Chapter Summaries

Yu Tunzhou discovered an ancient Dao book marked “Changes” in place of the golden text, then watched Master Xuanku depart and resumed life at the temple. As Lu Huaiqing began Yu Tunzhou’s martial training, he explained the Martial Dao’s roots in the Human Dao and asked what people should do when the Heavenly Dao could no longer comfort them; Yu Tunzhou answered, “Dare to make the sun and moon shine on a new heaven.”

• Yu Tunzhou found an ancient Dao book marked “Changes” where the golden text had been, but could not open or move it.
• Master Xuanku departed after telling Yu Tunzhou that those who strive to better themselves can carry themselves across without heaven’s aid.
• Yu Tunzhou caught the little fox again, tied it up beside the vegetable garden, and promised it chicken congee.
• The old Daoist priest and Li Jingxuan observed Yu Tunzhou’s Fist Intent and wondered why it remained like a blank sheet despite his progress.
• Lu Huaiqing asked Yu Tunzhou what the Martial Dao was and explained its connection to the Human Dao and Heavenly Dao.
• Yu Tunzhou saw lights kindle across the wilderness and declared, “Dare to make the sun and moon shine on a new heaven.”

Lu Huaiqing taught Yu Tunzhou the Subduing the Dragon and Taming the Tiger fist art, explaining how Spirit Forms strengthened Inner Qi and warning him about exposing his Primordial Spirit. He began sparring with Yu Tunzhou to teach him to combine his strength, ending as he demonstrated the fist art’s first two moves.

• Lu Huaiqing praised Yu Tunzhou’s resolve and demonstrated Subduing the Dragon and Taming the Tiger, whose dragon and tiger Spirit Forms startled Yu Tunzhou’s Primordial Spirit.
• Lu Huaiqing warned Yu Tunzhou that releasing his Primordial Spirit in battle exposed his weakest point, then had him test how far his Inner Qi could reach.
• After Yu Tunzhou’s punch struck a tree nearly two zhang away, Lu Huaiqing explained Spirit Forms, Chain Forming Martial Arts, and how fist intent could shape Inner Qi.
• Lu Huaiqing taught Yu Tunzhou the fist art’s stance and began sparring with him, knocking him back and criticizing his uncoordinated strength.
• Lu Huaiqing demonstrated Tiger Occupies the Mountain Gate and Hidden Dragon Ascends from the Abyss as Yu Tunzhou watched.

Lu Huaiqing trained Yu Tunzhou in Subduing the Dragon and Taming the Tiger Fist and explained how Martial Fortune strengthened a martial artist. After six days of sparring, Yu Tunzhou practiced alone on the mountaintop and finally produced a dragon's roar.

• Lu Huaiqing sparred with Yu Tunzhou, whose fist intent grew stronger as Subduing the Dragon and Taming the Tiger Fist merged with his own martial will.
• Yu Tunzhou exhausted himself holding his stance after training, and Li Jingxuan carried him to a reclining chair while his fist intent rose and fell with his breathing.
• Lu Huaiqing explained Martial Fortune's benefits to Yu Tunzhou and told him the next contest for fortune would take place in six days.
• Yu Tunzhou trained with Lu Huaiqing for five more days, improving enough to use Azure Dragon Extends Its Claw and Taiji's intent to send Lu Huaiqing flying.
• On the sixth night, Yu Tunzhou practiced Subduing the Dragon and Taming the Tiger Fist alone on the mountaintop, where a dragon's roar rang out.

Liu Zhizhou learned that Chang Jian, Ji Pan, and their allies planned to ambush Yu Tunzhou during the next fortune contest, but she rejected their poorly united alliance. As she returned home, she unexpectedly encountered Yu Tunzhou, who had not appeared since the previous contest.

• Chang Jian, Ji Pan, and Zhang Luzhou proposed killing Yu Tunzhou during the next fortune contest and dividing the Martial Fortune, but Liu Zhizhou judged their alliance unreliable.
• Liu Zhizhou refused to join the plan, warning Chang Jian that the group was not united, and considered how the coming contest could benefit her.
• Liu Zhizhou noticed a badly injured man watching her warily in an alley and reflected that Yu Tunzhou's earlier victory had disrupted the usual course of the Dao contest.
• Jiang Yungu told an elder of the Jiang clan that he had avoided Chang Jian's group because he had learned not to work with fools.
• Liu Zhizhou encountered Yu Tunzhou walking toward her through an alley and noticed the dark circles under his eyes.

Yu Tunzhou trained Subduing the Dragon and Taming the Tiger with Lu Huaiqing, who told him to see blood before the second contest for fortune. In town, Yu Tunzhou found signs of death and learned how Lu Huaiqing had been exiled to the Northern Dark Continent, where he later saved it from disaster.

• Lu Huaiqing tested Yu Tunzhou's tiger form, praised his stance, and told him to see blood before the second contest for fortune.
• Yu Tunzhou met Ao Xiyu by the river, where she complained that the water fortune had grown thin; he concealed that he had consumed it earlier.
• Yu Tunzhou entered town, noticed bloodstains and an uncollected corpse, and saw Liu Zhizhou flee from him.
• Yu Tunzhou joined Xie Linchuan and four members of the Wang and Liu Clans, then asked about Lu Huaiqing's past.
• Wang Jingcong and the others recounted how Lu Huaiqing rose through the Jiang Household and imperial court, was exiled to the Northern Dark Continent, and later saved the continent from disaster.

Yu Tunzhou learned from Xie Linchuan why the great households would never truly honor the dead Lu Huaiqing, then resolved to live well and crush the world’s malice. As the second contest for fortune began, Yu Tunzhou swallowed Martial Fortune, and the Dao book in his mind opened to its first page.

• Xie Linchuan warned Yu Tunzhou that Lu Huaiqing’s victory on the Northern Dark Continent had not changed the great households’ hostility toward his ideals, and told him that the dead were forgotten when rewards were distributed.
• Xie Linchuan reminded Yu Tunzhou that he had been targeted by a bounty and urged him to prepare for attacks, but Yu Tunzhou said he was looking forward to facing them.
• Yu Tunzhou left town and climbed a mountain peak, where he reunited with the awakened Little Black and sensed hunger from the Dao book in his mind.
• Yu Tunzhou resolved to live better than everyone else and crush the malice in the world.
• The second contest for fortune began, and Yu Tunzhou used the Spark Instruction to swallow Martial Fortune, causing the Dao book to open its first page.

Yu Tunzhou completed his breakthrough as Ji Pan and the others prepared to kill him, but he sensed their ambush and killed Liao Qingya with a brutal counterattack. He charged into the attackers and revealed that he had mastered the Fist Intent of Subduing the Dragon and Taming the Tiger, leaving the battle underway.

• Yu Tunzhou formed a three-zhang vortex of Qi as Ji Pan’s group waited for reinforcements and planned to strike.
• Liao Qingya crept toward Yu Tunzhou and lunged at his back, but Yu Tunzhou sensed him and killed him with a series of punches.
• Yu Tunzhou turned toward Ji Pan’s group, assumed his fist stance, and charged into the mountain forest.
• Zhang Luzhou rallied the attackers by promising that killing Yu Tunzhou would help them obtain Martial Fortune for an Immortal Foundation.
• Yu Tunzhou struck Zhang Luzhou from three zhang away, and Ji Pan recognized the manifested Spirit Form of Subduing the Dragon and Taming the Tiger Fist Intent.

Yu Tunzhou defeated Ji Pan’s group and pursued the survivors down the mountain, killing them as they fled. He then reached the river and killed the remaining disciples, while Liu Zhizhou and Ao Xiyu continued fighting over Martial Fortune.

• Yu Tunzhou broke Zhang Luzhou’s arms with a punch wind, then killed Yang Chongzhi and the burly man in close combat.
• Yu Tunzhou killed the sword-wielding youth and Zhang Luzhou, then chased Ji Pan down the mountain and killed him despite Chang Jian’s attempt to intervene.
• Chang Jian’s two companions fled toward town, and Yu Tunzhou caught up with them; Xie Linchuan and Cao Jianjia blocked their way, so both jumped into the river.
• Dragon Fish dragged one fugitive underwater, while Yu Tunzhou struck the other with inner Qi and killed him with further blows from the bridgehead.
• Yu Tunzhou killed the remaining fleeing disciples in the river, leaving the martial fortune contest by the river silent.

Yu Tunzhou devoured the remaining Martial Fortune after wiping out his opponents, drawing the crowd’s anger and prompting Zhang Pu to warn Zhang Qinghe about his growing strength. Back at the temple, Lu Huaiqing asked Yu Tunzhou whether his Primordial Spirit Inner Form was a Kunpeng.

• Yu Tunzhou claimed he had killed his attackers to uphold justice, then used the Spark Instruction to draw in Martial Fortune.
• Yu Tunzhou and Little Black swallowed all the Martial Fortune left in the sky, and the furious contestants cursed him as a thief.
• Yu Tunzhou slipped into the woods to study the Dao book, while Zhang Qinghe returned home and heard Zhang Pu recount how Yu Tunzhou had killed eight people.
• Zhang Pu warned Zhang Qinghe not to make Yu Tunzhou an enemy and urged him to gather more Martial Fortune.
• Old Mo realized Yu Tunzhou had gained the Kunpeng by observing the Heavenly Peng and worried he might attract the Kunpeng Dao Traces.
• Lu Huaiqing called Yu Tunzhou back to the temple and asked whether his Primordial Spirit Inner Form was a Kunpeng.

Lu Huaiqing explained Yu Tunzhou’s Kunpeng Inner Form, warned him about future threats, and revealed that Yu Tunzhou’s real opponent was the Martial Ancestor. He gave Yu Tunzhou his prayer beads to help steady his state of mind and promised another gift if Yu fulfilled his wish.

• Lu Huaiqing told Yu Tunzhou that others could only suspect his Kunpeng Inner Form and warned that Northern Chen would resent taking the blame for his actions.
• Lu Huaiqing cautioned Yu Tunzhou about Daoist Fuyao and asked how he felt after killing people; Yu Tunzhou said he felt unsettled by his own ruthlessness, but not regret or fear.
• Lu Huaiqing advised Yu Tunzhou to hold fast to his own convictions and explained the world’s four great continents and the Central Plains.
• Lu Huaiqing said Yu Tunzhou’s true opponent was in the grotto-heaven, not the town, and that the challenge was the Martial Ancestor.
• Lu Huaiqing gave Yu Tunzhou his prayer beads to tend to his state of mind and promised another gift if Yu fulfilled his wish.

Yu Tunzhou understood the Daoist book’s revelation of Taiji and transformed his Taijiquan, while Li Jingxuan and the old Daoist discussed the danger posed by the mysterious town guardian, Old Mo. The chapter ended with Old Mo burying the eight young scions Yu Tunzhou had killed, ignoring demands to return their bodies.

• Yu Tunzhou studied the Daoist book after Little Black digested the Martial Fortune, witnessing the creation of the world through the principles of the Changes.
• Yu Tunzhou’s Taijiquan embodied the Daoist principles of the Limitless, Taiji, yin and yang, and the eight trigrams, drawing the attention of Li Jingxuan and the old Daoist.
• Li Jingxuan questioned why the old Daoist concealed Yu Tunzhou’s phenomenon and learned that Old Mo was likely tied to Yu Tunzhou’s greatest danger and the hunting of fortune.
• The old Daoist explained that Yu Tunzhou had entered the grotto-heaven by accident but also through heaven’s design, and suggested Lu Huaiqing might have chosen him despite the risks.
• Old Mo dug eight pits and buried the young scions Yu Tunzhou had killed, then pretended not to hear the town’s demand that he return their bodies.

Yu Tunzhou used the [Book of Changes] and a Buddhist scripture to transform his Taijiquan Intent, though its yang aspect remained incomplete. After asking Lu Huaiqing to teach him forceful fist arts, Yu Tunzhou faced Lu’s overwhelming Martial Intention as Lu began a one-man contest for Martial Fortune.

• Yu Tunzhou realized the [Book of Changes] had become the root of his Taijiquan Intent, while a golden scripture formed its bones, but the two had not fully merged.
• Yu Tunzhou found his Taijiquan Intent’s yang aspect lacking because his Kun Fish Primordial Spirit had not transformed into a Peng, and he resolved to seek more Martial Fortune and yang fist arts.
• After practicing through the night, Yu Tunzhou told Lu Huaiqing he had mastered Subduing the Dragon and Taming the Tiger and asked to learn more forceful fist arts.
• Lu Huaiqing struck Yu Tunzhou in the chest, then said Yu’s devotion had reminded him of his own original heart and agreed to teach him everything he could withstand.
• Yu Tunzhou declared that he had to defeat Lu Huaiqing before he could challenge the Martial Ancestor, prompting Lu to unleash his Martial Intention and bring Martial Fortune down upon the mountain for a contest between only them.

Lu Huaiqing’s teaching caused Martial Fortune to gather around Yu Tunzhou, prompting the other young cultivators to realize he was pulling ahead and to redouble their efforts. Cao Jianjia overcame her aversion to the soil, while the Martial Ancestor watched the scene and welcomed the Martial Dao it represented.

• Old Mo saw the Martial Fortune phenomenon and trusted that Lu Huaiqing was leading Tunzhou onto the right path.
• Chen Xuanye and his granduncle linked Yu Tunzhou’s three-zhang cyclone to a tenth-layer Qi Ingestion Method and wondered whether the Spark Instruction had helped him.
• Cao Jianjia stepped barefoot into the vegetable patch, overcame her disgust at the soil, and decided to practice swordsmanship instead of farming.
• Xie Linchuan, Ao Xiyu, Liu Zhizhou, Zhang Buyu, Jiang Yungu, Yue Hongyi, and Qin Shaoyou responded to Yu Tunzhou’s lead by pursuing their own training and paths.
• The Martial Ancestor watched the young cultivators strive to catch up and laughed, pleased to see the Martial Dao unfold.

Yu Tunzhou learned from Li Jingxuan that the Book of Changes and the Muscle-Tendon Changing Classic were ancient foundational methods that the Daoist and Buddhist schools had sealed away. As Yu Tunzhou’s understanding deepened and the classics fused further with his Taijiquan Intent, he condemned the schools for suppressing them, then found Dingguang had eaten the meal.

• Yu Tunzhou cultivated the eleventh layer of the Spark Instruction, which plundered Clear Qi and transformed it into a gentle, nourishing mist.
• Li Jingxuan explained that the Human Emperor had identified the Book of Changes as a foundation for later generations, but the Daoist School had sealed it after conflicts over its meaning and power.
• Li Jingxuan revealed that the Buddha had designated the Muscle-Tendon Changing Classic, a Buddhist foundational method, as a supreme method for saving the world, and Yu Tunzhou recognized it as the golden scripture in his mind.
• Yu Tunzhou realized both classics had surpassed their original limits and that the Book of Changes and Muscle-Tendon Changing Classic were taboo, with Buddhist and Daoist representatives guarding them in the grotto-heaven.
• Yu Tunzhou accused the Daoist School of defying the Dao Venerable’s intent by suppressing the Book of Changes, while Li Jingxuan warned him to be cautious about voicing such views outside the grotto-heaven.
• Yu Tunzhou’s Daoist and Buddhist scriptures fused more deeply with his Taijiquan Intent, but he discovered Dingguang had eaten all the food and ordered him to light the fire.

Yu Tunzhou gathered Dragon Fish and absorbed Water Fortune while Mo Shougui confronted a suspicious fortune-teller in town and discovered that outsiders were secretly planning an operation. After Yu Tunzhou advanced his Taijiquan Intent, Lu Huaiqing announced that it was time to discuss the first step toward forging an Immortal Foundation.

• Yu Tunzhou filled his basket with Dragon Fish, absorbed Water Fortune Profound Qi, and Little Black swallowed some of it.
• Liu Zhizhou found the river cleared of Dragon Fish and blamed Ao Xiyu for taking her Water Fortune and disrupting her plans.
• Mo Shougui used Guardian Mo’s licensing rules to drive a suspicious old Daoist fortune-teller away, then tried to divine what the man was hiding.
• Liu Qiandao told a group of hidden conspirators that Lu Huaiqing had postponed their operation until the end of next month because of trouble inside the grotto-heaven and the danger posed by someone from the Supreme Purity Dharma Lineage.
• Yu Tunzhou refined his fist techniques and merged the Book of Changes’ Dao Intent into his Taijiquan Intent.
• Lu Huaiqing told Yu Tunzhou that his absorbed Martial Fortune was nearly sufficient for the crucial first step toward forging an Immortal Foundation and said they would discuss it instead of practicing fists.

Lu Huaiqing explained how Profound Qi preserved principles in an Inner Qi Seed to form an Immortal Foundation, then discovered that Yu Tunzhou had two seeds of different origins and could potentially forge two foundations. He gave Yu Tunzhou ten days to nourish the new seed, while the old Daoist priest’s words revealed that he had been watching Lu Huaiqing’s choices.

• Lu Huaiqing taught Yu Tunzhou that Profound Qi carried principles, which could be retained in an Inner Qi Seed to form an Immortal Foundation and nurture a Divine Ability.
• Lu Huaiqing explained the categories of Divine Abilities and described how Daoist Fuyao’s battle intent had helped him forge an undefeated Dao heart.
• As Yu Tunzhou prepared to plant his Inner Qi Seed, he discovered a second, recently formed seed and asked Lu Huaiqing whether a person could have more than one.
• Lu Huaiqing examined Yu Tunzhou’s Dantian and found that the two seeds had different origins, meaning Yu Tunzhou could potentially nurture two Immortal Foundations.
• Lu Huaiqing gave Yu Tunzhou ten days to nourish the new seed and promised to secure Martial Fortune for both foundations afterward.
• The old Daoist priest appeared at the temple and congratulated Lu Huaiqing for staying true to his principles, prompting Lu Huaiqing to recognize that he had been watching.

With Lu Huaiqing’s guidance, Yu Tunzhou cultivated two Inner Qi Seeds and developed a vast Taijiquan fist intention. Its emergence drew Heavenly Abhorrence, leaving Yu to face an overwhelming trial alone.

• Old Mo visited the mountain, found Yu Tunzhou cultivating, and recalled that Yu had once asked him for fish and help.
• Lu Huaiqing and the old Daoist priest discussed Yu Tunzhou, Old Mo, and the Martial Fortune, while Old Mo misled the town’s guardians about confronting Lu Huaiqing.
• Yu Tunzhou planted two Inner Qi Seeds, began forging his Immortal Foundations, and advanced his Refining the True technique to forty-five revolutions.
• Yu Tunzhou’s Taijiquan fist intention emerged after the Book of Changes and Muscle-Tendon Changing Classic merged with it.
• Li Jingxuan recognized that Yu Tunzhou’s fist intention had reached the level of attaining the Dao, and Heavenly Abhorrence descended toward him.
• Lu Huaiqing sensed Yu Tunzhou’s fist intention and saw it as a glimpse of the Martial Dao’s future.

Yu Tunzhou faced Heavenly Abhorrence that bound his Fist Intent, and Lu Huaiqing taught him to draw on the Kunpeng’s ferocity while resisting the restraints through his own resolve. As Yu Tunzhou’s Taiji began stirring the local Martial Fortune, Lu Huaiqing grew certain of his progress, even as a gathering of evil cultivators prepared to enter Luofu Grotto-Heaven.

• Yu Tunzhou’s Fist Intent was struck by Heavenly Abhorrence, and Lu Huaiqing explained that the Kunpeng Divine Intent could turn the restraint into a path toward breaking his shackles.
• Lu Huaiqing trained Yu Tunzhou to suppress the Kunpeng’s ferocity, endure Heavenly Abhorrence with his own Martial Intention, and cultivate the Pure Land realm of Nature Cultivation.
• Mo Shougui realized that Lu Huaiqing had gathered powerful evil cultivators to break into Luofu Grotto-Heaven, where they planned to pursue the imprisoned Martial Ancestor or seize the gathered disciples and Martial Fortune.
• Yu Tunzhou fought Lu Huaiqing using Taiji alone, and a faint trace of Fist Intent stirred the Martial Fortune as the Martial Ancestor watched with interest.
• Lu Huaiqing became confident in Yu Tunzhou’s progress and silently asked Master Lu to avoid fighting him on the appointed day.

As his Yin Spirit faded, Lu Huaiqing spent his final day in Luofu Grotto-Heaven guiding its young people and arranging for an attack on the grotto-heaven the next day. He returned to Yu Tunzhou, taught him to enter a Pure Land within his heart, and took his leave of the world.

• Yu Tunzhou told Lu Huaiqing he had entered the grotto-heaven by following a river, and Lu Huaiqing asked him to consider where the Great Dao lay.
• Outside the grotto-heaven, Lu Huaiqing told Liu Qiandao that he was out of time and ordered him to carry out their planned assault on Luofu Grotto-Heaven the next day.
• Lu Huaiqing visited the young people of the town, offering guidance to Cao Jianjia, Jiang Yungu, Bao Lianchan, Zhang Buyu, and Xie Linchuan.
• Lu Huaiqing told Old Mo who would attack the grotto-heaven and asked him to delay intervening, then returned to the summit.
• Lu Huaiqing asked Yu Tunzhou to teach him his fist art and used the last of his Yin Spirit power to guide Yu Tunzhou into a Pure Land within his heart.
• Lu Huaiqing bowed to Master Lu and died, leaving his hopes for martial arts in Yu Tunzhou.

Yu Tunzhou broke free of Heavenly Abhorrence and revealed a fist art that embodied the Great Dao, then challenged Martial Ancestor Lu Daolin to a same-realm contest. Lu Daolin left the grotto-heaven without accepting, and Yu Tunzhou shattered the Martial Fortune gathered for him, returning much of it to its source.

• Old Mo told Yu Tunzhou that Lu Huaiqing had left, and Yu Tunzhou demonstrated his perfected fist art as he broke free of Heavenly Abhorrence.
• Yu Tunzhou formed the Immortal Foundation Primordial Azure One, teaching that expounds the ten directions, and challenged Martial Ancestor Lu Daolin from the mountaintop.
• Old Mo used his Great Formless Tribulation-Slaying Dharma Aspect to restrain the unorthodox intruders, while Lu Daolin emerged from his prison and killed a Western Desert grand bandit.
• Yu Tunzhou demanded a same-realm contest, but Lu Daolin left the grotto-heaven rather than fight him.
• Yu Tunzhou punched the Martial Fortune pouring toward him and scattered it, with much of it returning to its source.