Chapter Summaries

Liu Guanyi entered an enlightened meditative state that filled the competition grounds with flourishing plants and gathered animals, astonishing the Mount Longhu priests and guests. The matches continued under orders to stay quiet while Liu Guanyi remained undisturbed.

• Yujing discovered Liu Guanyi meditating among animals in an arena transformed by lush vegetation and flowers, then rushed to tell Zhang Zhiwei and Lu Jin.
• Zhang Zhiwei explained that Liu Guanyi’s overflowing, life-filled True Qi had caused the transformation and ordered the matches postponed until afternoon so no one would disturb him.
• Zhang Zhiwei stopped Lu Jin from approaching Liu Guanyi, and the group left him to meditate while Zhang Chulan prepared to compete.
• Mount Longhu priests posted a notice requiring everyone at the matches to speak softly, leaving spectators to speculate about what had happened.
• After Zhang Chulan’s match, Zhang Zhiwei and Lu Jin brought Feng Zhenghao and his family to see Liu Guanyi, and Feng Zhenghao was nearly overcome by the sight.

Feng XingTong conceded his match after Zhang Zhiwei revealed Liu'er was his honorary grandson, while the others searched for the missing Liu Guanyi. Feng XingTong confirmed he had seen Liu Guanyi but refused to reveal where he was, leaving Lu Linglong expecting to see him at the next day’s match.

• Zhang Zhiwei offered to declare Liu'er the loser if Feng XingTong wanted to continue, but Feng XingTong chose to concede out of respect for Liu Guanyi and uncertainty about winning.
• Feng Zhenghao accepted the concession, while Feng Shayan watched Liu Guanyi and felt he seemed farther away than before.
• Zhang Chulan and the others noticed Liu Guanyi had been missing all day and went to ask Feng XingTong whether he had seen him.
• Jia Zhengliang and the group beat Feng XingTong while demanding he speak, then realized his mouth had been sealed and apologized awkwardly.
• Feng XingTong confirmed he had seen Liu Guanyi but would not reveal his whereabouts, so Zhi Jinhua reassured Lu Linglong that they would see him at the next day's match.

Wang Zhuo harmonized the five Logia fruit powers within his five viscera, creating a new cultivation method and gaining the Founding Grandmaster title. After naming the method Five Refinements of Returning to the Hidden, he was interrupted by Feng Baobao, who pointed out the weeds growing nearby.

• Wang Zhuo anchored the five elemental source powers in their corresponding viscera and set them circulating through cycles of generation and restraint.
• His body underwent repeated destruction and regeneration as True Qi strengthened him, while the surrounding plants and soil settled into balance.
• Wang Zhuo demonstrated transformations into wind, golden mist, and different animals, then realized his cultivation had surpassed the Eight Extraordinary Skills.
• The system awarded Wang Zhuo the Founding Grandmaster title and prompted him to name his new cultivation method.
• Wang Zhuo named the method Five Refinements of Returning to the Hidden and learned its grade was Profound.
• Feng Baobao approached Wang Zhuo and told him to pull up the weeds.

Wang Zhuo and Feng Baobao shared their loneliness, and he resolved to grow strong enough to return to his original world. At the tournament, he faced Zhang Lingyu in a lightning-fast match, leaving the spectators stunned by his power and the strange behavior of their attacks.

• Feng Baobao told Wang Zhuo about the loneliness she felt, and he admitted that he felt lonely too.
• Wang Zhuo encouraged Feng Baobao and resolved that he would become strong enough to break through the barrier between worlds and return home.
• Wang Zhuo stayed seated through the night to maintain his aloof masterly image, then faced a lively crowd at the arena the next day.
• Zhang Lingyu entered the transformed arena and confronted Wang Zhuo, who rose and challenged him to show his strength.
• After the match began, Wang Zhuo charged forward in lightning and fire while Zhang Lingyu countered with Water-Dirt Lightning.
• The spectators watched the two fighters exchange positions at blinding speed and noticed that Wang Zhuo's attacks left the plants unharmed.

Zhang Lingyu asked Wang Zhuo what he had comprehended and challenged him after hearing his views on choice and regret. Their fierce fight ended when Zhang Lingyu's Cloud-Piercing Palm passed through Wang Zhuo, who transformed into radiant mist and began to ascend.

• Zhang Lingyu asked Wang Zhuo about his understanding, and Wang Zhuo explained that he accepted the consequences of his choices without regret.
• Zhang Lingyu thanked Wang Zhuo, then unleashed his full Water Viscera Thunder as their match resumed.
• Wang Zhuo and Zhang Lingyu traded attacks using five-element Qi, martial arts, and Yin Five Thunders, astonishing the spectators.
• Zhang Lingyu seized an opening and drove his Cloud-Piercing Palm through Wang Zhuo's chest.
• Wang Zhuo revealed that his body was an illusion and transformed into five-colored radiant mist that rose into the sky.

Wang Zhuo reached the third stage of Threefold Reversal and revealed his radiant, immortal-like form before the gathered spectators. He then challenged Zhang Lingyu to test his newly devised Five-Finger Fist-Heart Sword, leaving Zhang Lingyu braced for danger.

• Wang Zhuo transformed into a golden body with five-colored robes, and Lu Jin recognized that he had reached the third stage of Threefold Reversal.
• Lu Jin broke down in excitement, while Zhang Zhiwei and the Ten Elders reacted with shock and the spectators marveled at Wang Zhuo's display.
• Wang Zhuo revealed his true body, called the transformation Three Qi Return, and struck a pose before reciting a proud poem.
• Wang Zhuo told Zhang Lingyu that he had devised the Five-Finger Fist-Heart Sword and challenged him to try it.
• Zhang Lingyu sensed extreme danger and protected himself with the Golden Light Mantra and Yin Five Thunders.

Wang Zhuo used four increasingly powerful swords to overwhelm Zhang Lingyu, then admitted he had no fifth sword and slapped him down. He conceded the match to Zhang Lingyu and fled after provoking the spectators, who chased after him.

• Wang Zhuo launched four escalating sword attacks that broke through Zhang Lingyu’s defenses and nearly wounded him.
• Wang Zhuo shouted that he would use a fifth sword, but rushed over and slapped Zhang Lingyu instead, revealing that he had not invented the fifth move.
• Wang Zhuo interrupted Zhang Lingyu’s attempt to concede and conceded the match himself, so the Taoist priest declared Zhang Lingyu the winner.
• The spectators protested Wang Zhuo’s antics, and Hidden Dragon urged them to chase him.
• Wang Zhuo escaped toward the entrance after flipping off the crowd, and the enraged spectators pursued him while Wang Ye laughed and Zhang Lingyu sat stunned.

Wang Zhuo received his mission rewards and discovered that the promised spiritual energy revival was actually a separate invasion. After trading insults with his talking Three-Legged Golden Toad, he ran into Wang Ye, who left Mount Longhu, while the toad spotted an opportunity in Wang Ye’s wealth.

• The crowd chased Wang Zhuo, but he hid in a treetop until they left and then collected his mission rewards.
• Wang Zhuo received the Nine Heavens totem and the Red-Fire Three-Legged Golden Toad, which could talk and insulted him.
• Wang Zhuo learned that Spiritual Energy and Revival were separate, and that an invasion would begin after the Luotian Grand Ceremony.
• Wang Ye found Wang Zhuo talking to himself, and Wang Zhuo claimed he was practicing a martial art called Brain Game.
• Wang Ye said he was leaving Mount Longhu, and Wang Zhuo saw him off.
• The Three-Legged Golden Toad reappeared and said Wang Ye’s wealth aura suggested he could be an easy target.

The Three-Legged Golden Toad warned that Wang Zhuo’s extraordinary fortune would bring disaster, then found Wang Zhuo’s own ambitions so great they could crush him. Later, Wang Zhuo explained his dangerous Five Refinements of Returning to the Hidden technique to Lu Jin and the others, leaving them convinced no one else would dare attempt it.

• The Three-Legged Golden Toad foretold that Wang Ye’s skills and opportunities would bring upheaval, and warned that interfering with his fate would invite karmic consequences.
• When Wang Zhuo asked about his own future, the Three-Legged Golden Toad said his ambitions could get him crushed to pieces, and Wang Zhuo dismissed the prediction as superstition.
• Lu Jin, Lu Linglong, Zhang Chulan, and the others repeatedly asked Wang Zhuo to demonstrate Threefold Reversal, while the Three-Legged Golden Toad’s quip about him being “the best” caused confusion and laughter.
• Wang Zhuo explained his Five Refinements of Returning to the Hidden technique, which involved dismantling and reconstructing his organs according to the five elements before merging their innate Qi with the primordial Qi in his dantian.
• Lu Jin and the others realized that Wang Zhuo’s method was so dangerous that sharing it would not make anyone willing to try it.

Wang Zhuo explained his dangerous Five Refinements of Returning to the Hidden technique, then endured relentless teasing after boasting about his life-and-death insight. Meanwhile, Gong Qing moved Quanxing's attack forward and tried to drug Wang Zhuo, but Wang Zhuo saw through his scheme and refused the poisoned breakfast.

• Wang Zhuo explained the Five Refinements of Returning to the Hidden, and Lu Jin asked whether it had a gentler method, but Wang Zhuo said it did not.
• Wang Zhuo claimed he had comprehended life and death, prompting the hidden Golden Toad and the others to mock him as the “Master Two-Stroke.”
• Wang Zhuo got revenge by hanging Xi, Jia Zhengliang, and the others from a tree in their underwear.
• Gong Qing told Lü Liang that Quanxing's surprise attack had been moved to the next night and revealed his plan to put Roadside Robbery Powder in Wang Zhuo's food.
• Gong Qing brought Wang Zhuo breakfast, but Wang Zhuo offered it to him and then claimed he had already eaten, foiling the attempted poisoning.