Recaps

Chen Jue studied medicine at Huang Shizhen’s clinic while exchanging Daoist and martial arts knowledge with him and Liu Shiqing. After learning that Huang Shizhen’s Golden Elixir Uncle-Master Luo was still alive on Mount Hua, Chen Jue gained a clearer sense of his own body and cultivation.

• Chen Jue asked Huang Shizhen to let him observe and learn medicine at the orthopedic clinic, and Huang Shizhen agreed.
• Huang Shizhen told Chen Jue that his Uncle-Master Luo was a living Golden Elixir adept cultivating in seclusion on Mount Hua, and offered to introduce them.
• Chen Jue spent five days studying Huang Shizhen’s examinations, treatments, bone-setting, and acupuncture while discussing Daoist cultivation with him.
• Chen Jue taught Huang Shizhen Elixir Way cultivation methods, while Huang Shizhen taught Chen Jue the Golden Toad Skill’s secret breath-swallowing method.
• Chen Jue’s study of anatomy and cultivation gave him a faint sense of inner sight, allowing him to roughly visualize parts of his body as he circulated qi and blood.

After reaching Mount Hua, Chen Jue climbed the mountain on foot and watched a lively fortune-teller entertain tourists and sell Eight-Treasure Tea. When the crowd thinned, Chen Jue sat down at the old man’s stall and asked him for a reading.

• Chen Jue bought new hiking boots in Huayin, sampled local food, and rested before visiting Mount Hua.
• Chen Jue climbed Mount Hua on foot, crossed the South Heaven Plank Walk, and examined the inscription at Quanzhen Rock.
• An old fortune-teller mocked a tour guide’s explanation of the inscription and drew tourists to his stall with face readings and jokes.
• The old man claimed to be eighty-six, gave cheeky health advice, and sold a young tourist three boxes of Eight-Treasure Tea for more than its online price.
• Chen Jue watched the old man’s sales pitch, then sat at his stall and asked for a reading.

Chen Jue sought Senior Luo’s guidance at Quanzhen Rock, where the old diviner read his hands and cast several divinations. Senior Luo discovered that Chen Jue’s acquired fate was unpredictable because his Dao heart and path remained unsettled.

• Chen Jue waited for Senior Luo to return and asked him to clarify the doubts troubling his cultivation.
• Senior Luo read Chen Jue’s palms, describing his difficult early life and deducing that his name had been changed from Chen Jue meaning “awakening” to Chen Jue meaning “resolve.”
• Senior Luo cast a divination and first declared Chen Jue a baleful lone star, then found that repeated readings shifted unpredictably between auspicious and ominous signs.
• Senior Luo concluded that Chen Jue had borrowed the false to cultivate the true without yet comprehending his own Dao, leaving his nature unsettled and his future impossible to discern.

Chen Jue received guidance from Old Luo on seeking his own Dao, then learned the Hidden Dragon Sleeping Elixir Skill and practiced it overnight. After reaching Level 1, he left Huayin and resumed walking toward the Western Capital.

• Old Luo told Chen Jue that each person had to seek their own Dao and explained why he did not follow the Quanzhen rules and precepts.
• Chen Jue shared how he had achieved Core Formation through the Dragon-Tiger Union, and he and Old Luo exchanged contact details.
• Old Luo charged Chen Jue 168 yuan for their discussion, but Chen Jue transferred 250 yuan, prompting Old Luo to shout after him as he descended Mount Hua.
• Chen Jue asked Old Luo for materials on the Hidden Dragon Sleeping Elixir Skill, and Old Luo sent him a version while warning him to stop if anything felt wrong.
• Chen Jue practiced the skill in his hotel bed, gained proficiency as he slept, and reached Level 1 by morning.
• After checking out and eating Broad Knife Noodles, Chen Jue set off on foot toward the Western Capital.

After leaving Mount Hua, Chen Jue traveled west, practiced the Hidden Dragon Sleeping Elixir Skill, and explored the Western Capital’s landmarks and food. He then reached Hezhou ahead of Zhou Anping’s wedding and found his old dormmate working at a university food stall with his future wife.

• Chen Jue quickly raised the Hidden Dragon Sleeping Elixir Skill to Level 1 and found that practicing it improved his rest and energy.
• Chen Jue explored the Western Capital, sampled local food, and sensed that the mercury beneath the First Emperor's Mausoleum resembled a great lead-and-mercury elixir.
• Chen Jue left the Western Capital and walked southwest toward Fog City after realizing Zhou Anping’s wedding was a week away.
• Chen Jue reached Hezhou on November 3 and found Zhou Anping and his future wife serving students at a food stall outside a university.
• Chen Jue greeted Zhou Anping by ordering chicken wishbones and jokingly asking for them to be delivered to Room 348.

Chen Jue reunited with his college roommates in Hezhou for Zhou Anping’s wedding and reflected on their changing lives. A song and the sight of three rivers converging helped him understand that his Dao lay in ordinary life and that Quanzhen meant finding truth in the plain and simple.

• Chen Jue visited Zhou Anping’s fried chicken stall, heard about his work and upcoming wedding, and spent the night at a nearby hotel.
• Zhou Anping took Chen Jue around Hezhou for breakfast, and Chen Jue later reunited with Wang Biao, Cheng Wei, Jiang Fan, and Huang Zhe.
• Chen Jue’s roommates attended Zhou Anping’s wedding, where they teased him as the only bachelor and noticed how different he looked from their college days.
• At Wenfeng Ancient Street, Chen Jue watched the Jialing, Fu, and Qu Rivers converge and reflected on how their currents resembled the course of life.
• After hearing an old martial arts theme song, Chen Jue recalled the people he had met during his journey and realized that his Dao was hidden in ordinary life and that the plain and simple was true.

After comprehending the Dao at the confluence of three rivers, Chen Jue gained the [Immortal in the Mortal World] status and followed clues from a martial artist to Dragon Pool Bay. The woman asked whether the Tianchen Group had sent him.

• Chen Jue achieved enlightenment at the river confluence, gained the [Immortal in the Mortal World] status, and returned to the hotel for the wedding banquet.
• Chen Jue practiced the Sleeping Dragon Elixir-Sleeping Art overnight, then visited the Fu River and heard someone practicing martial arts in a nearby park.
• Chen Jue saw a spirited woman practicing Xingyi Dragon Form, but she hurried away on a bus when he tried to speak to her.
• Chen Jue recognized Lin Tianchen's bodyguard in a passing Mercedes-Benz and hired a taxi to pursue it, then deduced the woman’s bus route when the vehicle disappeared.
• Chen Jue found the woman at the Dashi Township bus terminal and followed her into the mountains to Dragon Pool Bay.
• The woman told Chen Jue the pool’s flood-dragon legend and asked whether the Tianchen Group had sent him.

Chen Jue met Linglong, an Xingyi Dragon Form practitioner who had formed a martial Golden Elixir, and they cleared up their suspicions and began exchanging insights. Lin Tianchen and John arrived to recruit Linglong with a mysterious crystal, but she refused, and Chen Jue approached after sensing Primordial Qi from the object.

• Chen Jue introduced himself to Linglong, who recognized his Mortal World True Immortal foundation, and she revealed her mastery of the Xingyi Dragon Form and martial Golden Elixir.
• Linglong explained that she had avoided Chen Jue because someone had been harassing her, and the two began discussing the Dao.
• Linglong sensed her pursuers, went to meet Lin Tianchen and John, and learned that the Extreme Sports Association had commissioned the search for her.
• John showed Linglong a sealed tube containing a crystal that he claimed held the secret of eternal life and offered it as an inducement to join the association.
• Linglong rejected the offer and expressed disgust with John and Lin Tianchen, while Chen Jue came around the bend after sensing Primordial Qi from the crystal.

Chen Jue confronted Lin Tianchen over the investigation of his room and swiftly defeated Lin Tianchen’s bodyguards and Lin Tianchen himself. John kept his device, while Chen Jue stood victorious beside the mountain road.

• Chen Jue emerged after sensing primordial qi from the device John carried, but John refused to lend it to him.
• Chen Jue asked Lin Tianchen whether he had searched Chen Jue’s room and investigated him, and Lin Tianchen denied it and ordered his bodyguards to drive Chen Jue away.
• Chen Jue slapped the four bodyguards unconscious as Lin Tianchen and John watched.
• Lin Tianchen attacked Chen Jue with Snake-Form Hidden Strength, but Chen Jue deflected his strikes and knocked him unconscious with a punch.

Chen Jue and Linglong left Dragon Pool Bay after she incapacitated Lin Tianchen, then traveled to her home in the mountains. By a stream, Linglong explained that she had crippled her former senior brother because he had repeatedly plotted against her.

• John offered Chen Jue a metal tube and a business card, inviting him to visit the Extreme Sports Association and learn about immortality.
• Lin Tianchen regained consciousness and accused Chen Jue of being stronger than he expected, but Linglong struck his forehead and left him unconscious again.
• Linglong told John to handle the injured men, then left Dragon Pool Bay with Chen Jue to continue their discussion elsewhere.
• John summoned a cleanup team to deal with the men and contacted his president to report meeting Chen Jue.
• Linglong brought Chen Jue to an orchard farmhouse, where an old woman mistook him for her boyfriend.
• By a stream, Linglong told Chen Jue that Lin Tianchen had secretly tried to harm her and that she had left him permanently impaired rather than killed him.

Linglong told Chen Jue how she survived the violent overseas gang world and became a martial arts expert, then analyzed the Primordial Qi fragment and warned him about the foreigners seeking it. The two exchanged martial arts knowledge and tested their skills by the river, leaving Chen Jue with the fragment to study and the foreigners' invitation rejected.

• Linglong explained that her master trained her in Xingyi Dragon Form and that she fled overseas Xingyi Sect power struggles after reaching Embracing the Elixir and Sitting on the Hips.
• Chen Jue showed Linglong the Primordial Qi fragment, and she identified its lead casing as radiation shielding and suspected the stone was a meteorite fragment.
• Linglong dismissed the foreigners' claims of immortality and warned Chen Jue that the Extreme Sports Association and its funder, Hong Mou Group, had hidden motives.
• Chen Jue agreed to be cautious, kept the meteorite fragment to study, and tossed the business card into the river.
• Chen Jue and Linglong discussed martial arts, shared cultivation knowledge, tested their skills, and ate lunch at the house in the navel orange grove.

After returning to Chen Village, Chen Jue paid his respects to Old Mr. Huang, whose peaceful death made him reflect on mortality. Back home, he investigated the meteorite fragment John had given him and found its Primordial Qi greatly enhanced his cultivation, triggering an upgrade to his circulation technique.

• Chen Jue returned to his old home in Chen Village, cleaned it, and put away the Golden Dew, Human Nutritional Supplement, and metal tube.
• While jogging to the reservoir, Chen Jue learned that Old Mr. Huang had died peacefully and went to pay his respects to the family.
• Chen Jue returned home, took out the metal tube, and uncovered a meteorite fragment immersed in yellow liquid.
• Chen Jue meditated with the fragment and felt its Primordial Qi sharpen his inner vision and strengthen his body.
• Chen Jue's Macrocosmic and Microcosmic Orbits Circulation technique met its upgrade conditions.

Chen Jue broke through in the Macrocosmic and Microcosmic Orbits Circulation, nearly dying when his cells drained his body of energy, but he awakened Inner Vision and gained substantial attribute improvements. After recovering, he contacted the Hong Mou Group through Linglong’s invitation, hoping to learn about their meteorite fragments and obtain more Primordial Qi.

• Chen Jue absorbed the Primordial Qi from the meteorite fragment, advanced his circulation technique, and endured a deadly cellular siphoning that left him unconscious.
• Chen Jue woke with mild malnutrition, stronger attributes, a higher-level Hidden Dragon Sleeping Elixir Skill, and the new Inner Vision status.
• Chen Jue reflected on the fear of death and the energy demands of cultivation before going to Lin Family Village for a large breakfast.
• Chen Jue found Linglong’s message saying she had accepted the Hong Mou Group’s invitation and inviting him to meet them.
• Chen Jue called the Hong Mou Group’s contact to investigate their offer and seek a chance to obtain more meteorite fragments.

Chen Jue traveled to Hongzhou Group’s research base in Hangzhou, where John revealed that the company was studying HeLa cells as a model for human immortality. The chapter ended with Chen Jue and Linglong facing the mysterious biological tissue in the underground laboratory.

• Chen Jue used Inner Vision to observe his body’s cells and digestion, then attended Old Mr. Huang’s funeral before leaving for Hangzhou.
• Chen Jue arrived at Hongzhou Group’s research base and met John, who led him and Linglong into a restricted underground laboratory.
• John asked about long-lived life-forms and introduced the idea of an immortal human cell.
• John explained that HeLa cells, extracted from a Black woman in 1951, had continued reproducing for more than seventy years without showing signs of aging or dying.

John explained Hong Mou Group’s theory that HeLa cells could offer a path to immortality and that Primordial Qi from meteorite fragments was the key. Chen Jue and Linglong saw the theory’s logic, but the chapter ended before John offered proof that the fragments could unlock immortality.

• Chen Jue questioned why Hong Mou Group was discussing HeLa cells and whether it could control cancer.
• John described HeLa cells’ limitless growth and presented the meteorite fragment as a possible key to immortality.
• John connected the Chicxulub impact and humanity’s rise, arguing that Primordial Qi from meteorites had aided human evolution.
• Chen Jue identified tool use as humanity’s advantage over dinosaurs, and John showed an ape-man holding a patterned meteorite as a tool.
• John claimed that radiation from meteorite fragments had activated HeLa cells’ immortal mechanism through a fetus in the womb.

Chen Jue and Linglong learned that Hong Mou Group wanted them to search Antarctica for scarce meteorite fragments tied to its research into HeLa cells and human immortality. After bargaining for supplies, they prepared for the expedition and departed with John on the group's private jet.

• John explained that Hong Mou Group's meteorite-modified HeLa cells might lead to genetic technology for immortality, and Linglong challenged him to reveal what help he wanted.
• John offered the pair a mission to find meteorite fragments, and Chen Jue demanded advance payment before agreeing to risk the expedition.
• Chen Jue secured six thousand sets of Hong Mou Group's exclusive products, while John identified Antarctica as the remaining promising source of meteorite fragments.
• John arranged fitted cold-weather expedition gear for Chen Jue and Linglong, and the research team prepared five backup sets for each of them overnight.
• The supplies arrived at Chen Jue's home in Chen Village, and Chen Jue, Linglong, and John flew toward Antarctica aboard Hong Mou Group's private jet.

Chen Jue and Linglong arrived at the Hong Mou Group’s Antarctic research station, where they met its president, Tom, and his son Zhao Zhen, a Yoga Mahamudra practitioner. After sensing something strange about both men, Linglong warned Chen Jue that they made her uncomfortable.

• On the private jet, Chen Jue discussed commercial spaceflight with John before using Internal Vision to study how high-altitude radiation affected his body.
• After a refueling stop in Kangaroo Country, Chen Jue, Linglong, and John landed at the Hong Mou Group’s Antarctic airport and crossed a fierce snowstorm to reach the research station.
• Tom warmly welcomed the group and introduced his son, Zhao Zhen, whose appearance and bearing led Linglong to suspect he practiced Yoga Mahamudra.
• In Tom’s office, Chen Jue noticed a Three-Faced Buddha shrine and sensed that something obscured Zhao Zhen’s spiritual imprint.
• Tom arranged for Chen Jue and Linglong to rest before exploring, and Linglong later told Chen Jue that both Tom and Zhao Zhen made her uneasy.

Chen Jue and Linglong settled into Red Mou Research Station and joined its search for Antarctic meteorite fragments. Linglong continued to sense something unusual about Zhao Zhen, and the chapter ended with the three setting out to explore a nearby unexplored area.

• Chen Jue and Linglong agreed to keep watch after Chen Jue's Heavenly Sensitivity could not read Zhao Zhen.
• Zhao Zhen told Chen Jue about the expedition teams and became interested in Linglong.
• Chen Jue trained the Golden Toad Skill, then attended the station's welcome party, where Zhao Zhen approached Linglong.
• Chen Jue and Linglong reviewed the station's maps and documents the next morning as Linglong mentioned the nine returning expedition members.
• Tom assigned Chen Jue, Linglong, and Zhao Zhen a nearby unexplored area, and they drove off in a polar vehicle.

Chen Jue, Linglong, and Zhao Zhen found a massive meteorite beneath an Antarctic ice sheet, and Chen Jue secretly absorbed its primordial qi to advance his cultivation. As support arrived, nine armed figures attacked and split the ice, separating Chen Jue and Linglong from Zhao Zhen and the meteorite; one attacker looked remarkably like Tom.

• Zhao Zhen explained that yoga masters used an awakened sixth sense to detect meteorite fragments, then trained Chen Jue and Linglong in Antarctic expedition procedures.
• After a week of increasingly dangerous exploration, Chen Jue perfected Golden Toad Skill, gained the Golden Toad Swallowing Qi status, and improved his other cultivation and attributes.
• Chen Jue sensed primordial qi beneath an ice sheet, and he, Linglong, and Zhao Zhen drilled down into a crater and discovered a huge meteorite.
• While Linglong and Zhao Zhen went to summon help, Chen Jue secretly absorbed the meteorite's qi by allocating proficiency to Macrocosmic and Microcosmic Orbits Circulation.
• The trio hauled the meteorite to the surface and waited for support, but nine figures descended from a plane and drove iron spears into the ice, splitting the shelf and severing the meteorite's cable.
• Chen Jue and Linglong retreated as the attackers landed beside Zhao Zhen and the meteorite, and one removed his face covering to reveal a face resembling Tom's.

Eugene Zhao Zhen revealed his immortality obsession, his advanced age, and the clones he had created to search for meteorites. Chen Jue fought the group for the meteorite, but Zhao Zhen escaped by plane with one fragment while Chen Jue ended up at the bottom of the ice fissure with the other.

• Eugene Zhao Zhen removed his mental barrier and explained that he had pursued meteorites for fifty years, using clones of himself to search for the Key to Immortality.
• Linglong realized that the youngest Zhao Zhen was Old Tom’s biological father, and Zhao Zhen admitted he would not share the meteorite with her.
• As Zhao Zhen’s group prepared to leave by plane, Chen Jue crossed the fissure and attacked the men carrying the meteorite.
• Chen Jue killed two Zhao Zhen clones, took the larger meteorite fragment, and dodged Zhao Zhen’s gunfire by throwing it into the fissure before leaping down after it.
• Zhao Zhen fled by plane with the remaining fragment and the two dead clones, while Chen Jue reached the fissure bottom beside the meteorite he had thrown.

After escaping Zhao Zhen, Chen Jue and Linglong recovered most of the meteorite fragments and learned how much Linglong had gained from the Hong Mou Group. As they flew back, Linglong ordered an investigation into Zhao Zhen, and Uncle Fu identified the mysterious black crystal as a Buddha Bone Śarīra.

• Chen Jue recovered from his fight with Zhao Zhen and reviewed how his heightened sensitivity and speed had helped him dodge the gunfire.
• Linglong gave Chen Jue most of the meteorite, and the two gathered more than a hundred fragments weighing over three hundred kilograms.
• Linglong revealed that she had used the Hong Mou Group's cross-shareholdings to transfer roughly ten billion in Lin Group assets and bring overseas Xingyi Sect members back to China.
• Uncle Fu arrived in a small jet, and he, Linglong, and Chen Jue left the polar vehicle behind as they flew away with the meteorite fragments.
• Linglong drew Zhao Zhen's portrait and instructed Uncle Fu to have the sect investigate his identity.
• After Chen Jue and Linglong discussed Zhao Zhen's black crystal, Uncle Fu identified it as a Buddha Bone Śarīra.

Chen Jue returned from Antarctica with meteorite fragments while Zhao Zhen ordered an investigation into him and the Gongshan footage of Chen Jue reached a classified solicitation. Back in Chen Village, Chen Jue checked the Hong Mou supplements, cleared away their packaging, and used an attribute point to advance his Macrocosmic and Microcosmic Orbits Circulation.

• Chen Jue and Linglong speculated that Buddha Bone Śarīra could create psychic shielding, then flew back toward China with the meteorites packed in lead boxes.
• Zhao Zhen learned that two of his clones had died and others were injured, ordered Tom to have John investigate Chen Jue, and directed that the meteorites be distributed to his surviving team members.
• A researcher at a Gongshan institute found footage of Chen Jue dancing with a bear and climbing a tree, and the director uploaded it to a classified Strange People and Strange Events database.
• Chen Jue reached Chen Village, inspected the Hong Mou nutritional supplements, and sold the heaps of aluminum packaging after finding no hidden devices.
• Chen Jue sat with a meteorite fragment, ate a supplement set, and spent 0.01 attribute points to level up his Macrocosmic and Microcosmic Orbits Circulation.

Chen Jue broke through Macrocosmic and Microcosmic Orbits Circulation to level two, gaining the Sinew-Washing and Marrow-Cleansing status bonus. Meanwhile, a secret research base identified him as a Level One Alternate Candidate and suspected his strength could qualify him for Special Grade and That Plan.

• Chen Jue consumed nearly a hundred kilograms of meteorite fragments and hundreds of sets of supplements to sustain his twelve-hour breakthrough, raising his attributes.
• Chen Jue discovered that his new Sinew-Washing and Marrow-Cleansing status improved his fitness, toxin excretion, metabolism, and physical potential.
• At a secret research base, Zhou Yi flagged a video showing Chen Jue dancing with a bear and climbing a fourteen-meter tree in under two seconds.
• The base director matched Chen Jue's face to the records and found that he was a Level One Alternate Candidate from the recent Grand Martial Arts Competition.
• The director reviewed a damaged force-testing machine's record of 3233KG and ordered Mo to arrange contact with Chen Jue, suspecting he qualified for Special Grade and That Plan.

Chen Jue entered a state of unity with nature while practicing Supreme Ultimate Fist, raising its proficiency to perfection and awakening a new bonus state. He discovered that he had reached the martial dao golden elixir realm.

• A director placed a Top Secret lock on Chen Jue's file and sent a team leader to notify Deputy Director Liu.
• Chen Jue used Inner Vision to observe individual cells after Macrocosmic and Microcosmic Orbits Circulation reached level 2.
• After breakfast, Chen Jue practiced Supreme Ultimate Fist on the reservoir dam and entered a profound state of unity with heaven and man.
• Chen Jue's Supreme Ultimate Fist Stake Training reached level 6 perfection, and he awakened the Unity of Heaven and Man state.
• Chen Jue found that his senses had improved and that his qi and blood could gather into a compact mass on their own, marking his entry into the martial dao golden elixir realm.

Chen Jue reached the pinnacle of traditional martial arts and used his Attribute Panel to advance Macrocosmic and Microcosmic Orbits Circulation while preparing his body with food and meteorite dust. The technique unexpectedly reached perfection, and a strange vaporous whirlwind formed around him as his breakthrough began.

• Chen Jue realized that Supreme Ultimate Fist Stake Training had brought him to the end of traditional martial arts, while [Inner Vision] and his Attribute Panel offered a path beyond it.
• An egret approached Chen Jue on the dam without fear, and he bonded with it under the influence of [Unity of Heaven and Man].
• Chen Jue raised Macrocosmic and Microcosmic Orbits Circulation to Lv2 and sensed that its next breakthrough would demand a great deal from his body.
• Chen Jue ate nutritional supplements until his weight rose from 90 kg to 130 kg, then crushed the remaining meteorite fragments into powder.
• Chen Jue covered himself in meteorite powder and allocated the final proficiency point to Macrocosmic and Microcosmic Orbits Circulation, triggering a surge of blood and vital energy.
• A spiral of vapor and meteorite dust formed around Chen Jue, and Macrocosmic and Microcosmic Orbits Circulation displayed perfection instead of merely advancing to level 3.