Recaps

Gu Qing joined the Extreme Summer Martial Arts School as a nominal disciple so Xia Wuyuan would give him martial arts pointers. After Xia Shuran brought him a uniform she had prepared in advance, Gu Qing tried it on, while she admired how he looked.

• Gu Qing asked the Magic Mirror whether Xia Wuyuan had ill intentions, and it answered no before refusing to assess his strength or explain how to trigger his [Immortal] tag.
• Xia Wuyuan recognized Gu Qing as an eighth-stage supernatural being, boasted that he had reached the Heavenly Human Realm at Gu Qing's age, and agreed to offer pointers if Gu Qing joined his school.
• Gu Qing accepted Xia Wuyuan's offer to become a nominal disciple of the Extreme Summer Martial Arts School.
• Xia Wuyuan sent Xia Shuran to fetch uniforms, and she revealed she had chosen and washed two sets after Gu Qing mentioned his visit the night before.
• Gu Qing tried on one of the blue-green uniforms and checked his appearance on his phone as Xia Shuran gazed at him.

Gu Qing learned about the past Transcendent Era from Xia Wuyuan, who explained that the Dharma-Ending Age had erased much of its supernatural history. After Xia Wuyuan demonstrated his immense Martial Soul, he offered to teach Gu Qing and Xia Shuran cultivation methods.

• Xia Wuyuan told Xia Shuran that elderly people had lived long enough to be fortunate, while young people suffering through hardship deserved greater sympathy.
• Gu Qing asked Xia Wuyuan about the Transcendent Era, and Xia Wuyuan recounted the Spiritual Energy Revival, a world-destroying demon, the Dharma-Ending Age, and his centuries in seclusion.
• Xia Wuyuan summoned his enormous crimson Martial Soul, overwhelming Gu Qing and Xia Shuran with its heat and pressure before dismissing it.
• Gu Qing asked whether he could awaken a Martial Soul, and Xia Wuyuan said it could take decades of training after he learned Martial True Intent.
• Xia Wuyuan offered to teach Gu Qing cultivation methods and told Xia Shuran to learn them alongside him.

Xia Wuyuan taught Gu Qing martial arts and agreed to spar with him and Xia Shuran after Gu Qing proposed training their teamwork. The two attacked Xia Wuyuan together, and Xia Shuran’s Dragon Spear tore across his sleeve.

• Xia Wuyuan discovered that Gu Qing had already mastered the martial arts Xia Shuran had secretly taught him and praised his talent.
• Xia Wuyuan told Xia Shuran not to recruit anyone from the Night Court until the organization’s background was known.
• Gu Qing proposed teaming up with Xia Shuran and sparring with Xia Wuyuan, and Xia Wuyuan agreed to suppress his cultivation to tier three.
• Gu Qing lowered his strength to tier three, and Xia Wuyuan and Xia Shuran prepared for the spar with Xia Shuran wielding her Dragon Spear.
• Gu Qing attacked Xia Wuyuan with Mountain-Crushing Palm as Xia Shuran thrust at his flank, and her spear swept across his sleeve.

Gu Qing sparred with Xia Shuran and Xia Wuyuan, then unexpectedly comprehended martial true intent, impressing the Xia Family's Old Ancestor. Xia Wuyuan restarted the exhausting training, leaving Xia Shuran drained while Gu Qing welcomed another chance to gain attributes.

• Gu Qing and Xia Shuran coordinated attacks against Xia Wuyuan, who raised his strength to the early fourth tier and trained them in coordinated defense.
• After an hour of sparring, Xia Shuran collapsed from exhaustion while Gu Qing received a point of martial true intent and discovered his vital energy had grown stronger.
• Xia Wuyuan sensed Gu Qing's new martial true intent and was astonished that he had comprehended it after only an hour.
• Xia Wuyuan praised Gu Qing and proposed another round of sparring, which Gu Qing accepted despite Xia Shuran's exhaustion.
• Gu Qing, Xia Shuran, and Xia Wuyuan fought for another hour, after which Xia Shuran dropped to her knees, too tired to lift her head.

Gu Qing learned Xia Wuyuan’s advanced qi and blood release technique almost immediately, forming a sword, crossbow, and armor from his qi and blood. Xia Wuyuan left to fish, recalling that he once caught a Jiaolong whose spine became Xia Shuran’s Bone Spear.

• After training with Xia Shuran for over an hour, Gu Qing gained another point of martial true intent and found that his qi and blood and physical strength had increased.
• Xia Wuyuan demonstrated advanced qi and blood release by shaping his qi and blood into a Blood Sword, Blood Crossbow, and Blood Armor.
• Xia Wuyuan taught Gu Qing to use martial true intent to control his qi and blood, and Gu Qing formed the full set of armaments in less than half a minute.
• Xia Wuyuan was stunned by Gu Qing’s rapid progress, while Xia Shuran wondered why Gu Qing seemed to outshine her as a Supernatural Awakened.
• Xia Wuyuan told Gu Qing and Xia Shuran to practice on their own and went fishing, recalling that he had caught a Jiaolong during the Spiritual Energy Revival and that its spine became Xia Shuran’s Bone Spear.

Xia Shuran explained to Xia Dongsheng that Gu Qing had been massaging her sore legs after training, while her father struggled to accept how close they were. After Xia Dongsheng invited them home for lunch, Gu Qing and Xia Shuran rinsed off and changed, leaving the martial arts school together.

• Xia Shuran told Xia Dongsheng that Gu Qing had massaged her legs because they were sore after combat practice with the Old Ancestor.
• Gu Qing introduced himself, but Xia Dongsheng objected to him touching Xia Shuran's legs and could not argue when she pointed out that she was an adult.
• Xia Dongsheng told Gu Qing and Xia Shuran to shower, change, and join him for lunch at home, then called his wife to complain about their daughter.
• Xia Shuran reassured Gu Qing that her father was friendly but overprotective, and the two teased each other before heading to the shower room.
• Gu Qing rinsed off, changed into a blue-green martial arts uniform, and walked out of the shower room.

Gu Qing went with Xia Shuran to her family’s villa, where he met her mother, Chen Shulan, and joined the family for lunch. Chen Shulan warmly questioned him about his background while Xia Dongsheng remained wary, leaving Gu Qing welcomed by Xia Shuran’s mother but still under her father’s scrutiny.

• Xia Shuran took a photo with Gu Qing in matching martial arts uniforms before they left the school with Xia Dongsheng.
• Xia Dongsheng drove Gu Qing and Xia Shuran to her family’s villa, where Gu Qing noticed the wealthy home and garden.
• Chen Shulan greeted Gu Qing and surprised him by having a [Martial Arts Grandmaster] label.
• Chen Shulan served Gu Qing and asked about his family, studies, and plans while Xia Dongsheng ate quietly.
• Xia Shuran asked her mother to stop questioning Gu Qing, and Chen Shulan apologized before offering him more food.

Gu Qing and Xia Shuran returned to the Extreme Summer Martial Arts School, where Gu Qing urged her to ignore martial ethics and target Xia Wuyuan’s weak spots during their sparring. They attacked Xia Wuyuan together, but he easily avoided their moves and knocked them both back, leaving Gu Qing stunned by his ability to retract his head into his body.

• Gu Qing and Xia Shuran left her family home and returned to the Extreme Summer Martial Arts School to train.
• On the way to the Inner Hall, Gu Qing told Xia Shuran to use her Dragon Spear against Xia Wuyuan’s vulnerable spots, and she agreed.
• Gu Qing and Xia Shuran entered the Inner Hall and challenged Xia Wuyuan to another sparring session.
• Gu Qing attacked Xia Wuyuan with a Qi-and-Blood-coated punch, while Xia Shuran thrust her Dragon Spear at his eye.
• Xia Wuyuan dodged Gu Qing’s punch, slapped Xia Shuran’s spear aside, and sent her crashing to the ground.
• Xia Wuyuan retracted his head to evade Gu Qing’s knife-hand strike, then struck Gu Qing in the abdomen and knocked him several meters back.

Gu Qing and Xia Shuran teamed up against Xia Wuyuan, using coordinated attacks to force him to raise his cultivation and concede that they had beaten a stronger opponent. They continued sparring with Xia Wuyuan at mid-tier four, and Gu Qing’s martial foundation kept growing through the intense combat.

• Xia Shuran recovered and joined Gu Qing in attacking Xia Wuyuan from both sides.
• Gu Qing used blood bolts, a feint, and a kick at Xia Wuyuan’s groin, forcing the old man to raise his cultivation to mid-tier four and retreat.
• Gu Qing and Xia Shuran celebrated their victory, and Xia Wuyuan praised Gu Qing’s talent and unconventional combat tactics.
• Xia Wuyuan reassured them that victory mattered more than how they won, and Xia Shuran resolved to focus on winning.
• Gu Qing asked to continue practicing, so Xia Wuyuan resumed sparring against both juniors at mid-tier four.
• The fight continued, and Gu Qing’s martial foundation steadily strengthened through the sustained combat.

Gu Qing broke through to the Ninth Order after training with Xia Shuran and received Xia Wuyuan’s praise and confidence in his martial arts potential. Later, while Gu Qing massaged Xia Shuran, the fox woman Qingyu bewitched a police officer to find his home address and prepare to confront him.

• Gu Qing’s martial true intent and cultivation advanced, breaking his biological level from the Eighth Stage to the Ninth Order.
• Xia Wuyuan marveled at Gu Qing’s rapid progress, predicted he could awaken his martial soul within a year, and said he had the potential to become a Martial God.
• Gu Qing thanked Xia Wuyuan for his guidance and considered that further gains in martial true intent might let him reach the Advanced biological level.
• After Xia Wuyuan left to go night fishing, Gu Qing agreed to massage Xia Shuran’s sore feet and muscles.
• Qingyu arrived at a public security station and bewitched an officer into searching for Gu Qing’s address.
• The officer could not find any information on Gu Qing.

Qingyu broke into a Public Security Station, learned Gu Qing’s home address by bewitching an officer, and headed to his residential community to capture his family. A terrifying presence inside Huaxuan Residence stopped her at the entrance, forcing her to abandon her plan to enter and instead prepare to watch for Gu Qing.

• Qingyu failed to access Gu Qing’s encrypted file, then knocked out a female officer and resisted the station’s gunfire without injury.
• Qingyu questioned male officers with Bewitchment and learned Gu Qing’s address from a bespectacled officer assigned to protect his family.
• The station chief alerted Night Court members Zheng Ruihuan and Jin Jun, who set out to stop Qingyu; Jin Jun brought Mental Interference Devices.
• Qingyu reached Huaxuan Residence, intending to capture Gu Qing and his family, but sensed a terrifying presence inside and decided to wait outside for Gu Qing instead.

Qingyu revealed that she had chosen body tempering and defeated Night Court members Zheng Ruihuan and Jin Jun, leaving them badly injured. Meanwhile, Gu Qing and Xia Shuran shared a meal and flirted over plans to visit his home.

• Qingyu fled from Zheng Ruihuan and Jin Jun into an abandoned neighborhood, where they cornered her.
• Qingyu transformed through body tempering and overpowered both Night Court members, slamming them into the ground until they were barely conscious.
• Qingyu told Zheng Ruihuan that fox women did not kill or eat humans but enjoyed tormenting them, leaving Zheng Ruihuan despairing beside the unconscious Jin Jun.
• Gu Qing finished massaging Xia Shuran at Extreme Summer Martial Arts School, and they showered before deciding to eat seafood together.
• At Qianshui Clay Pot Congee, Xia Shuran ordered dinner for Gu Qing, who joked that either way he would invite her to his home.

After dinner and shopping with Xia Shuran, Gu Qing headed out late at night to buy durian for Gu Yao, but Qingyu confronted him in a dim alley. Qingyu transformed into a powerful fox woman to avenge Qinghe and Qinglian, then Gu Qing revealed an even more overwhelming monstrous form and terrified her.

• Gu Qing joked and ate dinner with Xia Shuran, then took her home after they shopped and took photos together.
• Gu Yao asked Gu Qing to buy durian, and he ran toward a nearby fruit shop after returning to his residential community.
• Qingyu stopped Gu Qing in a dim alley and said she had come to avenge Qinghe and Qinglian.
• Qingyu transformed into a muscular fighter and threatened Gu Qing, calling herself Valkyrie Barbie Fox.
• Gu Qing activated Knotted Muscles Mode and covered himself in Blood Armor, overwhelming Qingyu with his power and leaving her trembling in fear.

Gu Qing overpowered Qingyu, who had claimed the Holy Maiden would avenge her, and killed her with a punch. After finding nothing valuable on her body, Gu Qing received a Magic Mirror message about two wounded Night Court colleagues nearby.

• Qingyu attacked Gu Qing, but her punch broke her fingers against his face, and he pinned her against an alley wall until she escaped.
• Qingyu tried to flee after bluffing about an ultimate move, but Gu Qing caught her and punched through her chest.
• Qingyu died after warning Gu Qing that the Holy Maiden would avenge her.
• Gu Qing searched Qingyu's corpse but found nothing valuable.
• The Magic Mirror told Gu Qing that two severely wounded Night Court colleagues were in an unfinished building two hundred meters ahead and that rescuing them could earn their favor.

Gu Qing rescued Jin Jun and Zheng Ruihuan after killing the ninth-order Fox Woman Qingyu, who had attacked them while seeking him out. At Night Court Headquarters, Qingyu’s strength astonished the examiner, and Deacon Tian summoned Gu Qing to his office late at night.

• Gu Qing found Jin Jun and Zheng Ruihuan injured in an unfinished building and rescued them after killing Qingyu.
• Jin Jun and Zheng Ruihuan explained that Qingyu had attacked a Public Security Station to learn Gu Qing’s address and planned to target his home.
• The station chief took Gu Qing and the injured Night Court members to headquarters, where Jin Jun and Zheng Ruihuan promised to protect Gu Qing’s family.
• Gu Qing delivered Qingyu’s corpse to the morgue, and the examiner determined she had been ninth order and praised Gu Qing for killing her alone.
• Deacon Tian messaged Gu Qing and asked him to come to his office.

After Gu Qing described killing the Ninth Order Fox Woman, Deacon Tian retested him, offered theories about his unusual strength, and explained that advanced creatures could enter trials at the monsters’ place of origin. Deacon Tian rewarded Gu Qing with a Storage Bag, and Gu Qing left to check the bag for surveillance and danger before binding it to himself.

• Gu Qing told Deacon Tian how he had fought and killed the Fox Woman Qingyu, mentioning that Jin Jun and Zheng Ruihuan had been seriously injured protecting his family.
• Deacon Tian took Gu Qing to the testing room, where the test found zero supernatural origin; he suspected Gu Qing had a powerful supernatural treasure, but Gu Qing denied knowing of any.
• Deacon Tian explained that advanced creatures could undergo trials at the monsters’ place of origin and that supernatural organizations existed worldwide beyond Haicheng.
• Deacon Tian awarded Gu Qing an E-rank reward for killing the Ninth Order Fox Woman and gave him a Storage Bag made from a spatial monster’s corpse.
• Gu Qing left the office and asked the Magic Mirror whether the Storage Bag contained surveillance equipment or posed risks if he connected to it with his blood.

Gu Qing used the Magic Mirror to verify and bind a Storage Bag, then went to the Storehouse to absorb mental-type supernatural power from Blue Stone Balls. The supervisor gave him permission to absorb as much as he could, and Gu Qing cracked the first ball within seconds.

• The Magic Mirror assured Gu Qing that the Storage Bag was safe, and he bound it with his blood and stored the mirror inside it.
• Gu Qing went to the Storehouse to absorb a Blue Stone Ball and argued with the staff member who tried to stop him.
• The Storehouse supervisor learned Gu Qing’s qi and blood strength had risen and allowed him to absorb as many Blue Stone Balls as he could.
• Gu Qing called Deacon Tian to witness the agreement, then placed his hand on the Blue Stone Ball.
• The Blue Stone Ball cracked after about three seconds, and the supervisor ordered Little Chen to bring a replacement.

Gu Qing drained all ten Blue Stone Balls in the Storehouse, provoking Deacon He to end his session early while Deacon Tian escorted him out with Strength-Recovery Pills. At home, Gu Qing discovered Deacon He had changed the E-Rank Reward Zone rules to limit absorption attempts, and he suspected the new restriction targeted him.

• Gu Qing cracked all ten Blue Stone Balls in half a minute, leaving Deacon He furious over the damage.
• Deacon Tian gave Gu Qing Strength-Recovery Pills in place of the remaining absorption time and warned him that Deacon He secretly retaliated against people.
• Deacon Tian told Gu Qing that Deacon He had been an Advanced Creature twenty years earlier, then returned to his office.
• Gu Qing took a designated driver home and read that the Strength-Recovery Pills quickly restored stamina.
• Deacon He announced that E-Rank Reward Zone users would be limited to three absorption attempts, and Gu Qing concluded the rule targeted him.

Gu Qing enjoyed the forum’s reactions to his fight with Qingyu while He Haikun and the Fox clan investigated her death and targeted Gu Qing. The next morning, Gu Qing met Xia Shuran at martial arts school, where she brought him breakfast before their planned sparring.

• Gu Qing read forum posts praising him for killing a Ninth Order Fox Woman and nicknamed him both Monster Hunter and Stone Ball Destroyer.
• He Haikun learned Qingyu was missing, then saw his subordinates report that Gu Qing had killed her and ordered informants to investigate Gu Qing.
• Mei Niang reported Qingyu’s death to the Fox clan’s Holy Maiden, who gave He Haikun three days to deliver Gu Qing or face punishment.
• Gu Qing went to the Extreme Summer Martial Arts School on Sunday morning and met Xia Shuran, who offered him homemade buns.
• Xia Shuran explained she had skipped makeup because they planned to spar, and Gu Qing told her he thought she looked prettier without it.

Gu Qing used Strength-Recovery Pills to keep Xia Shuran sparring with him and Xia Wuyuan, while Xia Wuyuan examined the pills and noted their supernatural power. After a long afternoon of training, Gu Qing’s martial true intent reached 10 points and his qi and blood rose to the perfected peak of the ninth order, leaving him one step from becoming an advanced creature.

• Gu Qing and Xia Shuran began sparring with Xia Wuyuan, and Xia Shuran quickly exhausted herself while Gu Qing remained composed.
• Xia Wuyuan urged Xia Shuran to use her martial soul, so Gu Qing offered her Strength-Recovery Pills to restore her stamina.
• Xia Shuran took a pill, recovered within seconds, and used her martial soul to resume training; Xia Wuyuan observed that the pills contained supernatural power.
• After the morning session, Gu Qing helped Xia Shuran drink water and recover, and she rested while Xia Wuyuan went fishing.
• Xia Wuyuan returned in the afternoon, and after three more hours of sparring, Gu Qing received six training notifications and reached the perfected peak of the ninth order.

Gu Qing learned that he needed to raise his mental strength as well as his blood and qi strength to break through to the Heavenly Human Realm. Later, Xia Shuran challenged a crooked merchant’s rigged pull-up bar and won its first prize, while Gu Qing watched and supported her.

• Xia Wuyuan told Gu Qing that his blood and qi strength had reached the threshold, but his mental strength still needed to surpass the Ninth Order’s peak before he could break through.
• Gu Qing planned to eat the Sage Fruit at home to improve his mental strength, then massaged Xia Shuran before they went out to dinner.
• Gu Qing and Xia Shuran encountered a pull-up challenge, and Gu Qing recognized that the merchant’s bar could rotate and deliver electric shocks.
• Xia Shuran decided to expose the scam, paid ten yuan, and began hanging from the bar as Gu Qing encouraged her.
• The merchant activated the rotating bar and increased its electric current, but Xia Shuran held on and won one hundred yuan after a minute.
• Xia Shuran chose to keep hanging, leaving the merchant alarmed.

Xia Shuran defeated a street challenge and confronted its owner after he refused to pay, then revealed her strength by beating his accomplices. Gu Qing recognized a towering man called [Devil Muscleman] as a supernatural being, and Xia Shuran prepared to face him with Gu Qing nearby.

• Xia Shuran hung from the bar for three minutes, won the challenge, and demanded the promised thousand yuan.
• The owner tried to leave without paying, but Xia Shuran stopped him and knocked down one accomplice while breaking another's finger bones.
• Spectators praised Xia Shuran and the Extreme Summer Martial Arts School as she enjoyed their attention.
• A towering man emerged from the van, and Gu Qing spotted the [Devil Muscleman] label and sensed his supernatural aura.
• The [Devil Muscleman] demanded four thousand yuan in medical bills and threatened Xia Shuran, who took courage from Gu Qing's presence.

Xia Shuran confronted a powerful man who had attacked her, but Gu Qing stepped in when she was overpowered. After defeating the man, Gu Qing questioned him about his strength and contacted Night Court colleagues to handle the aftermath.

• Xia Shuran taunted the man demanding medical expenses, then tried to fight him without revealing her Dragon Spear or Martial Soul to the watching crowd.
• The man struck Xia Shuran and sent her flying, but Gu Qing caught her before she hit the ground.
• Gu Qing confronted the man and caught his claw attack, then let the man's kick hit him and shattered the man's foot.
• Gu Qing lifted the man by the head and learned that he had gained his strength three years earlier, though the man claimed not to know its source.
• Gu Qing knocked the man unconscious, uploaded a photo to Night Chat for performance credit, and contacted nearby Night Court colleagues to handle the incident.

Gu Qing settled the aftermath of the street fight, then ate the Sage Fruit and evolved to the advanced biological level. The next morning, he headed to Haicheng University to meet Xia Shuran, who had just broken through to fourth order, before they planned to report to the Night Court.

• Xia Shuran collected the thousand-yuan challenge prize from the owner and sent Gu Qing eight hundred yuan.
• Two Night Court colleagues and public security officers arrived, and Gu Qing added the colleagues on WeChat before leaving with Xia Shuran.
• Gu Qing took the Sage Fruit from his Storage Bag, ate it, and evolved from ninth order to advanced.
• Gu Qing tested his increased strength, senses, and healing, and observed that he had become physiologically different from ordinary people.
• Gu Qing went to Haicheng University the next morning and learned by message that Xia Shuran had reached fourth order.

Gu Qing spotted a girl resembling the imprisoned Huang Xiaoyue feeding rats near Haicheng University, but she vanished before he could reach her. He and Lin Tianyang searched the grove with Ma Dongyu and found no trace of her, though they concluded someone linked to the Rat God Cult had been there and needed to be tracked down.

• Gu Qing heard rats squeaking and saw a twin-ponytailed girl in a school uniform and white stockings who looked like Huang Xiaoyue.
• The girl vanished into the grove, leaving Gu Qing to find fat rats eating duck beneath a tree.
• Gu Qing sent Lin Tianyang a video and asked the Magic Mirror why the girl had disappeared, but it gave no answer.
• Lin Tianyang arrived with Ma Dongyu, a Ninth Order Paranormal Contact, and joined Gu Qing in searching the grove.
• The search found no trace of the girl, but Lin Tianyang said the meat proved someone had been there and urged them to track her down as a likely Rat God Cult follower.