Chapter Summaries

After returning to Chen Village, Chen Jue cleaned his long-abandoned family home and discovered that the physical labor had earned him attribute points. He spent all 0.06 points on constitution, felt his fatigue ease, and began to see a real effect from the panel.

• Chen Jue rode a bus to Panlong Town, then took a van to his hometown of Chen Village.
• Chen Jue spoke with elderly villagers who recognized him as Chen Yan’s grandson.
• Chen Jue opened and cleaned his family’s dusty, long-empty house for more than four hours.
• Chen Jue checked his panel and saw that his available attribute points had risen from 0.05 to 0.06 through physical labor.
• Chen Jue allocated all 0.06 points to constitution, raising it from 0.98 to 1.04 and easing his fatigue.

After returning to his rural hometown following a layoff, Chen Jue settled into his old house and explored how his attribute panel could help him build a new life. At the reservoir, he learned about Boat Boxing and discovered that practicing it added a skill to his panel and earned him another free attribute point.

• Chen Jue unpacked his belongings, reflected on his family losses and limited savings, and decided to leave the rat race behind in his hometown.
• Chen Jue bought basic food and beer at the village store, ate, and resolved to find ways to gain more free attribute points.
• Chen Jue walked to the renovated village reservoir and watched an elderly man practicing an unfamiliar martial art.
• The old man introduced the style as Boat Boxing, and Chen Jue searched for information before agreeing to learn a few moves.
• Chen Jue practiced Boat Boxing and saw his panel record Boat Boxing Lv0 (3/100) and add 0.01 free attribute points.

Chen Jue learned Boat Boxing from Grandpa Huang and discovered that practicing it rapidly improved his skills and attributes. After finding complete instruction videos online, he trained further at home and went to sleep excited by his progress.

• Chen Jue spent attribute points to boost his Boat Boxing proficiency and practiced the routine with guidance from Grandpa Huang.
• Grandpa Huang explained the style’s history and limited knowledge, then returned to Huang Family Village as Chen Jue continued practicing on the dam.
• Chen Jue checked his attribute panel at home and found that boxing had increased his strength, agility, and free attribute points.
• After making noodles, Chen Jue found online videos teaching the full Boat Boxing style, including stance exercises and weapon techniques.
• Chen Jue followed the videos through several routines and the Eight Immortals Stance, raising his Boat Boxing proficiency to 56/100 and improving his attributes again.
• Chen Jue felt excited about his progress, then fell into a deep sleep.

After Boat Boxing appeared to improve his constitution overnight, Chen Jue spent the morning walking around the countryside, buying food, and arranging to buy a solid-wood table for training. He returned from Panlong Town with supplies to support his practice and planned to continue improving his body.

• Chen Jue noticed his constitution had risen from 1.05 to 1.06 overnight and learned that exercise could keep improving fitness as his body recovered.
• Chen Jue walked to Lin Family Village for breakfast, ate sticky rice, soup, and meat buns, and decided to keep walking rather than ride a van.
• Chen Jue walked along National Highway 104 toward Panlong Town, reflecting on his decision to leave city life and settle back in the countryside.
• Chen Jue ordered a solid-wood eight-immortals table from a furniture shop so he could practice Eight Immortals Stake Skill.
• Chen Jue visited Panlong Town’s produce market and bought seafood, meat, vegetables, eggs, and half a crispy-skinned duck to support his training.

Chen Jue bought groceries in Panlong Town and tried to walk back to Chen Village carrying the heavy load, using attribute points to boost his constitution. Exhausted after nearly two kilometers, he took a minivan home, then resolved to keep training and try another long walk the next day.

• Chen Jue spent 0.08 free attribute points on constitution, which eased his soreness and helped him resume walking with his groceries.
• After nearly two kilometers with the heavy bag, Chen Jue became exhausted and accepted a ride to Chen Village from the same minivan driver he had met the day before.
• During the ride, Chen Jue gained 0.01 each in strength and agility and spent another 0.01 point on constitution.
• Chen Jue stored his groceries, prepared rice for lunch, and checked his panel, finding that he had gained 0.04 attribute points that morning.
• Chen Jue decided to practice boxing more and planned to power walk again the next day.

After resting and eating well, Chen Jue trained Boat Boxing at home and by the reservoir, improving his attributes and leveling the skill to Lv1. He ended the chapter practicing on the dam in the evening, newly encouraged by his progress.

• Chen Jue woke from a refreshing nap and found that his constitution had increased to 1.17.
• Chen Jue practiced Boat Boxing at home, ordered a television and training gear, and asked Jiang Fan to ship his belongings from Hangzhou.
• Chen Jue trained until he earned 0.02 unallocated attribute points and raised Boat Boxing progress to 79/100.
• Chen Jue went to the Chen Village reservoir in the evening and practiced Boat Boxing on the dam.
• Chen Jue’s Boat Boxing progress passed 100, and the skill advanced to Lv1.

Chen Jue broke through to Boat Boxing Lv1 and discovered that the quiet dam improved his training efficiency. After reflecting on fitness and health, he invested his accumulated attribute points in constitution and went to sleep feeling better than ever.

• Chen Jue reached Boat Boxing Lv1, found his movements smoother, and earned attribute points faster while practicing on the dam.
• Chen Jue returned home, watched fitness videos, and decided to avoid excessive bodybuilding and limit his drinking.
• Chen Jue allocated all 0.08 attribute points to constitution, raising it from 1.17 to 1.25.
• Chen Jue experienced a steadier heartbeat and deeper breathing, then slept more comfortably than ever.

After allocating his free points to constitution, Chen Jue woke refreshed and spent the morning training Boat Boxing at the reservoir, improving his attributes and skill proficiency. At breakfast, he reunited with his former primary-school deskmate Lin Mengruo, declined her offer to introduce him to her sister, and questioned whether marriage and an ordinary city life were what he wanted.

• Chen Jue woke with his fatigue gone and noticed improvements in his appearance and health after adopting a regular routine and raising his constitution to 1.25.
• Chen Jue jogged to the reservoir and practiced Boat Boxing for over two hours, increasing his strength, agility, proficiency, and free attribute points.
• Chen Jue went to Lin Family Village for breakfast and ran into Lin Mengruo, his former primary-school deskmate, who introduced her four-year-old daughter.
• Lin Mengruo offered to introduce Chen Jue to her younger sister, but Chen Jue politely declined and said he was not planning to marry soon.
• Watching Lin Mengruo care for her daughter led Chen Jue to realize that the ordinary married life he once expected was not the life he wanted.

Chen Jue began training the Muscle-Tendon Change Classic to improve his cultivation and recovered some fatigue from his morning exercise. After a delivery brought the solid wooden table he had ordered, he practiced the Eight Immortals Stance on it and discovered it was a separate skill on his attribute panel.

• Chen Jue searched online for stillness exercises and chose Shaolin Temple's Muscle-Tendon Change Classic.
• Chen Jue studied the twelve postures, gained his first proficiency point, and practiced until he had accumulated four points by noon.
• Chen Jue napped, then paid two delivery men 200 yuan to bring his solid wooden square table into his home.
• Chen Jue climbed onto the table and practiced the Eight Immortals Stance, which appeared as an independent skill on his attribute panel.

Chen Jue practiced the Eight Immortals Stance on a table and discovered that it improved his strength, agility, and visual tracking. After testing Boat Boxing on a reservoir boat, he spent his free attribute points to raise the stance to Lv1, which steadied his footing and let him practice more powerfully.

• Chen Jue surrounded the living room table with sofa cushions and practiced the Eight Immortals Stance for two hours, gaining strength, agility, and constitution.
• Chen Jue checked his increased attributes, ate dinner, and walked to the reservoir to try Boat Boxing on a small boat.
• Chen Jue found the boat difficult to balance on and realized his lower body was not stable enough to use his strength freely.
• Chen Jue spent his free attribute points to raise the Eight Immortals Stance to Lv1, gaining beginner-level muscle memories.
• Chen Jue practiced on the boat with steadier footing, and his strength and agility increased further.

After rapidly improving his Eight Immortals Stance, Chen Jue became weak and pale from overtraining and suspected his body was depleted. He sought advice and bought nourishing foods and remedies, but his condition had not improved by the next morning.

• Chen Jue gained strength, agility, and free attribute points from an hour of Eight Immortals Stance training, then felt dizzy and weak after getting off the boat.
• Chen Jue ate a large meal, asked a Tieba forum for advice, and ordered several tonics recommended by forum users.
• Chen Jue put his free attribute points into constitution and decided to buy ingredients for nourishing soup the next day.
• Chen Jue woke still pale and weak, took a minivan to Panlong Town, and bought an old duck and ingredients for soup.
• Chen Jue bought Donkey-Hide Gelatin Granules and sliced ginseng at a pharmacy but declined the owner's liver-detox medicine.

After severe anemia left him depleted, Chen Jue used donkey-hide gelatin, ginseng, duck soup, and training to recover, and his attribute panel gained a health index. He settled into his decision to pursue martial training in the village and prepared for more intensive practice with newly arrived equipment.

• Chen Jue returned to Chen Village, drank several packets of donkey-hide gelatin and ginseng tea, and practiced while duck soup simmered.
• After eating the duck and sleeping, Chen Jue recovered and discovered that his constitution had risen to 1.32 and his new health index was 89%.
• Chen Jue called back the television technician and arranged for the installation to happen the next morning.
• Chen Jue collected his parcels from Chen Aqiang and explained that he had quit his job and planned to settle in the countryside.
• Chen Jue unpacked his exercise equipment, ate the remaining duck soup, and decided to drink ginseng tea regularly while avoiding more gelatin unless he became depleted again.

Chen Jue combined weightlifting with Eight Immortals Stance practice and discovered he could raise his strength and agility while restoring lost constitution and health. After recovering overnight, he began following a detailed daily training schedule and added weighted jogging to his routine.

• Chen Jue lifted weights at home, raising his strength and agility slightly while his constitution and health index fell from overtraining.
• He drank Ginseng Tea and practiced the Eight Immortals Stance, restoring his lost constitution and health and forming a plan to combine stance training with weightlifting.
• Chen Jue trained until late, slept deeply, and woke the next morning feeling refreshed despite muscle soreness.
• He created a daily workout schedule and jogged to the reservoir wearing 0.5 kg sandbags on each limb.
• At the reservoir, Chen Jue removed the weights and practiced Boat Boxing and the Eight Immortals Stance before planning to follow his new training routine.

Chen Jue improved his attributes through morning training on the dam and a boat, then taught Old Mr. Huang the Eight Immortals Stance. After resting at home, he practiced the Twelve Forms of the Muscle-Tendon Change Classic and decided to rely on free attribute points to advance it faster while guarding against exhausting himself.

• Chen Jue practiced the Eight Immortals Stance and Boat Boxing on a boat, gaining free attribute points and raising his constitution.
• Chen Jue met Old Mr. Huang, demonstrated his martial arts, and taught him the Eight Immortals Stance.
• Old Mr. Huang showed Chen Jue his granddaughter’s profile and offered to introduce them, but Chen Jue politely declined and left.
• Chen Jue ate breakfast, checked his attributes, and found that his agility had increased after training with weights.
• Chen Jue ordered Yunnan Baiyao for muscle soreness, rested, and practiced the Twelve Forms of the Muscle-Tendon Change Classic, whose proficiency advanced slowly.
• Chen Jue decided to use accumulated free attribute points to break through the Muscle-Tendon Change Classic and take precautions against depleting his body.

Chen Jue practiced the Twelve Forms of the Muscle-Tendon Change Classic, prepared for more systematic fitness testing, and used free attribute points to raise the skill to Lv1. After drinking the Ten-Ingredient Tonic Decoction and repeatedly practicing the forms, he dramatically improved his constitution and health index.

• Chen Jue practiced the Twelve Forms of the Muscle-Tendon Change Classic through the morning, raising its proficiency to 12/100 and his constitution to 1.34.
• Chen Jue ordered a heart-rate wristband and track-and-field equipment so he could measure his physical progress.
• Chen Jue had a seventy-inch television installed for martial arts practice, then began simmering Ten-Ingredient Tonic Decoction while training in the afternoon.
• Chen Jue gained 0.1 free attribute points from afternoon practice and drank a bowl of the decoction.
• Chen Jue spent 0.09 free attribute points to raise the Twelve Forms of the Muscle-Tendon Change Classic to Lv1, then practiced it as the decoction fueled rapid gains.
• Chen Jue consumed the entire pot of decoction while practicing, raising his constitution from 1.34 to 1.56 and his health index from 90% to 98%.

After mastering the basics of the Twelve Forms of the Muscle-Tendon Change Classic, Chen Jue gained a dramatic boost to his constitution and health, along with clearer vision and greater energy. The next morning, his constitution rose again as he resumed his weighted run toward the reservoir.

• Chen Jue saw his constitution reach 1.56 and his health index reach 98% after practicing the Twelve Forms of the Muscle-Tendon Change Classic.
• Chen Jue noticed his skin had a healthy glow, his eyesight had improved without glasses, and he felt unusually energetic.
• Chen Jue cleaned up, ate a late dinner, and decided to focus on improving his current skills and weaker attributes rather than learning more martial arts.
• Chen Jue slept soundly and woke naturally before his alarm, finding that his constitution had risen to 1.57.
• Chen Jue put four kilograms of sandbag weights on his arms and legs and jogged uphill toward the reservoir.

Chen Jue improved his training by practicing in the middle of Chen Village Reservoir and gained more attribute points. After meeting Old Mr. Huang, who urged him to seek work instead, Chen Jue headed toward the market to test power-walking with his weights.

• Chen Jue ran to the reservoir, practiced Boat Boxing and the Eight Immortals Stance, and gained free attribute points.
• Chen Jue rowed to the reservoir’s center and practiced the Eight Immortals Stance in the swaying boat, increasing its proficiency to 76/200.
• Chen Jue met Old Mr. Huang, introduced himself as Chen Yan’s grandson, and explained that he had quit his job to train.
• Old Mr. Huang warned Chen Jue that practicing martial arts would not get him far and advised him to find work, but Chen Jue agreed only to reassure him.
• Chen Jue jogged toward Lin Village for breakfast, raised his agility to 0.89, and decided to try power-walking to the market.

Chen Jue power-walked from Lin Family Village to Panlong Town in under an hour and discovered that his agility and intelligence had increased, possibly during an epiphany. He bought groceries and rode home, resolving to improve his training before trying the full round trip again.

• Chen Jue reflected on the hardships of martial artists, the unpredictability of life, and his hope of living a long, healthy life.
• Chen Jue reached Panlong Town after power-walking five kilometers with his weights and found that his agility, intelligence, and free attribute points had increased.
• Chen Jue decided to save his free points and train the Twelve Forms of the Muscle-Tendon Change Classic to improve his constitution.
• Chen Jue bought a large load of nourishing food and vegetables at the market.
• Chen Jue hired a minivan back to Chen Village because his groceries were too heavy to carry home on foot.

Chen Jue practiced the Twelve Forms of the Muscle-Tendon Change Classic, ate softshell turtle soup, and made strong gains from an afternoon workout. That evening, he headed to the reservoir and was invited to join a group of wealthy visitors camping there.

• Chen Jue practiced the Twelve Forms of the Muscle-Tendon Change Classic for nearly two hours and gained 0.01 constitution.
• Chen Jue ate softshell turtle soup and noticed a cooling sensation as his health index remained steady.
• Chen Jue collected his deliveries and completed an afternoon workout that raised his strength and agility by 0.04 each.
• Chen Jue decided to keep training after seeing his improving physique and attribute readings.
• Chen Jue gave a group of visitors directions to the reservoir, and the middle-aged driver invited him to join their barbecue and camping trip.

Chen Jue helped a group of visitors carry their camping gear to a reservoir campsite before practicing Boat Boxing on the dam. After two young women filmed him, he boarded a small boat to try practicing the Eight Immortals Stance in the dark on the reservoir.

• Chen Jue carried boxes for a group of visitors and showed them to a campsite below the dam.
• Chen Jue returned to the campsite to guide the visitors and help them move their gear.
• Chen Jue removed his weights and practiced Boat Boxing on the illuminated dam.
• A middle-aged visitor watched Chen Jue through binoculars, and the campers briefly discussed his martial arts practice.
• Two young women filmed Chen Jue practicing and shared the video in their WeChat group.
• Chen Jue noticed the women filming, then boarded a small boat to practice the Eight Immortals Stance on the reservoir.