Chapter Summaries

Lian Youming traveled into Mount Lu to prepare for his coming battle with Xue Hen and Gu Chan, where he reunited briefly with his uncle Tian Dayong and learned that many martial artists had gathered to watch the duel. At Sandie Spring Waterfall, he began training beneath the torrent and discovered a way to redirect its force, managing to withstand it for seven seconds before being swept aside.

• Lian Youming set aside distractions and entered Mount Lu to focus on preparing for his battle.
• He spotted Li Shan and several martial arts sects heading toward Guling Town, then reunited with his uncle Tian Dayong, who explained that the duel had drawn many spectators and supporters.
• Lian Youming found Sandie Spring Waterfall and decided to train beneath its torrent.
• After struggling to stand and move under the waterfall, Lian Youming realized he could redirect the underwater current by circling his hands and feet.
• Lian Youming formed a spinning ball of water and used it to meet the waterfall's force, holding out for seven seconds before the ball shattered and the current swept him aside.
• Grinning despite the setback, Lian Youming called for another attempt.

Lian Youming trained beneath the Three-Tiered Spring waterfall until he fully connected his ming jin, using its force to unite his body and strength. His dragon’s cry echoed through the mountains, drawing the attention of unseen observers.

• Lian Youming spent days submerged beneath the waterfall, practicing Taiji Fist to redirect its powerful currents.
• Lian Youming used the torrent to temper his sinews and bones as he worked to unite his ming jin.
• Lian Youming dispersed the surrounding currents for an instant, then burst from the water and struck the waterfall with nine punches.
• Lian Youming climbed to a hollow in the cliff and used the Dragon Form Bone-Searching posture and a dragon’s cry to complete the ringing of his seventy-eight joints.
• Lian Youming realized his ming jin was fully connected, while eyes opened throughout the mountains at the sound of his cry.

Lian Youming continued training behind the waterfall as he approached Dark Jin, then faced a revenge attack from the Flower Fist Sect and several old opponents. After he overwhelmed them, a purple-robed Daoist intervened, and Lian Youming recognized him as a Foresight Martial Artist.

• Lian Youming sensed that his Ming Jin had reached great completion but that an obstruction remained before he could master Dark Jin.
• Lian Youming trained his fist and palm techniques in the pool, using the currents to seek internal coordination.
• A middle-aged Flower Fist Sect elder confronted Lian Youming and challenged him, offering the Iron Shirt training method if Lian Youming won.
• Lian Youming struck down the elder and a second attacker, then defeated five more Grand Boxers who attacked him in succession.
• A purple-robed old Daoist caught the five men with his horsetail whisk, and Lian Youming recognized him as a Foresight Martial Artist.

Lian Youming defeated seven Grand Boxers, then learned from a mysterious fisherman that his Iron Shirt technique came from a Daoist lineage whose members vanished during China’s fall. As the old man trained him to sense and evade attacks underwater, Lian Youming made his first breakthrough in Listening Jin.

• Lian Youming struck down seven Grand Boxers, and the Purple-Robed Taoist led them away toward Guling Town.
• Lian Youming noticed a monk and a man and woman watching him, then met an old fisherman with a straight fishhook.
• The old fisherman told Lian Youming that his Iron Shirt art came from a Lüzu Temple lineage whose master and disciples vanished while traveling north.
• The fisherman cast a sinker at Lian Youming underwater and urged him to learn to sense its approach through the water.
• Lian Youming quieted his senses, attuned himself to the currents, and dodged the sinker, impressing the old fisherman with his quick grasp of Listening Jin.

Lian Youming trained his Listening Jin in the pool under the old man's hook and learned that his Righteous Path needed to be grounded in his own heart. The old man demonstrated the spirit of Military Boxing before leaving, and Lian Youming took up the form with a renewed resolve to carry the predecessors' aspirations forward.

• Lian Youming practiced evading the old man's Lead Weight and Straight Hook in the pool, eventually sensing the currents and slipping past the hook and other debris.
• The old man praised Lian Youming's talent for Listening Jin, then warned that his restless spirit and unstable Way of the Spirit required deeper self-understanding.
• Lian Youming told the old man that his Way of the Spirit followed the Righteous Path and that he wanted to carry on the aspirations of those who came before.
• The old man led Lian Youming above the waterfall and demonstrated ordinary Military Boxing infused with a powerful intent to remake the world.
• After the old man left, Lian Youming practiced several boxing forms and roared with killing intent, vowing to sweep away the darkness of the old era.

Lian Youming refined his intent while waiting for Xue Hen, and the two finally faced each other as the battle on Five Old Men Peak approached. Gu Chan, Gong Wuer, and other martial artists also headed for the peak, where the fight among the era’s rising talents was about to begin.

• Lian Youming reflected on the old master’s fist intent and continued cultivating while martial artists gathered on Mount Lu.
• Lian Youming practiced catching and releasing a bird, matching Li Da’s Bird Not Flying feat, and prepared for his confrontation with Xue Hen.
• Xue Hen arrived on Mount Lu on the last day of May and defeated the challengers who tried to stop him on the mountain steps.
• Xue Hen declared that he would turn no one away from the life-and-death battle on Five Old Men Peak.
• Lian Youming and Xue Hen sensed each other, exchanged killing intent, and raced toward Five Old Men Peak.
• Gu Chan, Gong Wuer, and other martial artists also set out for Five Old Men Peak.

Lian Youming and Xue Hen fought through the woods on Five Old Men Peak, revealing Lian Youming's mastery of Taiji Listening Jin and Hua Jin. At the summit, four more Foresight experts arrived, and the group prepared to fight until only one survived.

• Lian Youming and Xue Hen tested each other's skills in a fierce fight as they raced through the woods.
• Onlookers recognized that Lian Youming had mastered both Taiji Listening Jin and Hua Jin, making him a potential contender for leadership of the Taiji Gate.
• Lian Youming and Xue Hen stopped their exchange after reaching the fifth peak, where Gu Chan, Gong Wuer, and four unfamiliar Foresight experts gathered.
• Helian Zun, Yagyu Sekisai, He Baichuan, and a nameless short-haired elder introduced themselves, and He Baichuan challenged Lian Youming.
• Xue Hen declared that only one person would leave alive and chose Yagyu Sekisai, while Gong Wuer and Gu Chan selected opponents; Lian Youming accepted the challenge.

Lian Youming fought He Baichuan, suppressing his Foresight and trading martial arts attacks with him. He Baichuan then revealed a strip of black cloth that he wielded as a weapon, leaving Lian Youming intrigued by his cloth-staff technique.

• Lian Youming confronted He Baichuan and used his gaze and killing intent to suppress He Baichuan's Ability of Foresight.
• Lian Youming and He Baichuan exchanged Xingyi techniques, grappling moves, and matching attacks, each taking a hit.
• Lian Youming realized he could imitate He Baichuan's attacks with Listening Jin and challenged him to reveal his remaining skills.
• He Baichuan drew out a long strip of black cloth and lashed Lian Youming with it, tearing his clothes and drawing blood.
• He Baichuan twisted the cloth until it stiffened like a staff, and Lian Youming recognized him as a master of staff techniques.

Lian Youming fought He Baichuan on a cliff at Five Old Men Peak, where both revealed formidable techniques and traded their strongest attacks. The chapter ended with He Baichuan staggering backward and bleeding after Lian Youming returned his force.

• Lian Youming and He Baichuan battled fiercely as spectators, including Wu Jiu and Yang Shuang, watched from the mountain path.
• He Baichuan used staff techniques concealing Xingyi Great Spear methods to keep Lian Youming at a distance and struck his shoulder with the Cloth Staff.
• Lian Youming activated Dragon Roaring Iron Shirt, while He Baichuan revealed the Xingyi True Inheritance called the Dantian Qi Striking Technique.
• Lian Youming disrupted He Baichuan's staff force, seized the Staff Sheath, and advanced to fight him at close range.
• He Baichuan absorbed Lian Youming's punch with soft jin and returned its force, but Lian Youming redirected the impact back into him.
• He Baichuan's clothes burst apart as he staggered backward, blood spraying from his mouth and nose.

Lian Youming fought He Baichuan through a fierce storm and overcame the martial artist’s escalating staff techniques. He Baichuan died at the cliff’s edge, while his claims about a powerful overseas force remained unanswered.

• He Baichuan’s cloth staff broke apart as Lian Youming pressed him to the cliff, then He Baichuan refused to reveal his organization’s base and warned that a powerful man would come to China.
• When rain began to fall, He Baichuan used the storm to strengthen his staff attacks and unleashed a vortex that forced Lian Youming toward the cliff’s edge.
• Lian Youming closed his eyes and used his perception of the rain and wind to evade He Baichuan’s attacks and steadily approach him.
• He Baichuan focused the storm and spun his staff to drive Lian Youming backward, then leaped and brought down a powerful strike.
• Lian Youming met He Baichuan’s final blow with his shoulder, shattered the cloth staff, and punched a crater into He Baichuan’s chest.
• He Baichuan collapsed and died as Lian Youming walked away.

Lian Youming faced Xue Hen, Gu Chan, and Gong Wuer in a perilous four-way battle, using his defensive skills and force-redirection techniques to withstand their attacks. After throwing Gu Chan and Xue Hen into the air, he launched his longsword toward the Young Sect Leader of the Taiji Gate.

• Lian Youming, Gong Wuer, and Gu Chan arrived at the clearing and confronted Xue Hen, who challenged them to fight.
• Xue Hen attacked first, and the four exchanged blows as Lian Youming met Xue Hen's Half-Step Crushing Fist head-on.
• Gu Chan used Sound Strike and an eagle-seizing attack, Gong Wuer struck at Lian Youming's lower back, and Xue Hen aimed a Pounding Fist at him.
• Lian Youming endured the three attacks with Tiger Roaring Golden Bell Cover, then redirected their force with his martial techniques and sent Gong Wuer, Gu Chan, and Xue Hen reeling.
• Lian Youming seized Gu Chan and Xue Hen by the wrists, hurled them into the air, and sent his longsword toward the Young Sect Leader of the Taiji Gate.

Lian Youming fought Gu Chan while Gong Wuer and Xue Hen battled nearby, and Gu Chan’s strange techniques revealed her mastery of the Three Great Neijiaquan. The old man in the straw hat identified her path as a possible attempt to reach Sun Lutang’s “Martial God” realm, leaving the spectators braced for a clash of titans.

• Gu Chan parried Lian Youming’s Gall-Illuminating Sword and redirected it back into its sheath, while Xue Hen and the watching martial experts reacted to Lian Youming’s ability to withstand three Foresight experts.
• The old man in the straw hat joined Wu Jiu and Yang Shuang, invited Xie Ruomei to Nanchang after the battle, and explained that the fighters were testing the balance between attack and defense.
• Lian Youming launched a rapid assault on Gu Chan, but she evaded his fists with Listening Jin and Foresight, then countered with Xingyi Quan and Bagua Palm.
• Gu Chan used a twisting hammer strike to hit Lian Youming’s chest, and he recognized that her methods fused the Three Great Neijiaquan.
• The old man identified Gu Chan’s techniques as Sun Lutang’s true inheritance and wondered whether she was seeking the Martial God realm, which he described as a Way of the Spirit that could challenge Mystic Connection martial artists.

Lian Youming and Gu Chan fought a brutal contest of strength on a rain-lashed peak, where Gu Chan wounded him with a thunderous shout and a strike at his dantians. After Lian Youming escaped a fall over the cliff, Gu Chan revealed the Way of the Spirit, and they prepared to resume their battle.

• Lian Youming and Gu Chan circled and clashed palms, driving their forces through the forest as their strength and momentum mounted.
• Gu Chan stunned Lian Youming with a thunderous shout, then struck toward his vital points with the Lion Rolling the Ball Palm.
• Lian Youming fell over the cliff to evade Gu Chan’s attack, then vaulted back onto the peak and praised her strength.
• Gu Chan revealed that she had intended to save the Way of the Spirit for Xue Hen, and Lian Youming answered with a declaration to kill.

Lian Youming and Gu Chan tested their martial paths in a fierce battle, revealing the Righteous Path and Martial God alongside their extraordinary spiritual techniques. Gu Chan’s decisive Witnessing Art strike seemed to catch Lian Youming off guard, but he absorbed its force with the Toad-Fishing Skill, prompting her to recognize his complete mastery of dark jin.

• Lian Youming named his path the Righteous Path, while Gu Chan revealed that hers was the Martial God.
• Lian Youming and Gu Chan clashed as Gu Chan used Void Targeting to seal off his movements and strike at the surrounding space.
• The sounds of Gong Wuer and Xue Hen’s battle reached them, and Lian Youming realized Gong Wuer appeared to be at a disadvantage.
• Gu Chan opened her eyes and used the Witnessing Art to disrupt Lian Youming’s attack, then sent her gathered strikes at him from every direction.
• Lian Youming took Gu Chan’s attacks head-on and used the Toad-Fishing Skill to draw their force through his body, leading Gu Chan to identify his complete mastery of dark jin.

Lian Youming completed his breakthrough in Dark Jin while fighting Gu Chan, then faced her final hammer technique head-on. Their clash sent one of them flying and vomiting blood, but the chapter ended before revealing who had won.

• Gu Chan attacked Lian Youming with a barrage of strikes, but his Toad-Fishing Skill absorbed the force as he advanced his breakthrough.
• Lian Youming unified his Dark Jin with his inner and outer strength, completing the connection while Gu Chan watched.
• Gu Chan called for one move to decide the victor and used her Heavenly Dipper Steps to encircle Lian Youming before attacking through a black overcoat.
• Lian Youming resisted Gu Chan's Witnessing Art and met her air-striking hammer technique with both fists.
• Their full-powered blows collided, and one figure flew backward vomiting blood, but the chapter did not identify the victor.

After defeating Gu Chan, Lian Youming saved Gong Wuer from Xue Hen and faced him in a final battle. As they entered Fifth Peak, Xue Hen explained the Foresight and Mystic Connection realms, and the two began their fight with clashing roars.

• Lian Youming defeated Gu Chan but was badly injured, and he spared her as he approached her.
• Xue Hen attacked Gong Wuer, and Lian Youming used his Daoist Sect Elixir Sword to block the strike and save her.
• Lian Youming told Gong Wuer the sword repaid her past guidance, then followed Xue Hen deeper into Fifth Peak.
• Xue Hen explained that Foresight united spirit and action, while Mystic Connection united spirit and body and led toward Land-Road Immortal.
• Lian Youming declared he would end the Martial Way to bring peace, and he and Xue Hen began their final battle with powerful roars.

Lian Youming fought Xue Hen despite the injuries he had sustained against Gu Chan, struggling against Xue Hen’s relentless Crushing Fist. When Lian Youming drew his sword, he wounded Xue Hen, but both fighters remained ready to continue.

• Lian Youming accepted Xue Hen as the opponent who would test his martial path, and Xue Hen attacked with Half-Step Crushing Fist.
• Lian Youming and Xue Hen exchanged chest blows, while Gu Chan predicted that Xue Hen would kill Lian Youming within a hundred moves and Gong Wuer watched.
• Xue Hen pressed his advantage with a relentless barrage, aggravating Lian Youming’s internal injuries and forcing him to retreat.
• Lian Youming tore free his scabbard, spun his sword forward, and cut Xue Hen across the chest.
• Xue Hen’s wound closed, and he praised Lian Youming’s swordsmanship before demanding another round.

Lian Youming fought Xue Hen but was badly wounded after Xue Hen countered his sword with a Lion’s Roar and broke his bones. As Xue Hen closed in to kill him, thunder stirred Lian Youming’s memory of Heavenly Dipper Strength, and he realized he might draw power from heaven’s will.

• Lian Youming and Xue Hen resumed their duel, trading sword strikes and elusive attacks without either gaining the upper hand.
• Wu Jiu recognized Xue Hen’s movement as Xue Dian’s Imitative Form Art and feared Lian Youming was being suppressed, but the onlookers let the duel continue.
• Lian Youming gathered his sword light into a killing thrust, but Xue Hen used a Lion’s Roar to disrupt his inner strength and caught the sword tip in his teeth.
• Xue Hen struck Lian Youming’s chest three times, breaking his bones and forcing him to collapse and vomit blood.
• Lian Youming rose to face Xue Hen again, then recalled the instructions for Heavenly Dipper Strength as thunder shook his body.

Lian Youming risked falling from a cliff to resonate with the thunder and draw its force into his body. He survived, returned to confront Xue Hen, and prepared to fight again with a newly awakened power.

• With Xue Hen pressing his attack, Lian Youming focused on Listening Jin and sensed the thunder’s surging force.
• Cornered at a cliff, Lian Youming fell backward over the edge, making the watching martial artists believe he had died.
• As he fell, Lian Youming howled with the thunder and felt its power resonate with his voice and enter his body.
• Lian Youming caught a vine and climbed back to the cliff, then began drawing in the rain and thunder qi to restore himself.
• Xue Hen approached Lian Youming, but halted when he sensed the momentum of the Human Way surrounding his opponent.
• Lian Youming faced Xue Hen and challenged him to fight again.

Lian Youming drew the thunder’s force into his body and used it to sharpen his senses and strengthen his attacks against Xue Hen. He embraced the reach of his Martial Way and continued trading brutal blows with Xue Hen as the battle raged on.

• Lian Youming connected with the thunder’s rhythm, strengthening his body and perceiving Xue Hen’s movements more clearly.
• Lian Youming counterattacked with Bagua Palm and Baji Boxing, sending Xue Hen crashing to the ground and reopening his wounds.
• Xue Hen used foresight and the Imitative Form Art, but Lian Youming’s great intent made him feel unable to hide within seven steps.
• Lian Youming struck Xue Hen with a heavy punch, then parried his rapid attacks with Spirit-Beating Whip before their fists collided.
• Lian Youming and Xue Hen charged at each other again and traded repeated bloody blows amid thunder and rain.