Recaps

Chu Tiannan was arrested after injuring Luo Ji, while the Luo family used its influence to pursue charges against him. Three days later, Luo Ji arranged for Brother Qing to cripple Chu Tiannan, who remained in custody and considered how to reveal his martial artist strength to the outside world.

• Chu Tiannan reassured Hai Gaopeng before police took him away, and Hai learned the moving company had decided to fire him.
• Luo Ji fainted from his injuries, so Butler Li called an ambulance and asked Old Yuan to help with the case.
• During questioning, Chu Tiannan said Luo Ji's bodyguard had attacked first and refused to say more despite the officers warning him about the charges and Luo Ji's martial artist father.
• After three days, Luo Ji asked Brother Qing to cripple Chu Tiannan, and Brother Qing agreed to help.

Chu Tiannan was imprisoned after assaulting Luo Ji, while the Eastern District Martial Hall identified him as a Martial Artist and arranged to retrieve him. As police officers rushed to the Eastern District Prison, its warden ordered inmates to attack Chu Tiannan without killing him.

• A prison warden ordered guards to have inmates teach Chu Tiannan a lesson, but not kill him.
• Luo'er and Wang Jinhai went to the Southern District Public Security Bureau to retrieve Chu Tiannan.
• Captain Yuan learned that Chu Tiannan had been transferred to the Eastern District Prison and that Wang Jinhai was an Advanced Martial Artist.
• Captain Yuan ordered officers to go to the Eastern District Prison and pick up Chu Tiannan.
• Wang Jinhai told Luo'er he could handle matters in the Eastern District if Chu Tiannan truly had Martial Artist strength.

Chu Tiannan fought off a group of inmates sent by Brother Qing, but a hidden attacker used a flying blade to wound and corner him. At the moment the blade threatened his martial-arts career, a voice offered him the chance to activate the controller weapon Heavenly Sin Mingshe.

• More than a dozen inmates surrounded Chu Tiannan in the prison yard, intending to teach him a lesson on Brother Qing's orders.
• Chu Tiannan broke an attacker's sharpened toothbrush and swiftly knocked down the entire group without seriously injuring them.
• The bald leader called for Rat to kill Chu Tiannan, and Rat sent a blade flying through the air that pierced Chu Tiannan's arm.
• Chu Tiannan dodged repeated attacks from the airborne blade until it cornered him beside the flower bed.
• A voice told Chu Tiannan that he had attained the tenfold soul strength foundation and asked whether to activate the controller weapon Heavenly Sin Mingshe.

Chu Tiannan awakened Heavenly Sin Mingshe just as a blade threatened his life, then collapsed from the strain of using his soul power. After recovering in a nursing room, he tested the weapon and saw it destroy a massive rock.

• Chu Tiannan activated the Devouring System’s new ability, Heavenly Sin Mingshe, as a flying blade closed in on him.
• A streak of black light shattered the blade, and Chu Tiannan collapsed from exhaustion when Luo'er reached him.
• Chu Tiannan woke in a nursing room and learned from the system that overusing his soul power could damage his soul or leave him asleep forever.
• Chu Tiannan summoned Heavenly Sin Mingshe and controlled it to pierce a large rock outside the window, which then cracked and exploded.

Chu Tiannan tested the Heavenly Sin Mingshe, discovered its formidable power, and concealed it from Luo'er. Wang Jinhai offered him early admission to the East District Martial Arts Hall as a way to gain recognition as a Martial Artist and confront the case against him, and Chu Tiannan accepted after Luo'er told him to trust her.

• Chu Tiannan tested the Heavenly Sin Mingshe and was impressed by its combat power, though controlling it drained his soul power.
• Luo'er visited Chu Tiannan in the hospital, and he thanked her for getting him out of prison without revealing the sword's existence.
• Wang Jinhai introduced himself as the East District Martial Arts Hall's chief instructor and explained that he had reviewed Chu Tiannan's records and witnessed his strength in prison.
• Wang Jinhai offered Chu Tiannan early admission to the martial arts hall so the Martial Artist Alliance could intervene in his legal case.
• Chu Tiannan recalled that someone, likely Luo Ji, had tried to kill him and feared what could happen if he remained an uncertified Martial Artist.
• After Luo'er silently told him to trust her, Chu Tiannan agreed to join the martial arts hall.

Chu Tiannan accepted the East Martial Arts Hall’s recruitment and learned that the Hall was investigating Luo Ji’s attempt to have him harmed. Liu Qing warned Luo Ji that Chu Tiannan was a junior Martial Master, leaving Luo Ji terrified and abandoned by his ally.

• Wang Jinhai gave Chu Tiannan a Martial Artist System wristband and said he would complete the assessment formalities despite already being a junior Martial Master.
• Wang Jinhai told Chu Tiannan and Luo'er that the East Martial Arts Hall was investigating Luo Ji and others connected to the prison plot.
• At a restaurant, Liu Qing confronted Luo Ji for involving him in the scheme against Chu Tiannan.
• Liu Qing revealed that the East Martial Arts Hall had recruited Chu Tiannan and that Chu Tiannan was a junior Martial Master, then left Luo Ji alone.
• Luo Ji turned pale and trembled as he realized Chu Tiannan was a Martial Master.

Luo'er visited Chu Tiannan in the Martial Artist Hospital after his trouble with Luo Ji was resolved, then left to return home. She revealed that she belonged to neither the East nor North Martial Arts Hall, but kept her actual affiliation secret.

• After hearing about Chu Tiannan's situation, Luo Ji panicked and called his uncle for help.
• Chu Tiannan and Luo'er joked together in the hospital ward, and he said he would plan how to deal with Luo Ji.
• Luo'er told Chu Tiannan she was leaving and that they could keep in touch through their smart bracelets.
• Chu Tiannan asked whether Luo'er belonged to the East or North Martial Arts Hall, and she said she belonged to neither.
• Luo'er left without revealing her affiliation, then leaned outside the ward with a delighted smile.

Chu Tiannan summoned the Heaven-Deriving Sword and learned that its owner came from the cosmos, while realizing his past-life memories had been tampered with. After witnessing a colossal demon beast attack the base city's defenses, he decided to keep the sword's power secret, prepare for next month's martial artist assessment, and deal with Luo Ji.

• Chu Tiannan summoned the Heaven-Deriving Sword, and the Devouring System confirmed its owner came from the cosmos but refused to identify them.
• Chu Tiannan realized his memories of the cosmos and everything beyond it had been sealed, and vowed to return stronger than martial god level.
• Chu Tiannan grasped the Heaven-Deriving Sword, felt its immense power, and hid it so no one would covet it.
• A gigantic two-headed bird struck the base city's protective barrier, failed to break through, and disappeared.
• Chu Tiannan decided to keep the sword's devouring effect secret, focus on passing next month's martial artist assessment, and settle matters with Luo Ji.

Luo Ji told his uncle Luo Peng how he had provoked Chu Tiannan, a Martial Master, and learned that his father Luo Meng would handle the dispute. Meanwhile, Chu Tiannan studied the Heaven-Deriving Sword and discovered mysterious patterns he could not yet activate.

• Luo Ji recounted his conflict with Chu Tiannan to Luo Peng, who warned him that the matter was beyond a businessman’s control.
• Luo Peng called Luo Meng, who said he could handle the dispute and would return home in a week.
• Luo Ji apologized to Luo Meng and felt relieved that his father would help him.
• Chu Tiannan studied the Heaven-Deriving Sword, noticed mysterious patterns he could not activate, and watched dawn break.

Chu Tiannan discovered that Luo'er had given him an expensive grade B combat suit and found that combat manuals in the Martial Artist Shop cost far more than he could afford. After a message arrived from an unknown sender, he smiled, ready to see what they wanted.

• Chu Tiannan used his smart bracelet to learn that Luo'er's coat, trousers, and boots formed a grade B combat suit worth a fortune.
• Chu Tiannan checked the Martial Artist Shop and saw that grade A and grade S combat suits cost 80 million and 800 million Earth dollars, respectively.
• Chu Tiannan searched the combat manuals for a way to learn techniques like Luo'er's sword strike and found that even a basic sword guide cost 500,000 Earth dollars.
• Chu Tiannan realized he could not afford the techniques and suspected that joining a martial hall would offer benefits.
• Chu Tiannan received a message from an unknown sender and smiled after reading it.

Chu Tiannan met Liu Qing at an extravagant VIP suite, where Liu Qing apologized for arranging an attack on him in prison and offered money to settle the matter. The chapter ended with Liu Qing presenting Chu Tiannan five million Earth Currency as an apology gift.

• Chu Tiannan arrived at Haotai Gelin and was escorted to the VIP area after confirming Liu Qing’s reservation.
• A receptionist led Chu Tiannan to the suite in Block A, where Liu Qing greeted him warmly.
• Liu Qing confessed that he had arranged for people to deal with Chu Tiannan in prison and apologized, blaming Luo Ji for ruining him.
• Chu Tiannan said he had accepted Liu Qing’s invitation to settle the matter privately and agreed to hear his offer.
• Liu Qing opened a metal case containing five million Earth Currency and asked Chu Tiannan to show him mercy.

Chu Tiannan accepted five million Earth dollars from Liu Qing to settle their dispute, then learned that his martial artist assessment was half a month away. Meanwhile, the Martial Artist Academy learned that East Martial Arts Hall had recruited him and planned to intervene before he was certified.

• Liu Qing told Chu Tiannan that Luo Ji had been arrested, and Chu Tiannan accepted the five million Earth dollars to settle the matter.
• Liu Qing gave Chu Tiannan his business card and extended his stay in Building A by a month before leaving.
• Chu Tiannan had an attendant arrange to deposit the money into his virtual bank account and thought about his upcoming martial artist assessment.
• Zhang Yongquan told the Martial Artist Academy’s dean and officials that Chu Tiannan’s whereabouts were unknown and that East Martial Arts Hall had recruited him.
• The dean said North Martial Arts Hall would try to change Chu Tiannan’s allegiance before he passed the martial artist assessment and received certification.

After a month at Haotai Gelin, Chu Tiannan left the hotel to register for the Martial Artist assessment and spent most of his compensation on technique manuals and recovery agents. He arrived at the East Martial Arts Hall, ready to begin the assessment process.

• Chu Tiannan avoided Luo Meng’s attempt to confront him, telling Wang Jinhai that he was training for the Martial Artist assessment.
• Chu Tiannan left Haotai Gelin after learning that another month would cost one million Earth coins.
• Chu Tiannan bought the sword technique manual Flowing Shadow, the movement technique manual Treading Snow, and ten D-grade superior recovery agents.
• Chu Tiannan took a taxi to the East Martial Arts Hall and marveled at its vast grounds and imposing building.

Chu Tiannan visited the East Martial Arts Hall and was escorted by A Lai to Instructor Wang’s office. After seeing the hall’s facilities and learning how it served Martial Artists, he reached the office and was invited inside.

• Chu Tiannan marveled at the East Martial Arts Hall and the many Martial Artists entering and leaving it.
• A Lai recognized Chu Tiannan from Instructor Wang’s description and took him by electric cart to the office building.
• A Lai explained the hall’s residential area, amenities, and role as a headquarters for South China Base City’s eastern and western districts.
• Chu Tiannan explored the high-tech building and noticed the varied weapons and auras of its Martial Artists.
• Chu Tiannan followed his smart bracelet’s map to Instructor Wang’s office, where the system verified his identity and told him to enter.

Chu Tiannan read the East Martial Arts Hall’s unusually generous contract and chose to join it. He left the meeting having secured elite status, substantial funds, training support, a genetic modification agent, and a villa.

• Wang Jinhai welcomed Chu Tiannan and explained that the hall’s higher-ups had decided to treat him differently because of his strength and talent.
• Wang Jinhai gave Chu Tiannan a contract offering fifty million in Earth Currency, promotion to Elite-Level Martial Artist, elite-area training and a dedicated instructor, a Grade A Genetic Modification Agent, and a villa.
• Chu Tiannan compared the offer with ordinary Martial Artist benefits and was especially relieved that the starting funds could cover his expenses.
• Wang Jinhai worried that the North Martial Arts Hall might make a better offer and recruit Chu Tiannan instead.
• Chu Tiannan signed on with the East Martial Arts Hall, declaring that he chose it.

Chu Tiannan signed a contract joining East Martial Arts Hall and received a villa in Aspirational Feather, its district for promising Martial Artists. He arrived at Villa 99, where he planned to settle in before his assessment the next day.

• Wang Jinhai warned Chu Tiannan not to betray East Martial Arts Hall and told him to remain in his villa until his Martial Artist assessment the next day.
• Chu Tiannan invited A Lai to visit his new villa, and A Lai agreed to bring other Martial Artists along.
• A Lai explained that Aspirational Feather was the villa district for future elite Martial Artists as he drove Chu Tiannan there.
• The district system confirmed Chu Tiannan's identity, allowing him and A Lai to enter.
• Chu Tiannan reached Villa 99 and marveled at the three-story house.

After meeting A Lai’s former comrades, Chu Tiannan trained with Flowing Shadow and resolved to master his weapons’ first stage while working toward the system’s advancement requirements. The next morning, an assessment official woke him and ordered him downstairs for the martial artist assessment.

• A Lai introduced Chu Tiannan to a dozen powerful martial artists who had once fought alongside him, and Chu Tiannan promised to help A Lai get revenge when he became a martial grandmaster.
• After the gathering, Chu Tiannan went to the basement and practiced Flowing Shadow, quickly making progress thanks to his powerful soul.
• Chu Tiannan considered combining Flowing Shadow with Treading Snow and asked Devour when his Heaven-Deriving Sword and Heavenly Sin Mingshe could advance.
• Devour said the weapons’ second stage required Chu Tiannan’s base life level or base soul level to reach a hundredfold, so Chu Tiannan vowed to perfect their first stage.
• The following morning, a voice woke Chu Tiannan and ordered him downstairs for the martial artist assessment.

Chu Tiannan arrived at the martial artist assessment grounds, where over a thousand candidates gathered outside the ruined city. As factions advertised their benefits and recruited candidates, Chu Tiannan focused on using the Demon Beasts inside to hone himself.

• The military brought more captive Demon Beasts into the ruined city because there were too few trial targets for the many prospective martial artists.
• Chu Tiannan surveyed the crowded assessment grounds and reminded himself that carelessness could cost him his life.
• The Earth Commercial Alliance, World Mercenary Alliance, North Martial Arts Hall, and East Martial Arts Hall advertised their benefits and invited candidates to join.
• Candidates discussed which factions they hoped to join, while Chu Tiannan noted that he had already signed a contract.
• Chu Tiannan watched the Demon Beasts in the ruins and decided to use the assessment as an opportunity to hone himself.

Chu Tiannan met An Liena, who warned him not to take his Grade A Genetic Modification Agent until she told him to, then learned from Wang Jinhai that he should show his full strength in the upcoming assessment. The prospective martial artists were called to collect their equipment before entering the assessment area.

• An Liena confronted Chu Tiannan and told him to wait for her instruction before drinking his Grade A Genetic Modification Agent.
• Chu Tiannan sensed that An Liena's oppressive influence came from her soul and wondered what she was.
• Wang Jinhai summoned Chu Tiannan to the East Martial Arts Hall camp and urged him to use his full strength during the assessment.
• Wang Jinhai hinted that showing his strength could benefit Chu Tiannan.
• The site broadcast ordered all prospective martial artists to collect their equipment within fifteen minutes before entering the assessment area together.

Chu Tiannan collected ordinary weapons for the assessment while surrendering the Heaven-Deriving Sword, then learned the dangerous test would admit only the top three hundred candidates. The assessment began as the candidates entered the ruined city, while Wang Jinhai and other instructors watched from the East Martial Arts Hall camp beside a mysterious gray-robed figure.

• Chu Tiannan handed over the Heaven-Deriving Sword after its weight crushed a table, then took a military longsword and secured a short blade to his thigh.
• A middle-aged soldier explained that candidates would receive no help, that their wristbands would track Demon Beast kills, and that only the top three hundred would be accepted.
• Chu Tiannan worried that he could not Devour the Demon Beasts without the Heaven-Deriving Sword, though he was not concerned about surviving the assessment.
• The middle-aged soldier warned that withdrawing would permanently bar candidates from taking the assessment, and no one chose to leave.
• Wang Jinhai and several instructors watched the entrance to the ruined city from the East Martial Arts Hall camp as a gray-robed figure sat silently nearby.
• The middle-aged soldier opened the gate and announced that the assessment had begun, with a time limit of half a month.

Chu Tiannan entered the city ruins assessment and killed a Demon Beast with one decisive slash. The East and North Martial Arts Halls watched his performance, and the North Hall’s deputy hall master decided to assess his potential before considering an expensive recruitment offer.

• Chu Tiannan entered the city ruins with the less experienced group and quickly killed a cat demon, earning one kill toward the five required to pass.
• Chu Tiannan set off deeper into the ruins to strengthen his combat ability.
• At the East Martial Arts Hall camp, Wang Jinhai told Li Dongjie that Chu Tiannan was self-taught and had already reached junior martial master strength before signing.
• At the North Martial Arts Hall camp, the purple-robed deputy hall master judged that Chu Tiannan might already exceed the martial artist level and have the potential to become a martial grandmaster.
• The North Hall deputy hall master stopped Cao Fang from immediately seeking a better contract and chose to watch Chu Tiannan before deciding whether to recruit him at any cost.

On his first day in the assessment, Chu Tiannan found few Demon Beasts and saw the corpses of Prospective Martial Artists who had died along the way. When Liu Cheng’s group tried to rob him of the five points on his bracelet, Chu Tiannan calmly prepared to use them as practice targets.

• Chu Tiannan advanced toward the core zone, having killed five Demon Beasts during the day.
• He encountered the mutilated corpses of several Prospective Martial Artists and reflected on the assessment’s dangers.
• Chu Tiannan noticed an approaching group on his bracelet’s detection map and changed direction to avoid them.
• Liu Cheng and at least six others emerged from the ruins and tried to recruit Chu Tiannan, then blocked his path when he refused.
• Liu Cheng demanded a toll, and Chu Tiannan realized they intended to take his points by force.
• Chu Tiannan faced the group without drawing his sword and said he had been looking for targets to practice on.

Chu Tiannan was ambushed by Liu Cheng and his gang while traveling through the outskirts of the ruins, but he swiftly turned the tables and challenged their leader. As Chu Tiannan charged at Liu Cheng, instructors watching the screen were startled by what they saw, and Li Dongjie found the young fighter interesting.

• A tall young man tried to take Chu Tiannan’s wristband, and Chu Tiannan broke his finger and demanded the gang hand over their battle points.
• Liu Cheng ordered his men to kill Chu Tiannan, but Chu Tiannan easily slipped past their attacks and headed straight for Liu Cheng.
• Liu Cheng underestimated Chu Tiannan and attacked with his saber, confident he could win or escape.
• Chu Tiannan unleashed his aura and advanced with his sword as the instructors watched from the East Martial Arts Hall’s camp.
• The instructors reacted with astonishment to what appeared on the screen, and Li Dongjie privately remarked that Chu Tiannan was interesting.

Chu Tiannan swiftly defeated Liu Cheng and forced him and six accomplices to surrender their scores and call for rescue. After the seven were evacuated, Chu headed for the assessment’s core area, while instructors watched his fight in astonishment.

• Chu Tiannan subdued Liu Cheng in an instant, shocking the young men who had been preparing to attack him.
• Chu ordered Liu Cheng and the others to hand over their scores and call for rescue, threatening to kill anyone who refused.
• The military helicopter evacuated Liu Cheng and the other six young men, ending their careers as Martial Artists.
• Chu checked his wristband score of 27 and set off toward the assessment’s core area, avoiding approaching candidates.
• Instructors at the East Martial Arts Hall camp replayed footage of Chu defeating Liu Cheng and fell silent, while Wang Jinhai watched with a private sneer.

After the instructors watched Chu Tiannan effortlessly defeat Liu Cheng, Li Dongjie recognized him as a remarkable talent for the East Martial Arts Hall. In the city ruins, Chu Tiannan learned about the battle record rewards, realized that killing Demon Beasts alone would not win him first place, and decided to target another Prospective Martial Artist.

• The instructors replayed Chu Tiannan's battle with Liu Cheng and marveled at his extraordinary speed.
• Li Dongjie praised Chu Tiannan's potential and said he was glad the North Martial Arts Hall had not recruited him.
• Chu Tiannan killed a Giant-Toothed Pig, bringing his battle record to 176 and his rank to ninth.
• After learning that first place earned fifty million Earth Currency and the right to choose a combat team, Chu Tiannan pursued Demon Beasts to raise his score.
• Chu Tiannan saw that first place had a battle record of 1,100 and decided to start by targeting the eighth-ranked Prospective Martial Artist.