Vol. 1Gu Chen’s Rise in Zhou City

Gu Chen rebuilt his life, gathered allies, and crushed the threats facing his family while advancing his cultivation. He left Zhou Xue’er behind, but the volume ended with Chen Jiaheng confronting him at a graduation gathering.

  • Gu Chen broke with Zhou Xue’er, protected his father from Xu Zhongwen’s scheme, and advanced his cultivation while building alliances.
  • Gu Chen went to Dexing Logistics after Xu Zhongwen and Li Sheng trapped Gu Beichi there.
  • Gu Chen protected Gu Beichi and publicly ended his engagement to Zhou Xue’er at her birthday banquet.
  • Gu Chen offered to perfect Zhao Bo’s cultivation and save his life, and Zhao Bo accepted him as his master.
  • Gu Chen built a fighting force, aided Qi Ming and Zhao Haiqing, and broke through to the Revolving Illumination Realm after an ambush.
  • Gu Chen returned to the black market to test its fighters, where Lu Fan confronted Zhao Bo.
  • Gu Chen seized control of the Jiang Group, defeated the Liu and Wen Families, and worked to restore Gu Beichi’s meridians.
  • Gu Chen confronted Zhou Xue’er and Jiang Chu at a graduation gathering before Chen Jiaheng challenged him.
Chapters 1–100 Read from Ch. 1

Arc 1Reckoning in Zhou City

After being reborn, Gu Chen broke with Zhou Xue'er, stopped Xu Zhongwen from ruining Gu Beichi, and built new alliances while advancing his cultivation. The arc ended with Gu Chen heading to Dexing Logistics after Xu Zhongwen and Li Sheng trapped his father there.

  • Gu Chen woke on April eleventh, defeated Xu Mo and his companions, and ended his relationship with Zhou Xue'er after she targeted him and Su Qingqing.
  • Gu Chen cultivated at Jasper Lake, returned to school, and beat Jiang Yu after Jiang Yu harassed him and Su Qingqing.
  • Gu Chen solved the Poincaré Conjecture, then went to Treasure Gathering Studio and stopped Gu Beichi from buying a fraudulent stone from Xu Zhongwen.
  • Gu Chen exposed Xu Zhongwen’s scheme, fought his men and Zhao Junchuan, and warned his father that the deal could have cost him his life.
  • Gu Chen passed his exams with full marks, warned Xu Mo that the Zhou Family was preparing to ruin the Xu Family, and explained how Zhou Xue'er had been used in the family’s plans.
  • Gu Chen diagnosed and treated the old master, defeated Hua Yumo, and received forty million and a cultivation technique while declining the old master’s properties.
  • Gu Beichi told Gu Chen that Xu Zhongwen’s allies were crippling his company, so Gu Chen gave him forty million and promised Uncle Liu he would reunite him with the Gu Family.
  • Gu Chen healed Zhao Haiqing’s injured arm and went with him to Dexing Logistics after Zhu Jian reported that Xu Zhongwen and Li Sheng had trapped Gu Beichi there.
Chapters 1–2525 summaries Read

Arc 2The Zhou Family Break

Gu Chen protected his father, proved his abilities, and publicly ended his engagement to Zhou Xue’er at her birthday banquet. After leaving the Zhou Family’s hostility behind, he recruited Zhao Bo by offering to perfect his cultivation and save his life.

  • Xu Zhongwen wrecked Gu Beichi’s company and threatened his son, but Gu Chen and Wang Hu arrived and Gu Chen defeated Xu’s men.
  • Zhao Haiqing punished Li Sheng for claiming authority in Black Wind Hall, while Gu Chen broke Xu Zhongwen’s leg and sent him to settle the company’s losses.
  • Gu Chen earned first place with a perfect score, challenged Zhou Xue’er’s cheating accusation, and accepted her challenge to end their engagement at her birthday banquet.
  • Gu Chen fought off Brother Bao’s men and Jiang Yu, while Elder Hua used Gu Chen’s revised Mystic Heaven Divine Art to restore the flow of his true qi.
  • At the Zhou Family banquet, Gu Chen solved Xiang Linde’s Go puzzle, then performed piano and guzheng pieces that insulted Zhou Xue’er and enraged her family.
  • Gu Chen struck Jiang Kun and demanded that Zhou Xue’er read his divorce letter, then Xiang Zexi intervened to let Gu Chen and Gu Beichi leave.
  • Gu Chen told Gu Beichi to avoid confronting the Zhou Family directly and reassured Su Qingqing, then sought out Zhao Bo on Yulin Road.
  • Gu Chen defeated Zhao Bo, offered to perfect his Undying Divine Skill, and warned that Zhao Bo would die within a month, and Zhao Bo knelt and accepted him as his master.
Chapters 26–5025 summaries Read

Arc 3Black Market Ascension

Gu Chen built a fighting force in Zhou City, aided Qi Ming and Zhao Haiqing, and survived an ambush that drove him to a new realm. After refining pills and raising Zhao Bo’s cultivation, he returned to the black market to test its fighters, where Lu Fan confronted Zhao Bo.

  • Gu Chen corrected Zhao Bo’s Undying Divine Skill, recruited four underground fighters, and ordered them to pursue twenty consecutive wins while Zhao Bo trained them.
  • Gu Chen cultivated to the Late Bone-Forge Realm, revised Zhao Bo’s technique, and confronted Ji Yun at Pottery House before Qi Ming intervened and befriended him.
  • Gu Chen defended Qi Ming from Wen Tao and the Fierce Tiger Society, then examined Zhao Haiqing’s Jade Guanyin and took it after discovering its cold spiritual qi.
  • Two masked fighters ambushed Gu Chen, but he escaped into the mountains, used the Jade Guanyin to break through to the Revolving Illumination Realm, and killed the assassins.
  • Gu Chen identified the killers’ tokens as linked to the Beacon Fire Hall, refined Luo Heaven Pills and formation flags, and helped Zhao Bo break through to the Revolving Illumination Realm.
  • Gu Chen returned to the black market and demanded that Ma Gang reach twenty consecutive wins, then defeated Ragnar and Lei Zhen in the arena.
  • Lu Fan confronted Gu Chen over the fights, and Zhao Bo stepped in before Lu Fan revealed his Mid-stage Bone Forging Realm aura and reached for him.
Chapters 51–7525 summaries Read

Arc 4The Zhou City Reckoning

Gu Chen strengthened his allies, seized control of the Jiang Group, and crushed threats from the Liu and Wen Families while working to restore his father’s meridians. The stretch ended with Gu Chen arriving at a graduation gathering and confronting Zhou Xue’er and Jiang Chu before Chen Jiaheng challenged him.

  • Gu Chen befriended Lu Fan, arranged black-market training for Ma Gang, Zhu Jun, and Jiang Qi, and led them in a raid on the Jiang Group.
  • Gu Chen defeated Jiang Kun’s forces with Zhao Bo and the three fighters, then forced Jiang Kun to transfer seventy percent of the Jiang Group’s shares.
  • Gu Chen told Gu Beichi that he could repair his meridians, and Zhao Bo began treating him with medicinal baths and acupuncture.
  • Gu Chen rescued Zhao Haiqing from the Liu Family, killed Liu Kuan, and then crippled and killed Liu An when he confronted the Wen Family’s encroachment on Black Wind Hall.
  • Gu Chen treated Qi Ming with the Emperor’s Vein’s Nine-Three Transformation Ointment, then forced Wen Ziqi to halt his attack on Black Wind Hall.
  • Gu Chen continued restoring Gu Beichi’s meridians and resolved to find rare ingredients to improve his father’s constitution and teach him cultivation.
  • Su Qingqing invited Gu Chen to a graduation gathering, and Gu Chen brought Xu Mo to the Ruijing Grand Hotel after promising to help the Xu Family.
  • Zhou Xue’er slapped Su Qingqing, so Gu Chen struck Zhou Xue’er and defeated Jiang Chu before Chen Jiaheng confronted him.
Chapters 76–10025 summaries Read
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