• Chen Jue reconsidered the Attribute Panel as a tool for mastering and transforming his body rather than merely training in martial arts.
• Chen Jue watched the panel blur until it displayed an update message, then decided to sleep and check it the next day.

After recovering from his typhoon injuries, Chen Jue decided to study medicine alongside martial arts and joined an online group of experienced practitioners. He discovered a trove of martial arts materials and ancient texts, leaving him curious about whether their methods could work.

• Chen Jue woke with lingering internal injuries and reflected on the need to stay humble before nature.
• He thanked a tourist for photos of his training, then ordered books on medicine, nutrition, and physiology to study during his recovery.
• Chen Jue accepted a friend request from forum moderator Half-Step Collapse Fist Rules the World and joined a martial arts group using an alternate QQ account.
• The group members welcomed Chen Jue and shared files covering martial arts, medicine, fitness, and related subjects.
• Chen Jue opened the folder of methods awaiting verification and found several ancient texts whose training methods he wondered whether he could test.

Chen Jue astonished a martial arts group by sharing a photo of a steel dumbbell plate bearing his Hidden Strength handprint, then learned that none of the group members could match his skill. He turned to their collected medical files for ways to treat his internal injuries and found several methods related to Hidden Strength.

• Chen Jue joined the group’s discussion about his force-projecting video and said his internal injuries kept him from demonstrating Hidden Strength.
• Chen Jue posted a photo of a dumbbell plate marked by his hand, leaving the group members and admin stunned.
• The admin confirmed that Bookish Little Waves had compiled the group’s genuine ancient martial arts texts and suggested Chen Jue consult its medical theory folder.
• Bookish Little Waves praised Chen Jue and explained that the group members had contributed the old books he had photographed and scanned.
• Chen Jue concluded that his martial arts skill was exceptional by modern standards and opened the medical files to seek treatment for his internal injuries.

While recovering from internal injuries, Chen Jue found an ointment formula in his martial arts group’s files and had a batch prepared with ordinary ingredients. After testing it and feeling some relief, he began practicing Wudang Golden Needle Finger Skill and considered trying more of the group’s obscure techniques once his Attribute Panel finished updating.

• Chen Jue realized he could not yet use hidden softness to apply internal-injury ointment, so he copied the formula and went to Ye Tong Ren Tang to order a batch made with ordinary ingredients.
• Chen Jue paid over eight thousand yuan for the ointment, returned to the guesthouse, and rested after lunch.
• Chen Jue found the Wudang Golden Needle Finger Skill in his group’s files and practiced it with a pebble while his internal injuries kept him from broader movements.
• After collecting the ointment, Chen Jue applied it to his chest and felt its soothing effects after a little over twenty minutes.
• Chen Jue concluded the group’s files might contain other useful techniques and planned to try them once his Attribute Panel finished updating.

After recovering from his injury at the Guesthouse, Chen Jue shared his training insights with martial artists and studied the group's martial arts texts. His Attribute Panel updated that evening, revealing an unexplained seal within his body that left him baffled.

• Chen Jue shared fruit and dinner with Uncle Yu's family, then returned to his room to rest.
• Chen Jue described how he developed hidden strength in the martial artists' group, while withholding some details of his underwater training.
• Chen Jue read about "Stealing Heaven's Secrets" and realized that practicing on boats and underwater had accelerated his progress by keeping danger close.
• Chen Jue applied his ointment and practiced Wudang Golden Needle Finger Skill while waiting for his Attribute Panel to update.
• Chen Jue saw that the panel now tracked his peak and usable attributes, listed his injuries and new finger skill, and displayed an unanalyzable "unknown seal" within his body.

Chen Jue continued recovering from his internal injuries while practicing the Golden Needle Finger Skill on the beach. After reaching Level 1 and sharing a farewell meal with Uncle Yu’s family, he watched Yu Yue leave to fish offshore and remembered his deceased parents.

• Chen Jue found that his injuries still prevented him from adding points to constitution, so he continued resting and taking medicine instead.
• Chen Jue’s health index rose to 75% overnight, and he joined Uncle Yu’s family for breakfast before Yu Yue’s offshore fishing trip.
• Chen Jue practiced the Golden Needle Finger Skill in hard beach sand until it reached Level 1, then tested its strength on a pebble.
• Chen Jue shared a lavish farewell lunch with Yu Yue and his family, ate nourishing seafood, and avoided drinking because of his injuries.
• Chen Jue joined Uncle Yu’s family in seeing Yu Yue and his crewmates off at the pier, then thought of his deceased parents as he watched the farewell.

After seeing Yu Yue off, Chen Jue studied the meridians and acupoints needed to practice Macrocosmic and Microcosmic Orbits Circulation, discovering that adding points to Intelligence sharpened his mind but drained his energy. Once he had memorized his anatomy guides and recovered enough from his injuries, he began guiding his qi and blood along the technique’s prescribed routes.

• Chen Jue returned to the villa with Uncle Yu and Auntie after seeing Yu Yue off, then chose Macrocosmic and Microcosmic Orbits Circulation from the martial arts group’s shared files to study.
• Chen Jue ordered anatomy and meridian guides, added 0.01 to Intelligence, and found that the increase briefly improved his concentration and learning.
• Chen Jue repeatedly added points to Intelligence while reading, reaching 1.36 by bedtime, and ate dinner with Uncle Yu and Auntie to satisfy his growing hunger.
• The next morning, Chen Jue’s health index had recovered to 80%, though his Minor internal injuries remained, and he continued studying while taking medicine and applying ointment.
• Chen Jue added another 0.05 to Intelligence, finished memorizing the guides, and began circulating his qi and blood according to the technique.

Chen Jue struggled to learn [Macrocosmic and Microcosmic Orbits Circulation], but discovered that tonic medicine made its practice more productive and helped heal his internal injury. After practicing through the night and into the next morning, his injury disappeared, restoring his strength and agility and leaving him ready to resume martial training.

• Chen Jue practiced [Macrocosmic and Microcosmic Orbits Circulation] for hours without unlocking it, though his free attribute points increased slightly.
• Chen Jue studied the group's explanations of Elixir Way terminology and drank Ten-Ingredient Tonic Decoction before practicing again.
• The tonic accelerated his qi-and-blood circulation, and continued practice raised his health index while helping his internal injury recover.
• Chen Jue practiced through the evening and the following morning, but still had not gained an initial grasp of the method.
• Chen Jue discovered that his [Minor internal injury] status had vanished and tested his restored strength with a Tiger Roar Golden Bell Shield vocal strike at the beach.

After recovering from his injuries, Chen Jue continued training by the sea before returning to Chen Village and resuming his work as a martial arts coach. With the regiment’s competition approaching, he began an unconventional rooftop lesson for Zhou Gang that left the soldiers stunned by Chen Jue’s strength.

• Chen Jue raised the Tiger Roar Golden Bell Shield and Golden Needle Finger Skill to Level 2 while recovering, then left Uncle Yu and his wife after nearly half a month at their home.
• Chen Jue returned to Chen Village and agreed to coach Zhou Gang, the regiment’s other entry in the upcoming martial competition.
• After class, Chen Jue took Zhou Gang and Instructors Zou and Lin to the rooftop, where he said they would train by borrowing skill from Heaven.
• Chen Jue shoved Zhou Gang off the parapet, caught him by one arm while hanging from the building, and pulled him safely back onto the roof.
• Instructors Zou and Lin found five finger impressions in the concrete parapet and were unnerved by Chen Jue’s strength.

Chen Jue trained Zhou Gang in Bright Force on a rooftop, helping him overcome his fear and begin learning to close his pores. Back home, Chen Jue discovered Macrocosmic and Microcosmic Orbits Circulation had appeared on his Attribute Panel, and its rapid energy drain left him urgently preparing a tonic.

• Chen Jue showed Zhou Gang how he could control his pores and explained that closing them could help sustain Bright Force.
• Chen Jue and Zhou Gang sparred on the rooftop parapet for two hours, and Zhou Gang gradually improved his force and began closing his pores.
• Chen Jue ended the lesson and advised Zhou Gang to reflect on the saying about keeping the sinews and bones loose and putting the skin and hair on the attack.
• Chen Jue returned to Chen Village, practiced Macrocosmic and Microcosmic Orbits Circulation, and found the skill listed on his Attribute Panel.
• Chen Jue completed two more rounds, gained free attribute points, and felt intensely hungry as the practice consumed his energy.
• Chen Jue began stewing fish maw and Ten-Ingredient Tonic Decoction so he could test the new skill by adding points to it.

Chen Jue used attribute points to advance [Macrocosmic and Microcosmic Orbit Circulation], triggering a powerful Siphon effect that rapidly consumed food and medicine as his attributes rose. After the practice settled, he slept in Embryonic Breathing and woke with his health index increased to 132%.

• Chen Jue prepared medicinal decoction, Fish Maw, gelatin, and ginseng before allocating 0.01 points to [Macrocosmic and Microcosmic Orbit Circulation].
• The skill sent Chen Jue's blood surging toward the Shangqu Acupoint, rapidly burning through the food and tonics he had eaten while raising his attributes.
• Chen Jue consumed the remaining gelatin, ginseng, tea, and medicinal dregs until the Siphon effect stopped and steam rose from his body.
• Chen Jue calmed his qi and blood, saw his strength, constitution, and agility each rise by 0.1 and his intelligence reach 1.61, then cleaned up and went to sleep.
• Chen Jue woke after a deep, dreamless sleep and found that his health index had risen from 105% to 132%.

Chen Jue struggled to meet the intense nutritional demands of Macrocosmic and Microcosmic Orbit Circulation, so he bought supplements and tonic medicine. He then arranged an impulsive trip to Yun Province to seek notoginseng and other herbs from his university friend Biao.

• Chen Jue noticed his body and teeth changing after practicing Macrocosmic and Microcosmic Orbit Circulation, but decided not to add more proficiency until he could replenish his nutrition.
• Chen Jue practiced other martial arts, then visited Ye Tong Ren Tang and bought supplements, ginseng, and other health products for over thirty thousand yuan.
• Chen Jue ordered another hundred Mighty Pills and worried that the cost of his supplements would soon drain his savings.
• Chen Jue messaged his university roommate Biao about notoginseng and reishi mushrooms available in his hometown in Yun Province.
• Chen Jue bought an overnight flight ticket to Yun Province, and Biao offered to treat him to a meal when he arrived.

Chen Jue left for secluded training in the mountains of Yun Province, informing Commissar Yao that he would stop teaching until shortly before the competition. After landing in Kunming, he reflected on his growing sensitivity to radiation during the flight.

• Chen Jue told Commissar Yao he was leaving for secluded training and would return before the competition, and Commissar Yao reluctantly agreed.
• Commissar Yao told Zhou Gang that Chen Jue would be away, and Zhou Gang vowed to keep training and surprise him at the competition.
• Chen Jue packed supplements and clothes, flew from Wenzhou to Kunming, and ignored the airline meal.
• During the flight, Chen Jue felt faint discomfort from high-altitude radiation and later learned about the exposure after searching online.

Chen Jue traveled from Kunming to Baoshan to visit his former roommate Wang Biao, reflecting on their college years and how their lives had diverged. At Biao’s home, Chen Jue sensed the unborn baby’s heartbeat and a gentle, comforting energy radiating from his sister-in-law’s belly.

• Chen Jue stayed overnight in Kunming, ate local food, and read medical books before taking a train to Baoshan the next morning.
• Wang Biao met Chen Jue at Baoshan Station and was astonished by how much Chen Jue’s height, appearance, and build had changed.
• Chen Jue learned that Zhou Anping would soon marry and reflected on how his former roommates were building conventional lives while he pursued cultivation.
• Chen Jue arrived at Wang Biao’s home, greeted Biao’s pregnant wife, and sensed the baby’s faint heartbeat and a soothing fluctuation from her belly.

Chen Jue sensed a faint trace of what he called primordial qi from the fetus in Sister-in-law Biao’s belly and reconsidered his understanding of Taoist internal alchemy. After a moment of profound but unresolved contemplation, Wang Biao brought him back to the meal, where Chen Jue felt ravenous and recoiled at the food.

• Chen Jue sensed faint positive radiation from Sister-in-law Biao’s fetus and wondered whether it was the primordial qi described in Taoist classics.
• Chen Jue connected his observation to the golden elixir, nurturing the fetus, and the Living Dead, while speculating that ancient practitioners might have sensed the same phenomenon.
• Chen Jue considered whether primordial qi could be an undiscovered constituent of the universe, but could not reach an answer with his current knowledge.
• Wang Biao noticed Chen Jue standing in a daze and called him to sit down and eat.
• Chen Jue came to his senses, realized he was hungry, and shuddered at the appearance of the fried bamboo worms and sliced pork with bamboo fungus.

Chen Jue shared a meal with Wang Biao’s family, then rode with him toward his hometown and learned how much pressure he felt supporting his household. On the drive, Chen Jue pinched out Wang Biao’s cigarette with his bare fingers and urged him to smoke less.

• Chen Jue ate with Wang Biao’s family and sensed the vitality of the unborn fetus and Wang Biao’s young son.
• Chen Jue and Wang Biao reminisced over tea before Wang Biao dropped his son at school and drove Chen Jue toward his hometown.
• Wang Biao told Chen Jue about the strain of supporting his family on his salary and side work.
• Chen Jue pinched out Wang Biao’s lit cigarette with two fingers, startling him, and urged him to protect his health.

Chen Jue settled into Wang Biao’s family home in Wazhai, preparing to explore the mountains and practice martial arts. After admiring the sunset and training on a hill, he began learning the Eaves-Walking and Wall-Scaling Skill and planned to practice it on his mountain trip the next day.

• Wang Biao brought Chen Jue to his old family home in Wazhai and helped him clean it and prepare bedding.
• Chen Jue bought supplies for exploring the mountains, then ate local food and walked back to the village.
• Chen Jue watched the sunset from a hill, practiced several martial arts, and returned to the house to bathe and read.
• Chen Jue studied the Eaves-Walking and Wall-Scaling Skill, saw it appear on his panel at Level 0, and planned to practice it in the mountains.