Chapter Summaries

Gu Qing advanced to Eighth Stage after eating the Six-Flavor Rehmannia Fruit and arranged to visit Xia Shuran’s family on Sunday. Meanwhile, Mei Niang ordered Qingyu to capture him, unaware that he was preparing to visit the Xia family’s old ancestor.

• Mei Niang learned from He Haikun that Gu Qing had killed Qingyu, Qinghe, and Qinglian, then ordered Qingyu to capture him within three days.
• Gu Qing stored the Sage Fruit after the Magic Mirror warned that ordinary people could die from consuming supernatural fruit.
• Gu Qing ate the Six-Flavor Rehmannia Fruit and evolved from Seventh Order to Eighth Stage.
• Gu Qing planned to visit Xia Shuran’s home, fight alongside her to trigger her Martial Saint tag, and meet her family’s old ancestor.
• Xia Shuran invited Gu Qing to her home, and they agreed that he would arrive Sunday morning.

Gu Qing spent the day training budgies with Liu Zhiyi at her pet shop, gaining Beast Taming attributes while learning that the Night Chat forum had discussed his capture of two Fox Women. On his way home for dinner, he met his sister Gu Yao, who had just returned from taking graduation photos, and walked home with her.

• Gu Qing brought Liu Zhiyi breakfast and trained budgies with her while they discussed his encounters with the Ratman and the Fox Women.
• Liu Zhiyi asked how Gu Qing had found the two Fox Women, and he explained that his Magic Mirror had led him to them.
• Gu Qing trained animals with Liu Zhiyi until five in the afternoon and gained Beast Language Ability and Beast Taming Skill points.
• Gu Qing offered to bring Liu Zhiyi dinner from home, and she accepted.
• Gu Qing met Gu Yao near their apartment building and learned she had taken graduation photos at school.

Gu Qing spent the evening at Liu Zhiyi’s pet shop, bringing her dinner and training animals to build his Beast Taming attributes. After learning the shop would be closed for the weekend, he arranged to visit his junior schoolmate instead.

• Gu Qing returned home and told Gu Yao he had taken leave from school, then packed dinner for Liu Zhiyi and brought it to her pet shop.
• Gu Yao teased Gu Qing about pursuing Liu Zhiyi and secretly told their parents he was close to succeeding.
• Gu Qing trained budgies with Liu Zhiyi for over three hours, raising his Beast Language Ability and Beast Taming Skill to 20 points and discovering that he could understand a hamster’s colorful speech.
• Liu Zhiyi gave Gu Qing and Gu Yao frozen durian and told them the pet shop would be closed for the weekend.
• After returning home, Gu Qing messaged his junior schoolmate to ask if he could visit her house on both Saturday and Sunday.

Gu Qing traveled to the Extreme Summer Martial Arts School to meet Xia Shuran and visit her family, eager to learn about her family’s mysterious Old Ancestor. Xia Shuran welcomed him with homemade buns, and Gu Qing prepared to tour the school before going to her home.

• After sleeping only a little over four hours, Gu Qing woke refreshed and chatted with Xia Shuran as she went to buy groceries and make breakfast.
• At breakfast, Gu Qing told his family he was going to Qianshui County, while Gu Yao teased him about visiting a girl and asked to come along.
• Gu Yao tried to persuade Gu Qing to take her with him, but he refused and took a taxi to the Extreme Summer Martial Arts School.
• Gu Qing arrived at the school at eight fifty and met Xia Shuran waiting at the entrance.
• Xia Shuran gave Gu Qing a bag of homemade buns, and he praised them before they began their visit.

Gu Qing met Xia Wuyuan, the Xia Family's immortal Old Ancestor, at the bustling martial arts school and asked to learn more about Ancient Martial Arts and the supernatural. Xia Wuyuan invited him to talk in the inner hall, but Gu Qing went to the restroom first with Xia Shuran.

• Xia Shuran explained that the martial arts school had nearly closed after losing challenges until Xia Wuyuan returned and taught the younger generation Ancient Martial Arts.
• Gu Qing asked Xia Shuran to introduce him to the Old Ancestor, and Xia Wuyuan appeared behind them.
• Gu Qing saw the [Immortal] label above Xia Wuyuan and greeted him with compliments.
• Gu Qing asked Xia Wuyuan for pointers on Ancient Martial Arts, hoping to learn about the supernatural.
• Xia Wuyuan invited Gu Qing to the inner hall, and Xia Shuran took Gu Qing to the restroom first.

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.