Chapter Summaries

Wang Zhuo took Lu Linglong into the woods to draw out their hidden pursuers, but spent the time flirting while Hu Jie was repeatedly struck by stray weapons and Hidden Dragon grew furious. The chapter ended with Wang Zhuo leaning in to kiss Lu Linglong as Hu Jie, Hidden Dragon, and Lu Jin threatened to kill him.

• Xu Si and Xu San reassured Zhang Chulan after he left the courtyard, while Wang Zhuo reminded him to remember what he wanted before heading off to meet Lu Linglong.
• Wang Zhuo walked Lu Linglong into a deserted grove as Lu Jin and the others watched, while Lu Jin angrily urged him to act as bait properly.
• Wang Zhuo urinated on Hu Jie, who was hiding in the bushes, then showed Lu Linglong a throwing knife he had taken from Hidden Dragon.
• Wang Zhuo's thrown knife collided with Hidden Dragon's knife and struck Hu Jie, who endured the injuries while Hidden Dragon prepared more weapons.
• Wang Zhuo flirted with Lu Linglong by the stream, teased her with a quiz, and repeatedly played scissors during rock-paper-scissors.
• Wang Zhuo called Lu Linglong his everything and leaned in to kiss her, prompting Hu Jie, Hidden Dragon, and Lu Jin to shout that they would kill him.

Lu Linglong brought Zhang Chulan and the others to meet the Old Celestial Master, Tian Jinzong, and Lu Jin, where Wang Zhuo’s apparent disgrace sparked a chaotic misunderstanding about his relationship with Lu Linglong. Zhang Chulan then eagerly knelt before Tian Jinzong after learning of his friendship with Zhang Huaiyi.

• Lu Linglong invited Zhang Chulan, Xu Si, Xu San, and Feng Baobao to meet the elders, and Zhang Chulan worried that the Ten Elders might recognize Feng Baobao.
• The group found Wang Zhuo hanging from a beam with a placard accusing him of harassing Lu Linglong, while Hidden Dragon and Lu Jin condemned him.
• Zhang Chulan joined the accusations until Lu Linglong untied Wang Zhuo and declared that she had wanted their intimacy, leaving Lu Jin and Hidden Dragon heartbroken.
• Zhang Zhiwei laughed at the uproar, then told Zhang Chulan that Tian Jinzong had been a close friend of Zhang Huaiyi.
• Zhang Chulan immediately knelt before Tian Jinzong, prompting Yun and Hidden Dragon to mock his eagerness.

Zhang Chulan thanked Lu Jin for offering a favor, while Wang Zhuo provoked Lu Jin by asking him to approve a marriage with Lu Linglong. When Zhang Zhiwei asked about Feng Baobao, Wang Zhuo and Zhang Chulan covered her identity, and the elders then turned to question Hu Jie about his father’s death.

• Zhang Chulan apologized to Lu Jin on his brother’s behalf, and Lu Jin promised him one favor that did not violate heaven or his conscience.
• Wang Zhuo asked Lu Jin to use that favor to bless his marriage to Lu Linglong, prompting Lu Jin to angrily refuse while Lu Linglong shyly defended Wang Zhuo.
• Zhang Zhiwei asked about Feng Baobao, and Wang Zhuo, Zhang Chulan, and Xu San presented her as a simple-minded adopted sister who worked for the company.
• Lu Jin was reminded of Wu Gensheng by Feng Baobao’s appearance, but Zhang Zhiwei redirected him to the matter at hand.
• Ling brought in Hu Jie, who had been frozen and was terrified of Wang Zhuo, and Lu Jin explained that Hu Jie had fallen under Quanxing’s control and could be questioned about Hu Lin’s death.
• Wang Zhuo claimed that he and Lu Linglong had captured Hu Jie, and Lu Linglong stood up for him when Lu Jin shouted at him.

Wang Zhuo incapacitated Hu Jie with an Origin-Closing Needle and then froze him into a living ice sculpture, explaining that his technique could preserve people without aging. The others marveled at his self-taught ability, and Lu Linglong began explaining cartoons to Lu Jin after Wang Zhuo said they inspired his research.

• Ling revealed the Origin-Closing Needle that prevented Hu Jie from using his abilities and described the information extracted from him.
• Hu Jie broke down and shouted that he wanted to become stronger and stay alive, so Wang Zhuo put him to sleep and froze him.
• Wang Zhuo explained that Hu Jie had become an ice sculpture who could be preserved and later restored, though breaking the sculpture would kill him.
• Xu San recognized the potential of the technique for preserving people near death, while the others praised Wang Zhuo's ability and ingenuity.
• Wang Zhuo said cartoons had inspired him to develop the freezing technique, astonishing everyone, and Lu Linglong started explaining cartoons to Lu Jin.

Wang Zhuo explained that he had taught himself his abilities and offered to share them, but Hidden Dragon warned that ordinary people could not safely imitate his methods. As Lu Jin and Xu Si prepared to use Zhang Chulan and the Heaven Communicating Talisman Art as bait to ambush Quanxing on Mount Longhu, Zhang Chulan suddenly dropped to his knees.

• Wang Zhuo offered to teach his self-created arts, but Hidden Dragon said their dangerous combination could drive ordinary practitioners mad or turn them into Creepers.
• Wang Zhuo said he had learned his abilities by himself, leaving Lu Jin, Zhang Zhiwei, and the younger generation astonished by his talent.
• Xu Si revealed that company agents were secretly watching Mount Longhu, and Lu Jin said Zhang Chulan and the Heaven Communicating Talisman Art would lure Quanxing into a trap.
• Lu Jin and Xu Si agreed to work with the Celestial Master Mansion and the company to cripple Quanxing, while Zhang Zhiwei and Tian Jinzhong joked about the cost of repairing the mountain.
• As Xu Si and the others prepared to leave for the tournament, Zhang Chulan remained behind and suddenly knelt down.

Zhang Chulan learned that his grandfather had sworn brotherhood with a Quanxing fiend, while Wang Zhuo watched Lu Jin perform the Heaven Communicating Talisman Art and immediately mastered its Five Ghost Technique. The others were left stunned as Wang Zhuo pretended he had learned nothing and tried to leave with Feng Baobao.

• Zhang Chulan begged Zhang Zhiwei and Lu Jin to explain why his grandfather had been hunted, and Lu Jin revealed that his grandfather had sworn brotherhood with a Quanxing fiend alongside disciples from orthodox sects.
• Lu Jin drew a talisman and sent five black-mist ghosts outside to frighten the eavesdropping spectators.
• Wang Zhuo used his Six Eyes to study Lu Jin's Heaven Communicating Talisman Art and instantly grasped the Five Ghost Technique.
• Wang Zhuo drew the technique himself and released five black-mist ghosts, shocking Lu Jin, Zhang Zhiwei, Tian Jinzong, and the others.
• Wang Zhuo destroyed the ghosts, apologized, pretended to have forgotten the technique, and took Feng Baobao's hand to leave.

Lu Jin explained how the Thirty-Six Thieves were hunted by prominent sects, and Wang Zhuo condemned their claims of righteousness as cover for greed and murder. Zhang Chulan learned that Zhang Zhiwei and Tian Jinzong had pursued his grandfather, and Tian Jinzong began recounting how he and Zhang Zhiwei had tried to bring Zhang Huaiyi home.

• Lu Jin told Zhang Chulan that Zheng Zibu and Feng Zhenghao's elder had joined the Thirty-Six Thieves, who were hunted after their brotherhood became known.
• Wang Zhuo argued that the sects had used moral principles to justify coveting the thieves' powerful arts and killing them.
• Zhang Chulan asked whether Mount Longhu had hunted his grandfather, and Zhang Zhiwei admitted that he and Tian Jinzong had pursued him.
• Tian Jinzong recalled that he and Zhang Zhiwei had pleaded with their master to let them find Zhang Huaiyi and bring him back.
• Tian Jinzong said he had failed to find Zhang Huaiyi and had been attacked, then asked Wang Zhuo to lift his sleeve.

Tian Jinzhong comforted Zhang Chulan about his grandfather and welcomed him into the Celestial Master Mansion, while Wang Zhuo joked with the elders. Feng Baobao left feeling troubled, and Wang Zhuo protected her from Xi, who recognized him as Liu Guanyi.

• Tian Jinzhong told Zhang Chulan that his injuries had forced him to focus on meditation and that he understood how hard Zhang Chulan's life had been.
• Tian Jinzhong explained why Zhang Huaiyi had stayed away and assured Zhang Chulan that the Celestial Master Mansion would always be his home.
• Wang Zhuo and the elders joked about becoming Zhang Chulan's grandfathers, while Feng Baobao silently left the room with a bag of chips.
• Xi asked Feng Baobao what the elders were discussing, then reached for her shoulder when she ignored him.
• Wang Zhuo appeared beside Feng Baobao, used his Conqueror's Haki to send Xi flying, and offered to let Feng Baobao punch him if she felt down.

Wang Zhuo comforted Feng Baobao, then used shameless jokes and a claim of kinship to smooth over his clash with Xi and win Lu Jin’s acceptance. As Wang Zhuo and his companions headed down the mountain, Lu Linglong caught up and called to him, flustering at Zhang Chulan’s teasing.

• Wang Zhuo reassured Feng Baobao that he and Zhang Chulan would stand by her, and Feng Baobao said she trusted him.
• Xi complained that Wang Zhuo had threatened to use him as a bang snap, prompting Zhang Chulan and the elders to laugh.
• Wang Zhuo accused Xi of bullying Feng Baobao, called Lu Jin his grandpa, and invited the elders to eat with him.
• Wang Zhuo, Feng Baobao, Zhang Chulan, and Xu Si left to buy food, while Zhi Jinhua urged Lu Linglong to pursue Wang Zhuo.
• Lu Linglong caught up with the group and called to Wang Zhuo, while Zhang Chulan teased her until she denied having feelings for him.

Wang Zhuo and Zhang Chulan faced a group curious about Zhang Chulan’s chastity mark, and their argument escalated into a brawl and a comic sales pitch. The chapter ended with Zhang Chulan kicking Wang Zhuo away as Lu Linglong chased after him.

• Lu Linglong and Zhi Jinhua hesitated to ask Zhang Chulan to show them his mark, so Wang Ergou stepped in and bluntly demanded to see it.
• Zhang Chulan became furious and powered up with his Golden Light Mantra, while Wang Zhuo mocked Hidden Dragon for being jealous of Lu Linglong’s affection for him.
• Hidden Dragon attacked Wang Zhuo, and Lu Linglong punched Hidden Dragon before holding her breath when he suggested she was being threatened.
• Wang Ergou explained that the group wanted to inspect Zhang Chulan’s unusual restriction-type art, prompting Zhang Chulan and Wang Zhuo to prepare a joint move.
• Wang Zhuo called Zhang Chulan his brother and demanded extra payment to let the group view the mark, then advertised viewing fees and photos.
• Zhang Chulan kicked Wang Zhuo away, and Lu Linglong ran after him.

At a bonfire gathering, Wang Zhuo drank with the young Outsiders and turned their curiosity about his blindfold into a guessing game. Zhi Jinhua correctly guessed that his eyes granted spatial perception, and the group urged him to remove the blindfold.

• Lu Linglong brought Wang Zhuo and Feng Baobao to the gathering, where Feng Baobao drank Erguotou and Xi nervously tried to keep up with her.
• Hidden Dragon and the others teased Wang Zhuo about his blindfold, and Wang Zhuo challenged them to guess why he wore it.
• Hidden Dragon made an insulting guess, so Wang Zhuo punched him and forced him to drink a bottle of Erguotou.
• Zhuge Qing guessed that Wang Zhuo's eyes had a special ability, but got it wrong and drank the liquor.
• Zhi Jinhua guessed that Wang Zhuo used spatial perception, and Lu Linglong and the others urged him to remove his blindfold.

Wang Zhuo and the others got drunk around a bonfire, where Zhang Chulan exposed his chastity mark and led a wild dance. The next morning, Zhang Chulan regretted what he had done while Wang Zhuo teased Lu Linglong about kissing him.

• Wang Zhuo tricked everyone with a second blindfold, then revealed his silver hair and azure eyes, leaving the three girls flustered.
• Wang Ergou and Yun got drunk Zhang Chulan to pull down his pants and reveal the qi symbols of his chastity mark, which he illuminated with the Golden Light Mantra.
• Wang Zhuo led everyone in a mountain folk dance around the bonfire while Zhang Chulan danced without his pants on.
• After the night of partying, Wang Zhuo woke beside Lu Linglong and teased her that she had forced a kiss on him.
• Zhang Chulan woke hungover, pulled up his pants, and was mocked by Xu Si for exposing himself on Mount Longhu.

Wang Zhuo faced a system choice between winning the championship and triggering a terrifying supernatural world, or giving up the title and activating spiritual energy revival. He chose the second option, then entered the arena to fight Deng Youfu as Deng’s companions prepared to invoke a spirit.

• Zhang Chulan discovered that the others had taken videos of his earlier embarrassment, while Zhi Jinhua became absorbed in copying runes from Wang Zhuo’s notebook.
• Wang Zhuo saw that his first match was against Deng Youfu and received a choice between taking the championship and giving it up.
• The system revealed that winning would unleash numerous terrifying supernatural forces, so Wang Zhuo chose to give up the championship and received the reward Wear the Nine Heavens and a Red-Fire Three-Legged Golden Toad.
• Wang Zhuo learned that his choice had activated spiritual energy revival and a quest, then spent the morning meditating alone in the woods.
• Wang Zhuo entered the arena against Deng Youfu and allowed Deng Youcai and a female companion to provide vocal accompaniment for a spirit invocation.

Deng Youcai performed an authentic Shaman Spirit-Summoning Ritual, calling Liu Kunsheng into Deng Youfu’s body before the match with Liu Guanyi. The spectators watched in stunned silence as Liu Kunsheng appeared and questioned why the Deng brothers had summoned him.

• Xu Si identified the Wenwang Drum ritual as authentic, and the spectators gathered to watch and record it.
• Deng Youcai beat the drum and chanted an invocation to Liu Kunsheng while Deng Youfu waited with his eyes closed.
• Deng Youfu began to shake as bells rang on their own and whirlwinds formed around him, signaling the spirit’s arrival.
• Liu Kunsheng appeared through Deng Youfu and asked why the Deng brothers had called him from so far away just to fight.
• Deng Youcai knelt and praised Liu Guanyi to Liu Kunsheng, while Lu Jin wondered whether the being before him was a thousand-year-old immortal.

Liu Kunsheng revealed the fearsome power of his true spirit, silenced Feng XingTong, and exposed hidden Quanxing members in the tournament. He challenged Wang Zhuo to spar, and the two began trading powerful attacks.

• Liu Kunsheng glared at Feng XingTong, sent him crashing into the seats, and sentenced him to half a month without speech.
• Liu Kunsheng calculated that Quanxing members had infiltrated the tournament, identifying wine, lust, wealth, and wrath among them.
• Liu Kunsheng challenged Wang Zhuo to a spar, and Wang Zhuo accepted by removing his blindfold and activating his domain.
• Wang Zhuo used Dismantle, a lightning spear, and Black Flash against Liu Kunsheng, who blocked or endured the attacks.
• Wang Zhuo and Liu Kunsheng agreed to hold back and spar as friends, then traded rapid blows across the arena.

Wang Zhuo and Liu Kunsheng fought an escalating duel, with Wang Zhuo revealing his unusual abilities and landing a powerful final punch. Liu Kunsheng recovered from the blow but honored his promise to concede, leaving Liu Guanyi declared the winner.

• Zhang Chulan watched in awe as Wang Zhuo evaded Liu Kunsheng’s whirlwinds and countered with talismans and Fire Pistol.
• Wang Zhuo blocked Liu Kunsheng’s Snake Fire with earth pillars, then used Red to repel the flames and explained his Limitless Sorcerer ability.
• Wang Zhuo and Liu Kunsheng traded techniques before abandoning Qi and fighting hand-to-hand, with neither backing down.
• Wang Zhuo unleashed Ice Age, freezing Liu Kunsheng, then struck him with Fist Bone Impact and sent him crashing into the arena wall.
• Liu Kunsheng rose from the impact, praised Wang Zhuo’s punch, and conceded, after which the announcer declared Liu Guanyi the winner.

After Liu Guanyi’s match with Liu Kunsheng, Wang Zhuo secretly learned that the visitor was Hu Third Grandfather, then accepted Zhang Zhiwei, Tian Jinzong, and Lu Jin as grandfathers. The elders questioned him about Quanxing and the coming upheaval, and Zhang Zhiwei began offering him a gift.

• Liu Kunsheng privately told Wang Zhuo something after their match, while the crowd cheered Liu Guanyi and Wang Zhuo left the arena.
• Lu Linglong told Wang Zhuo that her grandfather and the others wanted to see him, while Zhang Chulan searched for him at dinner and Feng Shayan received his request to show weakness or concede in her next match.
• Wang Zhuo served tea to Zhang Zhiwei, Tian Jinzong, and Lu Jin, then bowed to them after they accepted him as a grandson.
• Zhang Zhiwei asked Wang Zhuo about Quanxing’s Wine, Lust, Wealth, and Wrath, and the elders discussed the group’s likely attempt to cause trouble on Mount Longhu.
• Wang Zhuo revealed that the figure who had spoken privately to him was Hu Third Grandfather, shocking the three elders.
• Wang Zhuo reflected that Hu Third Grandfather had foreseen a great karmic burden tied to him and Spiritual Energy · Revival, and Zhang Zhiwei began to give him a gift.

Wang Zhuo asked Lu Jin to teach him Threefold Reversal, and Lu Jin agreed before revealing the art’s three stages at the back mountain. The curious younger generation watched from hiding as Lu Jin began instructing him.

• Wang Zhuo accepted the books from Zhang Zhiwei and Lu Jin, then requested to learn Threefold Reversal.
• Wang Zhuo claimed Hu Third Grandfather had told him Lu Jin could teach the art, and Lu Jin agreed after hearing his determination.
• Wang Zhuo followed Lu Jin toward the back mountain while Lu Linglong and the others secretly trailed behind them.
• Lu Jin activated Threefold Reversal beside a stream and explained its three stages, from transforming skin and flesh with qi to returning the entire body to innate qi.

Lu Jin taught Wang Zhuo the Three-One Sect’s Threefold Reversal, explaining its stages and the dangers of pursuing them. Wang Zhuo compared the art with his own powers and concluded that he already possessed the immortality and transformations its practitioners sought.

• Lu Jin explained how Threefold Reversal worked by refining the acquired body back toward innate Qi.
• Lu Jin described the first stage, in which skin and flesh learned to receive and retain true Qi.
• Lu Jin explained the second stage’s process of nourishing bones and organs with true Qi, warning Wang Zhuo not to force Qi through the organs.
• Lu Jin described the third stage of transforming the whole body into Qi and revealed that only the founding patriarch and Zuo Ruotong had reached it, while Zuo Ruotong had been unable to overcome its final barrier.
• Lu Jin urged Wang Zhuo to cultivate slowly and carefully, and Wang Zhuo judged that his existing abilities already gave him the immortality and bodily transformation the art promised.

Wang Zhuo proposed drawing on the inexhaustible Qi of heaven and earth and immediately achieved the first stage of Threefold Reversal. Alone in the arena, he devised the Five-Element Organ Tempering Technique, aiming to refine elemental powers into his five organs.

• Wang Zhuo told Lu Jin that he was part of heaven and earth and could cultivate by drawing on its boundless Qi.
• Wang Zhuo entered the first stage of Threefold Reversal, astonishing Lu Jin and filling him with hope for the Three-One Sect.
• Lu Jin and Wang Zhuo found Zhi Jinhua, Lu Linglong, and the others hiding in the woods, and Lu Linglong later asked what they had discussed.
• Wang Zhuo secretly encouraged Lu Linglong to listen to him if she wanted to get rich, then went alone to the arena at midnight.
• Wang Zhuo studied his books and phone, reasoned that he could fuse his Logia Devil Fruits into his five organs, and began channeling five elemental powers through his meridians.
• Wang Zhuo formulated the Five-Element Organ Tempering Technique, assigning fire to the heart, metal to the lungs, earth to the spleen, wood to the liver, and water to the kidneys.